CA for future home builder/owner

[Dave Pitman]

for most states it is illegal to review someone else's work product and then stamp it

it MUST be done by the stamper or under their direct supervision

I think the intent of the law is to make "rubber stamping" illegal. Rubber stamping defined here as stamping for a fee, irregardless of the content.

I find it difficult to think that a legitimate engineer would be taken to court for actually reviewing a drawing drafted by someone not in their office, marking up the drawing with needed revisions and corrections, sending it back to the drafter to draw, then stamping the resultant, reviewed drawing.

If this were to happen, then it would basically be illegal for an engineer to hire drafting help at all. We all know that collaboration technology is not the same as it was 10 years ago.