OAR 804-030-0003: Signature

(1) After a Registered Landscape Architect has stamped a final draft document, the Registered Landscape Architect shall sign in the designated space provided across the stamp. (2) Sign or signature as used in ORS 671.379 means the following: (a) An original, hand-written identification of a Registered Landscape Architect; (b) An electronic scanned image of an original, hand-written identification of a Registered Landscape Architect; or (c) A computer-generated (digital) representation of the Registered Landscape Architect’s hand-written signature that represents the act of putting the name on a document to attest to the document’s validity. For computer-generated (digital) documents stamped with a digital stamp, a digital signature is acceptable as allowed by ORS 84.001 to ORS 84.061. (3) Signature must be: (a) Permanently affixed to the document being certified; (b) Placed across the stamp in the designated location; (c) Unique to the registrant; (d) Under the direct control of the registrant; and (e) Verifiable. (4) A registrant is responsible for the custody and proper use of a digital signature. Improper use, whether authorized or not by the Registered Landscape Architect, of a digital signature shall be grounds for disciplinary action or civil penalty by the Board.