Tennessee · Geologist seal requirements
Tennessee Geologist seal requirements: proper sizing, signing and sealing of documents
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Tennessee fixes the seal by picture rather than by words: Rule 0780-5-7-.08(1) states that "the design of a licensee's seal required by T.C.A. §62-36-112 shall be as follows" and reproduces the design, which carries "Tennessee" with three stars, the licensee's name, the license number and the words "Licensed Professional Geologist" around an outline of the state. No diameter is stated anywhere in the chapter. The stamp itself may not carry the signature or the date of signature; those are superimposed by hand across the face and beyond the circumference of the seal.
The 1⅝-to-1⅞-inch range quoted for Tennessee has no source in the rules: the words "inch", "diameter" and "size" appear nowhere in chapters 0120-01 or 0120-02. The two-inch figure belongs to the land surveyor rule. The Secretary of State still publishes the rule-maker as the State Board of Architectural and Engineering Examiners (Title 0120), while the board's own page uses the name State Board of Examiners for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors. Tennessee has no geologist board. The Geologist Licensure Act of 2007 is administered by the Commissioner of the Department of Commerce and Insurance through the Professional Geologists Licensing Program, and the rules speak throughout of "the commissioner" rather than a board (Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0780-5-7-.02(2), -.03(1)). The chapter is styled "0780-5-7" in the Secretary of State's own publication, though some databases render it "0780-05-07". Rule 0780-5-7-.09(1)(b) makes a violation of the seal rule itself subject to a civil penalty of up to $1,000 per violation.
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Tennessee Geologist seal
- Seal requirements
- Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0780-5-7-.08
- Legend
- “Tennessee, Licensed Professional Geologist”
- Diameter
- No diameter is prescribed. Rule 0780-5-7-.08(1) fixes the design by reproducing an image of the seal rather than by giving a dimension, and no other rule in chapter 0780-5-7 states a size.
- Expiration date
- The design reproduced at 0780-5-7-.08(1) contains only "Tennessee", the licensee's name, the license number and "Licensed Professional Geologist"; no expiration or renewal date appears in it, and 0780-5-7-.08(2) goes the other way by forbidding even the signature and date of signature on the stamp.(Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0780-5-7-.08(1), (2))
- Signature date
- The date is required on the document but must not be built into the stamp: 0780-5-7-.08(5) requires the signature and date of signature to be superimposed across the face and beyond the circumference of the seal, while 0780-5-7-.08(2) forbids the stamp from including them.(Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0780-5-7-.08(2), (5))
- City on seal
- The prescribed design at 0780-5-7-.08(1) shows no city, address or place of business, and no other provision of chapter 0780-5-7 requires one.(Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0780-5-7-.08(1))
- The design of a licensee's seal required by T.C.A. §62-36-112 shall be as follows: the rule then reproduces the required design, a circular seal reading "Tennessee" across the top with three stars, the licensee's name on a banner, an outline of the state with a crossed hammer and pick, the license number, and "Licensed Professional Geologist" around the lower border.(Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0780-5-7-.08(1))
- Subject to the requirements of this rule, rubber-stamp, embossed, transparent self-adhesive or electronically-generated seals may be used by the licensee; however, such stamps or seals shall not include the licensee's signature or date of signature.(Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0780-5-7-.08(2))
- Subject to the requirements of this rule, the licensee may affix his or her electronically-generated signature and date of signature to plans, plats, drawings, reports, or other geologic papers or documents as long as the licensee utilizes a secure method of affixation, does not authorize any other person to affix his or her signature and date, and does not allow any other person to have access to his or her signature.(Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0780-5-7-.08(3))
- The licensee shall stamp with his or her seal all original sheets of any bound or unbound plans, plats, drawings, reports, or other geologic papers or documents involving geologic work developed by the licensee or under the licensee's responsible charge of work.(Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0780-5-7-.08(4))
- The licensee shall superimpose his or her signature (not a rubber stamp) and date of signature across the face and beyond the circumference of the seal on the documents listed above.(Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0780-5-7-.08(5))
- Any portions of documents involving geologic work prepared in part by a licensee functioning as a consultant on a project shall have his or her signature placed on the pages of the document for which the licensee is responsible.(Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0780-5-7-.08(6))
- No licensee shall affix his or her seal or signature to plans, plats, drawings, reports, or other geologic papers or documents developed by others not under the licensee's responsible charge of work as defined by T.C.A. §62-36-103.(Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0780-5-7-.08(7))
- Any changes made to the final plans, plats, drawings, reports or other geologic papers or documents after final revision and sealing by the licensee are prohibited by any person other than the licensee.(Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0780-5-7-.08(8)(b))
Tennessee geologist seal questions
Is your signature or date built into the stamp?▾
Rule 0780-5-7-.08(2) expressly forbids it — rubber-stamp, embossed, self-adhesive and electronically-generated seals "shall not include the licensee's signature or date of signature". (Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0780-5-7-.08(2))
Does the signature cross the seal?▾
Rule 0780-5-7-.08(5) requires the signature and date to be superimposed across the face and beyond the circumference of the seal, and states that the signature may not be a rubber stamp. (Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0780-5-7-.08(5))
Did you stamp every sheet?▾
Rule 0780-5-7-.08(4) requires the seal on all original sheets of any bound or unbound plans, plats, drawings, reports or other geologic papers, not only on a cover sheet. (Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0780-5-7-.08(4))