| 2021-09-21 08:10:51 | THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH BUILDING DEPARTMENT DOES |
| | NOT HAVE THE REQUIRED REPORT TO VERIFY THE ENGINEER'S |
| | ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE. 61G15-23.005 PROCEDURES FOR |
| | ELECTRONICALLY SIGNING AND SEALING ELECTRONICALLY |
| | TRANSMITTED PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, REPORTS OR OTHER |
| | DOCUMENTS. |
| | (1) ENGINEERING PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, REPORTS OR OTHER |
| | DOCUMENTS WHICH MUST BE SIGNED, DATED AND SEALED IN |
| | ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 471.025, |
| | F.S., AND RULE 61G15-23.001, F.A.C., MAY BE SIGNED |
| | ELECTRONICALLY AS PROVIDED HEREIN BY THE PROFESSIONAL |
| | ENGINEER IN RESPONSIBLE CHARGE. AS USED HEREIN, THE |
| | TERM ?ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE? SHALL HAVE THE MEANINGS |
| | ASCRIBED TO THEM IN SECTIONS 668.003(2), (3) AND (4), |
| | F.S. |
| | (2) THE SHA OR SECURE HASH STANDARD AUTHENTICATION CODE |
| | IS DESCRIBED IN FEDERAL INFORMATION PROCESSING STANDARD |
| | PUBLICATION 180-4 ?SECURE HASH STANDARD,? AUGUST 2015, |
| | WHICH IS HEREBY ADOPTED AND INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE |
| | BY THE BOARD AND CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE INTERNET |
| | WEBSITE: HTTP://WWW.FLRULES.ORG/GATEWAY/REFERENCE.ASP?N |
| | O=REF-05976. |
| | (3) A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER UTILIZING AN ELECTRONIC |
| | SIGNATURE TO SIGN AND SEAL ENGINEERING PLANS, |
| | SPECIFICATIONS, REPORTS OR OTHER DOCUMENTS SHALL: |
| | (A) CREATE A STATIC ELECTRONIC VERSION, SUCH AS PDF, OF |
| | THE ENGINEERING DOCUMENT(S) THAT IS TO BE |
| | ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMITTED; |
| | (B) COMPUTE AN SHA-1 AUTHENTICATION CODE FOR EACH |
| | ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING DOCUMENT; |
| | (C) CREATE A PRINTABLE ?SIGNATURE REPORT? THAT CONTAINS |
| | THE LICENSEE?S GIVEN NAME, THE LICENSEE?S LICENSE |
| | NUMBER, AND A LIST OF THE ELECTRONIC FILES TO BE SIGNED |
| | AND SEALED THAT INCLUDES A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF EACH |
| | ENGINEERING DOCUMENT AND THE SHA AUTHENTICATION CODE OF |
| | EACH ENGINEERING DOCUMENT; |
| | (D) PRINT AND PHYSICALLY SIGN, DATE AND SEAL THE |
| | ?SIGNATURE REPORT? IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE |
| | 61G15-23.003, F.A.C.; AND, |
| | (E) TRANSMIT THE SIGNED, DATED AND SEALED ?SIGNATURE |
| | REPORT? TO THE RECEIVING PARTY ALONG WITH EACH |
| | ELECTRONICALLY SIGNED, DATED AND SEALED ENGINEERING |
| | DOCUMENT EITHER BY HARDCOPY OR ELECTRONIC SCAN. IF |
| | SCANNED AND SENT ELECTRONICALLY, THE HARDCOPY OF THE |
| | SIGNED AND SEALED REPORT SHALL BE RETAINED BY THE |
| | LICENSEE IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 61G15-30.009, F.A.C. |
| | EACH ENGINEERING DOCUMENT IS CONSIDERED TO BE |
| | ELECTRONICALLY SIGNED AND SEALED IF THE DOCUMENT?S SHA |
| | AUTHENTICATION CODE MATCHES THE SHA AUTHENTICATION CODE |
| | ON THE PHYSICALLY SIGNED, DATED AND SEALED ?SIGNATURE |
| | REPORT.? |
| | (4) THE AFFIXING OF AN ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE TO |
| | ENGINEERING PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, REPORTS OR OTHER |
| | DOCUMENTS AS PROVIDED HEREIN SHALL CONSTITUTE THE |
| | SIGNING AND SEALING OF SUCH ITEMS. |
| | (A) A DIGITALLY CREATED SEAL AS SET FORTH IN RULE |
| | 61G15-23.002, F.A.C., MAY BE PLACED WHERE IT WOULD |
| | APPEAR IF THE ITEM WERE BEING PHYSICALLY SIGNED, DATED |
| | AND SEALED. |
| | (B) THE DATE THAT THE ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE IS TO BE |
| | PLACED INTO THE DOCUMENT MUST APPEAR ON THE DOCUMENT IN |
| | ACCORDANCE WITH SUBSECTION 61G15-23.001(5), F.A.C., AND |
| | WHERE IT WOULD APPEAR IF THE ITEM WERE BEING PHYSICALLY |
| | SIGNED, DATED AND SEALED. |
| | (C) THE ENGINEERING PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, REPORTS OR |
| | OTHER DOCUMENTS BEING ELECTRONICALLY SIGNED AND SEALED |
| | SHALL INCLUDE TEXT TO INDICATE THE FOLLOWING AND PLACE |
| | IT WHERE AN ORIGINAL SIGNATURE WOULD APPEAR IF THE ITEM |
| | WERE BEING PHYSICALLY SIGNED, DATED AND SEALED: |
| | 1. THE SAME INFORMATION REQUIRED BY SUBSECTION |
| | 61G15-23.002(2), F.A.C. IF A DIGITALLY CREATED SEAL IS |
| | NOT USED, |
| | 2. THE ITEM HAS BEEN ELECTRONICALLY SIGNED AND SEALED |
| | USING A SHA AUTHENTICATION CODES; AND, |
| | 3. PRINTED COPIES OF THE DOCUMENT ARE NOT CONSIDERED |
| | SIGNED AND SEALED AND ALL SHA AUTHENTICATION CODE MUST |
| | BE VERIFIED ON ANY ELECTRONIC COPIES. |
| | RULEMAKING AUTHORITY 471.025(1), 471.033(2), 471.008 |
| | FS. LAW IMPLEMENTED 471.025, 668.006 FS. HISTORY?NEW |
| | 11-3-15, AMENDED 2-3-16, 10-26-16, 9-7-17, 6-19-18. |
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| | ELECTRONICALLY SUBMITTED DRAWINGS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE |
| | THE ARCHITECT OR ENGINEER'S DIGITAL SIGNATURE ON THEM. |
| | YOU ALSO HAVE THE OPTION TO SUBMIT THE SIGNED AND |
| | SEALED PAPER VERSION OF DRAWINGS. AFTER THE ELECTRONIC |
| | PLANS HAVE BEEN APPROVED, YOU CAN SUBMIT THE |
| | CORRESPONDING PAPER DRAWINGS AT THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT |
| | TO BE VERIFIED. THE ARCHITECT OR ENGINEER'S ORIGINAL |
| | HANDWRITTEN SIGNATURE AND SEAL IS REQUIRED TO BE ON THE |
| | DRAWINGS. NO PHOTOCOPY OR OTHER FACSIMILES OF THE |
| | SIGNATURE ARE ACCEPTABLE. FS 487 & 61G1 OR FS 471 & |
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