Seal

Any physical or electronic seal applied by a licensed onsite soil evaluator to a document to indicate that he or she is professionally responsible for the work so sealed.

Matters of Public Concern:

OSE had a sealing requirement while under the VDH "authorized" program.  It appears as if this board is intentionally trying to transfer liability from VDH licensed professionals by removing the requirements for sealing.  Sealing allows the owner to convey a COMPLETED work product to contractors for a UNIFORM bid. 

In removing the sealing requirement, the portion of regulants providing design services for VDH are not providing a document that is considered "FINAL".  Owners do not have any guarantee that the plans are final and free of deffect.  In turn, this places the owner with reduced opportunity to recover damages from flawed or incomplete plans.