§ 37.56a. Definitions.
The following words and terms, when used in this section and § § 37.59 and 37.60 (relating to use of seal; and digital signature and seal), have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Digital seal—An electronic image attached to or logically associated with a document and executed or adopted by a licensee with the intent to seal the document.
Digital signature—An electronic sound, symbol or process attached to or logically associated with a document and executed or adopted by a licensee with the intent to sign the document.
Electronic—Relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic or similar capabilities.
Handwritten signature—The scripted name or legal mark of an individual, written by that individual and executed or adopted with the present intention to authenticate a writing in a permanent form.
Sole control—A situation in which only the registrant decides when and where the signature and seal are applied.
Verification—Confirmation that a signature and seal are actually from the registrant whose name and registration number appears on the document.
Authority The provisions of this § 37.56a added under sections 4(l) and 7 of the Engineer, Land Surveyor and Geologist Registration Law (63 P.S. § § 151(l) and 154).
Source The provisions of this § 37.56a added December 16, 2022, effective December 17, 2022, 52 Pa.B. 7709.
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