Engineer B Impaired Engineer Delegating Unsealed Work
R · Role
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/16#Engineer_B_Impaired_Engineer_Delegating_Unsealed_Work
Definition
Engineer B suffered a stroke that substantially diminished his cognitive and professional capacity, yet continued to sign and seal design drawings prepared by Engineer Intern C without adequate direction, control, or review, thereby violating responsible charge obligations and state licensure law.
Properties
Instance of
ImpairedEngineerDelegatingUnsealedWork
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ImpairedEngineerDelegatingUnsealedWork
Attributes
| license | Professional Engineer |
| impairment | Stroke-induced cognitive impairment |
| violation | Signed and sealed documents without direction or control; violated NSPE Position Statement No. 10-1778 |
Confidence
0.97
Importance
high
Relationships
| type | peer |
| target | Engineer A |
| type | subject_of_review |
| target | Engineer R |
| type | supervisor |
| target | Engineer Intern C |
Role category
public_responsibility
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer B suffered a stroke and was unable to adequately direct and review engineering designs and drawings being prepared under his signature and seal
Text references
Engineer B chose to sign and seal design drawings without proper review while impaired by this stroke
Engineer B suffered a stroke and was unable to adequately direct and review engineering designs and drawings being prepared under his signature and seal
Engineer B violated Section II. 2. of the code because he affixed his signature and seal to documents prepared without his direction or control
TTL
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case16:Engineer_B_Impaired_Engineer_Delegating_Unsealed_Work a proeth:ImpairedEngineerDelegatingUnsealedWork,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer B Impaired Engineer Delegating Unsealed Work" ;
proeth-core:adheresToPrinciple case16:Impaired_Practice_Cessation_Obligation_Violated_By_Engineer_B,
case16:Licensure_Integrity_Violated_By_Engineer_B_Practice_Arrangement,
case16:Responsible_Charge_Engagement_Violated_By_Engineer_B ;
proeth-core:hasObligation case16:Engineer_B_Impaired_Practice_Cessation_Violation_Instance,
case16:Engineer_B_Professional_Seal_Affixation_Competence_Violation_Instance,
case16:Engineer_B_Responsible_Charge_Active_Supervision_Violation_Instance ;
proeth:attributes "{'license': 'Professional Engineer', 'impairment': 'Stroke-induced cognitive impairment', 'violation': 'Signed and sealed documents without direction or control; violated NSPE Position Statement No. 10-1778'}" ;
proeth:caseinvolvement "Engineer B suffered a stroke that substantially diminished his cognitive and professional capacity, yet continued to sign and seal design drawings prepared by Engineer Intern C without adequate direction, control, or review, thereby violating responsible charge obligations and state licensure law." ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Role" ;
proeth:confidence "0.97" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "16" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-25T04:10:03.531357+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "16" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-25T04:10:03.531357+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:relationships "{'type': 'peer', 'target': 'Engineer A'}",
"{'type': 'subject_of_review', 'target': 'Engineer R'}",
"{'type': 'supervisor', 'target': 'Engineer Intern C'}" ;
proeth:rolecategory "public_responsibility" ;
proeth:roleclass "Impaired Engineer Delegating Unsealed Work" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer B suffered a stroke and was unable to adequately direct and review engineering designs and drawings being prepared under his signature and seal" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer B chose to sign and seal design drawings without proper review while impaired by this stroke",
"Engineer B suffered a stroke and was unable to adequately direct and review engineering designs and drawings being prepared under his signature and seal",
"Engineer B violated Section II. 2. of the code because he affixed his signature and seal to documents prepared without his direction or control" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 16 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-25T12:12:21.718830"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 16 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
16
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-25T04:10:03.531357+00:00
First case
16
Generated
2026-02-25T04:10:03.531357+00:00
Attributed to
Case 16 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-25T12:12:21.718830
Generated by
ProEthica Case 16 Extraction