OAR 820-025-0020: Modifying Designs or Documents

(1) Documents prepared and sealed by a Professional Engineer may be modified only when all of the following requirements are met: (a) Only a Professional Engineer or Registered Architect if within the scope of practice of architecture and if competent by education or experience, can modify designs or documents prepared and sealed by a Professional Engineer. (b) A Professional Engineer shall only modify another Professional Engineer’s design or document if they are competent by education or experience. (c) The Professional Engineer modifying another Professional Engineer's design or document shall cloud, encircle, or in some other way clearly indicate the portion of the design or document they are revising and refer the viewer to a separate design or document. (d) The Professional Engineer making the design revisions shall seal and sign the separate design or document. (e) A Professional Engineer modifying designs or documents not sealed must provide all the engineering services that would have been required had they started the work from its origin. (2) Professional Engineers modifying designs or documents prepared by an unlicensed person for an exempt structure must do the following: (a) The Professional Engineer modifying the design or document shall cloud, encircle, or in some other way clearly indicate the portion of the design or document they are revising and refer the viewer to a separate design or document. (b) The Professional Engineer making the design revision shall seal and sign the separate design or document. (3) A Professional Engineer may modify a Registered Architect’s documents as follows: (a) The Professional Engineer shall only modify a Registered Architect’s documents if within the scope of practice of engineering and if competent by education and experience. (b) The Professional Engineer modifying a Registered Architect’s documents shall make modifications on separate documents that clearly indicate the portion of the Registered Architect’s documents being modified. (c) The Professional Engineer modifying a Registered Architect’s documents shall seal and sign the separate documents that provide the modifications.