The Board proposes the rule amendment to delete language from the rule that is no longer current and to update Specific Authority and Law Implemented sections of the rule.

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
Board of Professional Geologists

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
61G16-2.005: Procedures for Signing and Sealing Geological Papers, Reports, or Other Documents
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The Board proposes the rule amendment to delete language from the rule that is no longer current and to update Specific Authority and Law Implemented sections of the rule.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: The rule amendment will delete language from the rule that is no longer current or correct and to update Specific Authority and Law Implemented sections of the rule.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 282.75, 492.104, 492.107, 668.003, 668.006 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 282.75, 492.107, 668.003, 668.006 FS.
IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE NOTICED IN THE NEXT AVAILABLE FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE WEEKLY.
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Rick Morrison, Executive Director, Board of Professional Geologists, Division of Professions, P. O. Box 5377, Tallahassee, FL 32314-5377

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS:

61G16-2.005 Procedures for Signing and Sealing Geological Papers, Reports or Other Documents.

(1) through (3) No change.

(4) Geological papers, reports or other documents which are required to be signed, dated and sealed under the provisions of Chapter 492, F.S. and which are transmitted, submitted or issued by means of electronic files, may be signed and sealed by creating a “signature” file that contains the professional geologist’s name and license number, a brief overall description of the geological papers, reports or other documents in question 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: http://www.isiedu/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 professional geologist’s name and license number, a brief overall description of the geological papers, reports or other documents in question and the authentication code of the signature file. This report shall be printed and physically signed, dated and sealed by the professional geologist who prepared or issued the geological papers, reports or other documents. The signature file is defined as sealed if its authentication code matches the authentication code on the printed and physically 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 282.75, 492.104, 492.107, 668.003, 668.006 FS. Law Implemented 282.75, 492.107, 668.003, 668.006 FS. History– New 2‑9‑00, Amended 3‑5‑01,_________.