Kentucky · Geologist seal requirements
Kentucky Geologist seal requirements: proper sizing, signing and sealing of documents
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Kentucky registers geologists rather than licensing them, and the seal wording follows the title: KRS 322A.070(2) provides that each registrant may obtain and use a seal or stamp of registration of the design authorized by the board, containing the registrant's name and number and the legend "Registered Professional Geologist." No dimension appears anywhere — the statute states none and the Board's rule chapter, 201 KAR Chapter 31, has no seal regulation. The only sealing conduct rules are in the code of professional conduct: sign and seal only work you have direct professional knowledge of and are responsible for.
The design of the Kentucky engineer's and land surveyor's seal is not printed in the code. 201 KAR 18:104 § 5 says only that stamps and seals "shall be similar in design and conform to the size restrictions established in Approved Stamps and Seals, 1999," and § 6 incorporates that document by reference, inspectable or obtainable only at the Board's office at 160 Democrat Drive, Frankfort. It is not published online. Everything stated here about the engineer's and surveyor's seal layout therefore comes from the statutory legend in KRS 322.340(1) and from the two sample seals the Board itself publishes on its Approved Stamps and Seals page, not from the incorporated document. The Board's legal name in KRS 322.230 is the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors; 201 KAR 18:104 § 6(2) calls it the Kentucky Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, its own site opens with "Kentucky State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors", and the site header brands it "Kentucky Board of Engineers & Land Surveyors" — three renderings of one board. KRS 322A.070 has not been amended since 2005 (Acts ch. 159, sec. 3, effective June 20, 2005). The board sits under the Public Protection Cabinet. Its published sample seal graphic is guidance for a vendor, not a regulation: it has never been adopted into 201 KAR Chapter 31.
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Kentucky Geologist seal
- Seal requirements
- KRS 322A.070(2)
- Legend
- “Registered Professional Geologist”
- Diameter
- No diameter is prescribed. KRS 322A.070(2) fixes the seal's contents but states no dimension, and 201 KAR Chapter 31 — the Board's entire rule chapter — contains no seal regulation at all; its eleven regulations cover fees, board compensation, applications and examinations, renewals, the code of professional conduct, geologist-in-training, complaint management and administrative subpoenas.
- Expiration date
- KRS 322A.070(2) lists the registrant's name, the registration number and the legend, and nothing else. KRS 322A.070(4) instead bars affixing a seal after suspension or revocation; no expiry date goes on the seal.(KRS 322A.070(2), (4))
- Signature date
- KRS 322A.070(2) prescribes the seal's contents and 201 KAR 31:060 governs signing and sealing; neither requires a date to accompany the seal, and 201 KAR Chapter 31 has no rule on how documents are sealed.(KRS 322A.070(2); 201 KAR 31:060 Sections 2(5), 5(2)(b))
- City on seal
- The statute's element list is name, number and legend. No place of business appears.(KRS 322A.070(2))
- Each registrant may, upon registration, obtain and use a seal or stamp of registration of the design authorized by the board, containing the registrant's name and number and the legend "Registered Professional Geologist."(KRS 322A.070(2))
- No person shall affix his signature or stamp, seal, or certify any reports or other documents after the certificate of registration of the registrant named thereon has been suspended or revoked, unless the certificate of registration has been renewed or reissued.(KRS 322A.070(4))
- A registered professional geologist shall sign and seal only professional work for which he or she has direct professional knowledge for which he or she shall be responsible.(201 KAR 31:060 Section 2(5))
- Signing, sealing, or stamping professional geological work not prepared under his or her direct professional knowledge, control or supervision is a ground for disciplinary action.(201 KAR 31:060 Section 5(2)(b))
- Registrants are responsible for ordering and purchasing their own seal; seals must have the registrant's name, registration number, and the legend "Registered Professional Geologist". The Board publishes a sample graphic that may be taken to an office supply store for use in creating a seal.(Kentucky Board of Registration for Professional Geologists, Frequently Asked Questions ("Where do I obtain a registration seal?"))
- KRS 322A Chapter 322A contains exactly one seal provision — .070, "Certificates of registration -- Use of seal or stamp by registrant". No other section of the chapter addresses the registrant's seal.(KRS Chapter 322A (section list, .010 through .990))
Kentucky geologist seal questions
Does a Kentucky geologist's seal say "Professional Geologist"?▾
No. KRS 322A.070(2) fixes the legend as "Registered Professional Geologist" — Kentucky registers geologists rather than licensing them, and the word "Registered" is part of the prescribed legend. (KRS 322A.070(2))
Is there a required diameter for a Kentucky geologist's seal?▾
No. The statute prescribes contents without a dimension, and the Board's rule chapter, 201 KAR Chapter 31, contains no seal regulation to supply one. Any diameter offered by a vendor is the vendor's convention, not Kentucky law. (KRS 322A.070(2); 201 KAR Chapter 31)
Is the seal mandatory in Kentucky?▾
The statute is permissive on its face — a registrant "may" obtain and use a seal. What is mandatory is the prohibition: no person shall affix a signature, stamp or seal or certify reports after a certificate of registration has been suspended or revoked. (KRS 322A.070(2), (4))