§464-11  Contents of certificates; use of
seal mandatory when.  Each certificate of licensure issued hereunder shall
bear the date of the original license and shall specify whether the person to
whom it is issued is authorized by the board to practice professional
engineering, architecture, land surveying or landscape architecture.



In the case of a certificate issued to a person
authorizing the person to practice professional engineering, the certificate
shall furthermore indicate the major branch or branches of engineering in which
the person has especially qualified.



Every licensee may use a seal or rubber stamp
of the design authorized by the board bearing the licensee's name and the words
"licensed professional engineer", "licensed architect",
"licensed land surveyor", or "licensed landscape
architect", or otherwise as may be authorized by the board.



All plans, specifications, maps, and reports
prepared by or under the supervision of a licensed engineer, architect,
surveyor, or landscape architect shall be stamped with such seal or stamp when
filed with public officials.  It shall be unlawful for anyone to seal or stamp
any document with such seal or stamp after the license has expired or has been
revoked or suspended unless such license has been renewed or reissued.



No official of the State nor of any political
subdivision thereof, charged with the enforcement of laws or ordinances
relating to the construction or alteration of buildings or structures, shall
accept or approve any plans or specifications that are not stamped with the
seal of a licensed architect or with the seal of a licensed engineer who has
qualified in the structural engineering branch, unless the building or
structure, for which the plans or specifications are submitted is exempted from
this chapter, and no map or survey shall be filed in the land court unless
stamped with the seal of a licensed land surveyor. [L 1923, c 227, §6; RL 1925,
§3688; am L 1931, c 165, §4; am L 1933, c 134, §2; RL 1935, §7039; RL 1945,
§7611; RL 1955, §166-11; HRS §464-11; am L 1970, c 85, §§1, 6; am L 1983, c
155, §7; gen ch 1985; am L 1989, c 210, §13]