Maine · Geologist seal requirements
Maine Geologist seal requirements: proper sizing, signing and sealing of documents
As of
Maine licenses geologists through the State Board of Licensure for Geologists and Soil Scientists, but imposes no seal at all. 32 M.R.S. § 4918 requires only that geologic plans, specifications, reports and documents be signed by the licensed geologist; the words "seal" and "stamp" appear nowhere in 32 M.R.S. ch. 73 or in the Board's rule chapters 02-070 C.M.R. chs. 1-6. There is consequently no prescribed legend and no prescribed diameter.
Sources that call Maine's seal size unregulated are reading only 02-322 C.M.R. Ch. 2 §9, which delegates size and design to the Board rather than stating a number. The Board then prescribes 1-3/4 inches on its Approved Seal Format page. The Board's rule chapters are still published under the historical agency title "State Board of Certification for Geologists and Soil Scientists" and Chapter 4 is still headed "Certification Requirements," although the statute has used "licensure" since 2019. Neither the older nor the newer terminology introduces a seal.
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Maine Geologist seal
- Diameter
- No diameter is prescribed because Maine prescribes no seal. The words "seal" and "stamp" do not appear anywhere in 32 M.R.S. ch. 73, and the Board's six rule chapters (02-070 C.M.R. chs. 1-6: Definitions, General Information, Code of Ethics, Certification Requirements, Fees, and Complaints, Investigations and Adjudicatory Hearings) contain no seal provision.
- Expiration date
- No license expiration date is required to appear on any document; there is no seal provision to require one, and § 4918 requires only a signature.(32 M.R.S. § 4918; 32 M.R.S. ch. 73)
- Signature date
- § 4918 requires the licensed geologist's signature on geologic plans, specifications, reports and documents but says nothing about dating them, and the Board's rules add no dating requirement.(32 M.R.S. § 4918; 02-070 C.M.R. chs. 1-6)
- City on seal
- No city, county or place of business is required on anything a licensed geologist signs; § 4918 requires only the signature.(32 M.R.S. § 4918)
- "All geologic plans, specifications, reports or documents that are prepared by a licensed geologist or by a subordinate under the licensed geologist's direction must be signed by the licensed geologist, which indicates the licensed geologist's responsibility for them." The provision requires a signature only; it prescribes no seal, no stamp, and no date.(32 M.R.S. § 4918)
- Maine's geologist licensing chapter contains no seal or stamp provision. Reading the full chapter as published by the Legislature, the words "seal" and "stamp" appear nowhere in §§ 4901-4920.(32 M.R.S. ch. 73)
- The Board's rules contain no seal provision either. The Board has adopted six chapters — Ch. 1 Definitions, Ch. 2 General Information, Ch. 3 Code of Ethics, Ch. 4 Certification Requirements, Ch. 5 Fees, Ch. 6 Complaints, Investigations and Adjudicatory Hearings — and none of them mentions a seal or stamp.(02-070 C.M.R. chs. 1-6)
- The Board holds general rulemaking authority — "The board may adopt, amend or repeal rules and regulations ... to carry out this chapter" — but has not exercised it to create a seal rule.(32 M.R.S. § 4908)
Maine geologist seal questions
Does Maine require a geologist's seal?▾
No. Maine is one of the states where the operative provision requires a signature and nothing else. A vendor-supplied "Maine licensed geologist" seal is not prescribed by 32 M.R.S. § 4918 or by any Board rule. (32 M.R.S. § 4918)
Was the 2019 change to Maine's law a seal change?▾
No. P.L. 2019, c. 285 replaced "certified geologist" with "licensed geologist" throughout the chapter, including in § 4918, but added no seal provision. (32 M.R.S. § 4918 (PL 2019, c. 285, § 13 (AMD)))