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11 Senator Clary moved the following amendment:
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17 Section 1. Section 481.221, Florida Statutes, is
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19 481.221 Seals; display of certificate number.--
20 (1) The board shall prescribe, by rule, one or more
21 forms of distinctively different seals to be used by
22 registered architects and interior designers, respectively,
23 holding valid certificates of registration.
24 (a) Each registered architect shall obtain one an
25 impression-type metal seal in a form approved by rule of the
26 board and may, in addition, register his or her seal
27 electronically in accordance with ss. 668.001-668.006. ,and
28 All final construction documents and instruments of service
29 which include drawings, plans, specifications, or reports
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31 for public record shall bear the signature and seal of the
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1 registered architect who prepared or approved the document and
2 the date on which they were sealed. The signature, date, and
3 seal shall be evidence of the authenticity of that to which
4 they are affixed. Final plans, specifications, or reports
5 prepared or issued by a registered architect and interior
6 designer may be transmitted electronically and may be signed
7 by the registered architect or interior designer and dated and
8 sealed electronically with the seal in accordance with ss.
9 668.001-668.006.
10 (2)(b) The board shall adopt a rule prescribing the
11 distinctly different seals to be used by registered interior
12 designers holding valid certificates of registration. Each
13 registered interior designer shall obtain a seal as prescribed
14 by the board, and all drawings, plans, specifications, or
15 reports prepared or issued by the registered interior designer
16 and being filed for public record shall bear the signature and
17 seal of the registered interior designer who prepared or
18 approved the document and the date on which they were sealed.
19 The signature, date, and seal shall be evidence of the
20 authenticity of that to which they are affixed.
21 (3)(2) No registered architect shall affix, or permit
22 to be affixed, her or his seal or signature to any final
23 construction document or instrument of service which includes
24 any plan, specification, drawing, or other document which
25 depicts work which she or he is not competent to perform.
26 (4)(3) No registered interior designer shall affix, or
27 permit to be affixed, her or his seal or signature to any
28 plan, specification, drawing, or other document which depicts
29 work which she or he is not competent or licensed to perform.
30 (5)(4) No registered architect shall affix her or his
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1 instrument of service which includes drawings, plans,
2 specifications, or architectural documents which were not
3 prepared by her or him or under her or his responsible
4 supervising control or by another registered architect and
5 reviewed, approved, or modified and adopted by her or him as
6 her or his own work according to rules adopted by the board.
7 (6)(5) No registered interior designer shall affix her
8 or his signature or seal to any plans, specifications, or
9 other documents which were not prepared by her or him or under
10 her or his responsible supervising control or by another
11 registered interior designer and reviewed, approved, or
12 modified and adopted by her or him as her or his own work
13 according to rules adopted by the board.
14 (7)(6) Final construction documents or instruments of
15 service which include plans, drawings, specifications, or
16 other architectural documents prepared by a registered
17 architect as part of her or his architectural practice shall
18 be of a sufficiently high standard to clearly and accurately
19 indicate or illustrate all essential parts of the work to
20 which they refer.
21 (8)(7) Studies, drawings, specifications, and other
22 related documents prepared by a registered interior designer
23 in providing interior design services shall be of a
24 sufficiently high standard to clearly and accurately indicate
25 all essential parts of the work to which they refer.
26 (9)(8) Each registered architect or interior designer,
27 and each corporation or partnership holding a certificate of
28 authorization, shall include its certificate number in any
29 newspaper, telephone directory, or other advertising medium
30 used by the registered architect, interior designer,
31 corporation, or partnership. A corporation or partnership is
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1 not required to display the certificate number of individual
2 registered architects or interior designers employed by or
3 working within the corporation or partnership.
4 (10)(9) When the certificate of registration of a
5 registered architect or interior designer has been revoked or
6 suspended by the board, the registered architect or interior
7 designer shall surrender her or his seal to the secretary of
8 the board within a period of 30 days after the revocation or
9 suspension has become effective. If the certificate of the
10 registered architect or interior designer has been suspended
11 for a period of time, her or his seal shall be returned to her
12 or him upon expiration of the suspension period.
13 (11) A person may not sign and seal by any means any
14 final plan, specification, or report after her or his
15 certificate of registration has expired or is suspended or
16 revoked. A registered architect or interior designer whose
17 certificate of registration is suspended or revoked shall,
18 within 30 days after the effective date of the suspension or
19 revocation, surrender her or his seal to the executive
20 director of the board and confirm in writing to the executive
21 director the cancellation of the registered architect's or
22 interior designer's electronic signature in accordance with
23 ss. 668.001-668.006. When a registered architect's or interior
24 designer's certificate of registration is suspended for a
25 period of time, her or his seal shall be returned upon
26 expiration of the period of suspension.
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2 And the title is amended as follows:
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6 amending s. 481.221, F.S.; requiring the Board
7 of Architecture and Interior Design to
8 prescribe, by rule, one or more forms of seals
9 for use by a registered architect or interior
10 designer who holds a valid certificate of
11 registration; authorizing registration of the
12 seal electronically; authorizing electronic
13 transmission and sealing of final plans,
14 specifications, or reports; prohibiting a
15 person from signing and sealing any final plan,
16 specification, or report after her or his
17 certificate of registration has expired or is
18 suspended or revoked; providing procedures
19 after a registered architect's or interior
20 designer's certificate of registration has
21 expired or is suspended or revoked;
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