Kansas · Geologist seal requirements
Kansas Geologist seal requirements: proper sizing, signing and sealing of documents
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Kansas licenses geologists through the same board that licenses engineers, architects, landscape architects and surveyors, and gives them the same seal. K.A.R. 66-6-1(a) fixes two concentric circles — outer 1 5/8 inches, inner 1 1/16 inches — with "Licensed" at the top of the inner circle, "Kansas" at the bottom and the license certificate number in the centre, and the licensee's name at the top of the outer band with "the licensee's profession" at the bottom. The regulation does not spell that profession out; the Board's own seal page supplies "Professional Geologist" for geologists.
One board licenses all five of the Kansas technical professions — architecture, landscape architecture, professional engineering, professional geology and professional surveying (K.S.A. 74-7003(w)) — so there is no separate architects' board or surveyors' board to consult. Landscape architects and geologists use the same two-circle seal with "LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT" or "PROFESSIONAL GEOLOGIST" in the outer band. Note where the wording comes from: K.A.R. 66-6-1(a) fixes the geometry and the inner-circle wording itself, but describes the outer band only as "the licensee's profession"; the profession words are supplied by the Board's own published guidance rather than by the regulation. K.A.R. 66-6-1 was last amended December 4, 2020, and on August 10, 2026 the Board's proposed-rules page read "There are no currently proposed amended regulations." One presentational discrepancy is worth knowing: the regulation as filed with the Secretary of State prints "LICENSED" and "KANSAS" in capitals, and the Board's PDF handouts print the profession names in capitals too, while the HTML copy of the same material on the Board's seal page renders all of those words in title case. The regulation prescribes the words, not their capitalization. One board licenses all five Kansas technical professions — architecture, landscape architecture, professional engineering, professional geology and professional surveying — so there is no separate geologists' board, and geologists take the same seal regulation as engineers. K.A.R. 66-6-1 was last amended December 4, 2020. The regulation as filed prints "LICENSED" and "KANSAS" in capitals while the Board's HTML copy renders them in title case; the regulation prescribes the words, not their capitalization.
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Kansas Geologist seal
- Seal requirements
- K.A.R. 66-6-1 (Seals and signatures); K.S.A. 74-7023(d)
- Legend
- “PROFESSIONAL GEOLOGIST”
- Diameter
- Two concentric circles: the outer circle shall be 1 5/8 inches in diameter and the inner circle 1 1/16 inches in diameter.
- Expiration date
- The regulation's element list is name, profession, "Licensed", "Kansas" and the license certificate number. Nothing goes on the seal to show when the license lapses; K.S.A. 74-7023(d) instead makes stamping after expiry unlawful.(K.A.R. 66-6-1(a); K.S.A. 74-7023(d))
- Signature date
- After the seal is applied, the licensee applies a handwritten or authenticated digital signature and the date across the seal.(K.A.R. 66-6-1(b)(1))
- City on seal
- K.A.R. 66-6-1(a) accounts for every space on the seal — inner circle and outer band — and no place of business appears.(K.A.R. 66-6-1(a))
- Each licensee, within 30 days of a license being issued, shall obtain a seal of the design approved by the board in compliance with K.S.A. 74-7023 and this regulation. The seal may be a rubber stamp, an embossed seal, or a digital seal.(K.A.R. 66-6-1(a))
- The seal shall be made of two concentric circles. The outer circle shall be 1 5/8 inches in diameter. The inner circle shall be 1 1/16 inches in diameter and shall contain the words "Licensed" at the top of the circle and "Kansas" at the bottom of the circle and the number of the license certificate in the center.(K.A.R. 66-6-1(a))
- The area between the two circles shall contain the licensee's name as it appears on that individual's license at the top of the circle and the licensee's profession at the bottom of the circle. The regulation does not name the profession; the Board's seal page states that in the case of Geologists the words are "Professional Geologist".(K.A.R. 66-6-1(a); KSBTP, Seal and Signature Information)
- The seal may contain, before the licensee's surname, an abbreviated form of the licensee's given name or a combination of initials representing the licensee's given name.(K.A.R. 66-6-1(a))
- After the licensee's seal has been applied to any document, the licensee shall apply the licensee's handwritten or authenticated digital signature and the date across the seal. The application of the seal, signature and date constitutes certification that the document was created by the licensee or under the licensee's responsible charge.(K.A.R. 66-6-1(b)(1))
- A digital signature may be used if the authentication process is unique to the licensee, is able to be verified, is under the sole control of the licensee, and is linked to the electronic document so that the signature is invalidated if any data in the document is altered.(K.A.R. 66-6-1(b)(3))
- Each transmitted or stored electronic document containing a digital signature shall bear the signature, date of signing, and seal, confirming the document was not altered after the initial digital signing; if the document is altered, the signature, date and seal are void.(K.A.R. 66-6-1(b)(4))
- Each document, including drawings, technical reports, records and papers, shall be sealed, signed, and dated by the licensee who prepared it or who is in responsible charge. The licensee shall seal, sign, and date only work within the licensee's area of licensure and competence.(K.A.R. 66-6-1(c)(1))
- Documents required to be sealed, signed and dated include any document submitted to a public or governmental agency, a client or a user for final approval or recording, and each revision to a sealed document, which must itself be identified and sealed, signed and dated by the licensee responsible for the revision.(K.A.R. 66-6-1(c)(2))
- Each technical report or survey plat is sealed, signed and dated on the first or last page.(K.A.R. 66-6-1(d)(1)(C))
- Working drawings and preliminary documents need not be sealed if they carry, in large bold letters, "Preliminary, Not for Construction, Recording Purposes, or Implementation" or words of comparable meaning.(K.A.R. 66-6-1(e))
- Documents signed by the licensee in the licensee's professional capacity shall be stamped with the seal during the duration of the license, and it is unlawful for anyone to stamp any document with the seal after the license has expired or has been revoked unless the license has been renewed or reissued. No person shall tamper with or revise the seal without express written approval by the board.(K.S.A. 74-7023(d))
Kansas geologist seal questions
Is the 1 5/8-inch Kansas seal size a minimum or an exact dimension?▾
It is exact. K.A.R. 66-6-1(a) states the outer circle shall be 1 5/8 inches and the inner circle 1 1/16 inches — a single prescribed geometry, not a range, and it applies to the geologist's seal identically to the engineer's. (K.A.R. 66-6-1(a))
Where does the wording "Professional Geologist" actually come from in Kansas?▾
Not from the regulation. K.A.R. 66-6-1(a) requires only "the licensee's profession" at the bottom of the outer band; the Board's own Seal and Signature Information page supplies the words for each profession and gives "Professional Geologist" for geologists. (K.A.R. 66-6-1(a); KSBTP, Seal and Signature Information)
Is there a deadline for a newly licensed Kansas geologist to obtain a seal?▾
Yes — within 30 days of the license being issued. (K.A.R. 66-6-1(a))
Does the signature go beside the Kansas seal or across it?▾
Across it. The rule requires the handwritten or authenticated digital signature and the date to be applied across the seal after the seal has been applied. (K.A.R. 66-6-1(b)(1))