The Board proposes to create this rule to specify the procedures for signing and sealing electronically transmitted plans, specifications, reports, or other documents.

 

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION

Board of Architecture and Interior Design

RULE NO.: RULE TITLE:

61G1-16.005 Procedures for Signing and Sealing Electronically Transmitted Plans, Specifications, Reports or Other Documents

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The Board proposes to create this rule to specify the procedures for signing and sealing electronically transmitted plans, specifications, reports, or other documents.

SUMMARY: The rule specifies the procedures for signing and sealing electronically transmitted plans, specifications, reports, or other documents.

SUMMARY OF statement of ESTIMATED REGULATORY COSTS: No Statement of Estimated Regulatory Cost was prepared.

Any person who wishes to provide information regarding a statement of estimated regulatory costs, or provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative must do so in writing within 21 days of this notice.

SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 481.2055 FS., 481.221(2), (3) FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 481.221(2), (3) FS.

IF REQUESTED WITHIN 21 DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS NOTICE, A HEARING WILL BE SCHEDULED AND ANNOUNCED IN THE FAW.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Juanita Chastain, Executive Director, Board of Architecture and Interior Design, 1940 North Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0783

 

THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE IS:

 

61G1-16.005 Procedures for Signing and Sealing Electronically Transmitted Plans, Specifications, Reports or Other Documents.

(1) Information stored in electronic files representing plans, specifications, plats, reports, or other documents which must be sealed under the provisions of Chapter 481, F.S., shall be signed, dated and sealed by the architect or interior designer in responsible charge.

(2) Electronic files may be signed and sealed by creating a “signature” file that contains the architect’s or interior designer’s name and license number, a brief overall description of the documents, and a list of the electronic files to be sealed. Each file in the list shall be identified by its file name utilizing relative Uniform Resource Locators (URL) syntax described in the Internet Architecture Board’s Request for Comments (RFC) 1738, December 1994, which is hereby adopted and incorporated by reference by the Board and can be obtained from the Internet Website: ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in_notes/rfc1738.txt. Each file shall have an authentication code defined as an SHA_1 message digest described in Federal Information Processing Standard Publication 180_1 “Secure Hash Standard,” 1995 April 17, which is hereby adopted and incorporated by reference by the Board and can be obtained from the Internet Website: http://www.itl.nist.gov/fipspubs/ fip180_1.htm. A report shall be created that contains the architect’s or interior designer’s license number, a brief overall description of the documents in question and the authentication code of the signature file. This report shall be printed and manually signed, dated, and sealed by the architect or interior designer in responsible charge. The signature file is defined as sealed if its authentication code matches the authentication code on the printed, manually signed, dated and sealed report. Each electronic file listed in a sealed signature file is defined as sealed if the listed authentication code matches the file’s computed authentication code.

Specific Authority 481.2055, 481.221(2),(3) FS. Law Implemented 481.221(2),(3) FS. History–New ________.

 

NAME OF PERSON ORIGINATING PROPOSED RULE: Board of Architecture and Interior Design

NAME OF SUPERVISOR OR PERSON WHO APPROVED THE PROPOSED RULE: Board of Architecture and Interior Design

DATE PROPOSED RULE APPROVED BY AGENCY HEAD: November 29, 2005

DATE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT PUBLISHED IN FAW: December 23, 2005