New Stamping Regulations
Passed at the March 8, 2006 Meeting of the
Nevada State Board of
Architecture, Interior Design and Residential Design
Regulations are effective May
4, 2006.
NAC 623.750 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
623.750 1. Each architect shall obtain and possess
an embossed seal, [or] a seal designed as a rubber stamp
or a seal in electronic format which complies with the following
specifications:
(a) The overall diameter of
the seal must be approximately 1 7/8 inches.
(b) The seal must contain
the name of the registrant, his number of registration and conform to the
following design:
2. Each plan, specification, report or other document issued by a
registrant must be signed and must be sealed or stamped by him either manually or electronically.
NAC 623.755 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
623.755 1.
Each registered interior designer shall obtain and possess an embossed
seal, [or] a seal designed as a rubber stamp or a
seal in electronic format which must:
(a) Be an equilateral
triangle, each side of which must be 2 1/2 inches;
(b) Contain the name of the
registrant and his number of registration; and
(c) Conform to the following
design:
2. Each plan, specification, report or other document issued by a
registrant must be signed and must be sealed or stamped by him either
manually or electronically.
NAC 623.760 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
623.760 1. Each
residential designer shall obtain and possess an embossed seal, a seal
designed as a rubber stamp or a seal in electronic
format that complies with the following specifications:
(a) The seal must be 1 1/4
by 3 inches.
(b) The seal must contain
the name of the registrant, his number of registration and conform to the
following design:
_______________________________________
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(Seal of |
John J. Public |
State) |
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REGISTERED |
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RESIDENTIAL DESIGNER |
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(No. 000) |
State
of Nevada |
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2. Each plan, specification, report or other document issued by a
registrant must be signed and must be sealed or stamped by him either manually or electronically.
NAC 623.763 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
623.763 1.
Each registrant shall validate a stamp or seal [by signing his name
legibly in opaque ink across the face of the impression made by the stamp or
seal and entering the date of stamping or sealing immediately below the
impression of the stamp or seal. The signature must not obliterate the
registrant’s name, discipline or number of registration. The registrant may not
use a stamp or computer to produce his signature.] either
electronically or manually. The seal,
signature and date must produce a clearly visible and legible image on any copy
or reproduction of the document to which they are affixed.
2. When a registrant signs, stamps or seals a document containing the
work of others, the registrant represents that the entire document has been
prepared by him or prepared under his responsible control, unless he includes a
written statement adjacent to his signature, stamp or seal identifying the
portion of the document that was prepared by him or prepared under his
responsible control.
3. A registrant who signs, stamps or seals a document which was not
prepared by him but was prepared under his responsible control is subject to
disciplinary proceedings pursuant to chapter 623 of NRS for any errors in that
document as if he prepared it himself.
4. For the purposes of NRS 623.185, plans, specifications, reports
and any other documents which are issued by a registrant with the intent that
they be considered as formal or final documents must be stamped with the seal
of the registrant before they are delivered to or filed with any public
authority.
5. A registrant is not required to stamp the following documents:
(a) An as-built plan or
record plan;
(b) A report that includes
observations concerning the progress of the construction of a project; or
(c) An estimate of the costs
of a project.
NAC 623.766 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
623.766 1.
Plans submitted to a public authority must include:
(a) The name, address and
telephone number of the firm that submits the plans;
(b) The name and location of
the project for which the plans are submitted;
(c) The date the plans were
issued for printing; and
(d) A statement that
indicates whether the plans are preliminary or final.
2. If the plans submitted to a public authority are copies of the
original plans:
(a) Each sheet submitted to a public authority must
bear the date, [and] the original [stamp] or
electronic seal and signature of the registrant who provided the responsible
control under which the work indicated on the sheet was performed.
[; and
(b)For each professional discipline
included in the plans, the cover sheet and the first sheet for that
professional discipline must be dated and include an original stamp and
signature of the registrant who provided the responsible control under which
the work indicated on the sheet was performed.]
3. Each set of specifications submitted to a
public authority must include a table of contents or cover sheet that:
(a) Indicates the
professional discipline that is the source of each specification; and
(b) Contains the stamp of,
and is signed and dated by, each registrant who provided the responsible
control under which the work in that professional discipline was performed. The
seal, signature and date may be in original or electronic format.
4. Each report, study, test result,
certification or calculation that is submitted to a public authority must be
stamped, signed and dated by the registrant who provided the responsible control
under which that report, study, test result, certification or calculation was
submitted. The seal, signature and date may be in original or electronic
format.