Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance - Tennessee Board of Architectural and Engineering Examiners

Tenn. Code Ann. § 62-2-601

• Business Corporations
• Professional Corporations
• Limited Liability Companies
• Professional Limited Liability Companies
• Partnerships
• Limited Partnerships
• Limited Liability Partnerships

Business Corporations:

• Corporations must appoint a Tennessee licensed engineer to be responsible for all engineering activities undertaken by the firm in Tennessee, and the responsible individual must either have the authority to make independent design decisions or be an officer of the firm.

Professional Corporations:

• All shareholders (unless otherwise authorized by the board of engineers), officers (excluding secretary and treasurer), and at least 1/2 of the directors must be licensed in a professional service provided by the PC.

Limited Liability Companies:

• LLCs must appoint a Tennessee licensed engineer to be responsible for all engineering activities undertaken by the firm in Tennessee, and the responsible individual must either have the authority to make independent design decisions or be a manager of the firm.

Professional Limited Liability Companies:

• All members (unless otherwise authorized by the board of engineers), managers (excluding secretary and treasurer), and at least 1/2 of the governors, if any, must be licensed in a professional service provided by the PLLC.

Partnerships:

• Partnerships must appoint a Tennessee licensed engineer to be responsible for all engineering activities undertaken by the firm in Tennessee, and the responsible individual must either have the authority to make independent design decisions or be a partner of the firm.

Subject to the requirements of this rule, the registrant may affix an electronically generated signature and date of signature to documents. When used, electronic signatures and dates of signature shall be placed either across the face and beyond the circumference of the seal or adjacent to the seal. Documents that are signed using a digital signature must have an electronic authentication process attached to or logically associated with the electronic document. The digital signature must be:

1. Unique to the individual using it;
2. Capable of verification;
3. Under the sole control of the individual using it; and
4. Linked to a document in such a manner that the digital signature is invalidated if any data in the document is changed.

Tennessee Rules and Regulations 0120-02-.08

Subject to the requirements of this rule, rubber-stamp, embossed, transparent selfadhesive or electronically generated seals may be used. Such stamps or seals shall not include the registrant’s signature or date of signature.

Tennessee Rules and Regulations 0120-02-.08