| 1 | Representative Altman offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between line(s) 30 and 31, insert: |
| 5 | Section 1. Section 481.221, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 6 | to read: |
| 7 | 481.221 Seals; display of certificate number.-- |
| 8 | (1) The board shall prescribe, by rule, one or more forms |
| 9 | of distinctively different seals to be used by registered |
| 10 | architects and interior designers, respectively, holding valid |
| 11 | certificates of registration. |
| 12 | (a) Each registered architect shall obtain one an |
| 13 | impression-type metal seal in a form approved by rule of the |
| 14 | board and may, in addition, register his or her seal |
| 15 | electronically in accordance with ss. 668.001-668.006. ,and All |
| 16 | final construction documents and instruments of service which |
| 17 | include drawings, plans, specifications, or reports prepared or |
| 18 | issued by the registered architect and being filed for public |
| 19 | record shall bear the signature and seal of the registered |
| 20 | architect who prepared or approved the document and the date on |
| 21 | which they were sealed. The signature, date, and seal shall be |
| 22 | evidence of the authenticity of that to which they are affixed. |
| 23 | Final plans, specifications, or reports prepared or issued by a |
| 24 | registered architect and interior designer may be transmitted |
| 25 | electronically and may be signed by the registered architect or |
| 26 | interior designer and dated and sealed electronically with the |
| 27 | seal in accordance with ss. 668.001-668.006. |
| 28 | (2)(b) The board shall adopt a rule prescribing the |
| 29 | distinctly different seals to be used by registered interior |
| 30 | designers holding valid certificates of registration. Each |
| 31 | registered interior designer shall obtain a seal as prescribed |
| 32 | by the board, and all drawings, plans, specifications, or |
| 33 | reports prepared or issued by the registered interior designer |
| 34 | and being filed for public record shall bear the signature and |
| 35 | seal of the registered interior designer who prepared or |
| 36 | approved the document and the date on which they were sealed. |
| 37 | The signature, date, and seal shall be evidence of the |
| 38 | authenticity of that to which they are affixed. |
| 39 | (3)(2) No registered architect shall affix, or permit to |
| 40 | be affixed, her or his seal or signature to any final |
| 41 | construction document or instrument of service which includes |
| 42 | any plan, specification, drawing, or other document which |
| 43 | depicts work which she or he is not competent to perform. |
| 44 | (4)(3) No registered interior designer shall affix, or |
| 45 | permit to be affixed, her or his seal or signature to any plan, |
| 46 | specification, drawing, or other document which depicts work |
| 47 | which she or he is not competent or licensed to perform. |
| 48 | (5)(4) No registered architect shall affix her or his |
| 49 | signature or seal to any final construction document or |
| 50 | instrument of service which includes drawings, plans, |
| 51 | specifications, or architectural documents which were not |
| 52 | prepared by her or him or under her or his responsible |
| 53 | supervising control or by another registered architect and |
| 54 | reviewed, approved, or modified and adopted by her or him as her |
| 55 | or his own work according to rules adopted by the board. |
| 56 | (6)(5) No registered interior designer shall affix her or |
| 57 | his signature or seal to any plans, specifications, or other |
| 58 | documents which were not prepared by her or him or under her or |
| 59 | his responsible supervising control or by another registered |
| 60 | interior designer and reviewed, approved, or modified and |
| 61 | adopted by her or him as her or his own work according to rules |
| 62 | adopted by the board. |
| 63 | (7)(6) Final construction documents or instruments of |
| 64 | service which include plans, drawings, specifications, or other |
| 65 | architectural documents prepared by a registered architect as |
| 66 | part of her or his architectural practice shall be of a |
| 67 | sufficiently high standard to clearly and accurately indicate or |
| 68 | illustrate all essential parts of the work to which they refer. |
| 69 | (8)(7) Studies, drawings, specifications, and other |
| 70 | related documents prepared by a registered interior designer in |
| 71 | providing interior design services shall be of a sufficiently |
| 72 | high standard to clearly and accurately indicate all essential |
| 73 | parts of the work to which they refer. |
| 74 | (9)(8) Each registered architect or interior designer, and |
| 75 | each corporation or partnership holding a certificate of |
| 76 | authorization, shall include its certificate number in any |
| 77 | newspaper, telephone directory, or other advertising medium used |
| 78 | by the registered architect, interior designer, corporation, or |
| 79 | partnership. A corporation or partnership is not required to |
| 80 | display the certificate number of individual registered |
| 81 | architects or interior designers employed by or working within |
| 82 | the corporation or partnership. |
| 83 | (10)(9) When the certificate of registration of a |
| 84 | registered architect or interior designer has been revoked or |
| 85 | suspended by the board, the registered architect or interior |
| 86 | designer shall surrender her or his seal to the secretary of the |
| 87 | board within a period of 30 days after the revocation or |
| 88 | suspension has become effective. If the certificate of the |
| 89 | registered architect or interior designer has been suspended for |
| 90 | a period of time, her or his seal shall be returned to her or |
| 91 | him upon expiration of the suspension period. |
| 92 | (11) A person may not sign and seal by any means any final |
| 93 | plan, specification, or report after her or his certificate of |
| 94 | registration has expired or is suspended or revoked. A |
| 95 | registered architect or interior designer whose certificate of |
| 96 | registration is suspended or revoked shall, within 30 days after |
| 97 | the effective date of the suspension or revocation, surrender |
| 98 | her or his seal to the executive director of the board and |
| 99 | confirm in writing to the executive director the cancellation of |
| 100 | the registered architect's or interior designer's electronic |
| 101 | signature in accordance with ss. 668.001-668.006. When a |
| 102 | registered architect's or interior designer's certificate of |
| 103 | registration is suspended for a period of time, her or his seal |
| 104 | shall be returned upon expiration of the period of suspension. |
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| 107 | Remove line(s) 6 and insert: |
| 108 | An act relating to construction contracting; amending s. |
| 109 | 481.221, F.S.; requiring the Board of Architecture and |
| 110 | Interior Design to prescribe, by rule, one or more forms |
| 111 | of seals for use by a registered architect or interior |
| 112 | designer who holds a valid certificate of registration; |
| 113 | authorizing registration of the seal electronically; |
| 114 | authorizing electronic transmission and sealing of final |
| 115 | plans, specifications, or reports; prohibiting a person |
| 116 | from signing and sealing any final plan, specification, or |
| 117 | report after her or his certificate of registration has |
| 118 | expired or is suspended or revoked; providing procedures |
| 119 | after a registered architect's or interior designer's |
| 120 | certificate of registration has expired or is suspended or |
| 121 | revoked; amending s. |