RCW 28B.10.019Electronic signatures.(1) Institutions of higher education and state higher education agencies may use or accept secure electronic signatures for any human resource, benefits, or payroll processes that require a signature. Such signatures are valid and enforceable.(2) The definitions in this subsection apply throughout this section.(a) 'Electronic signature' means an electronic sound, symbol, or process, attached to, or logically associated with, a contract or other record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record.(b) 'Secure electronic signature' means an electronic signature that:(i) Is unique to the person making the signature;(ii) Uses a technology or process to make the signature that is under the sole control of the person making the signature;(iii) Uses a technology or process that can identify the person using the technology or process; and(iv) Can be linked with an electronic record in such a way that it can be used to determine whether the electronic record has been changed since the electronic signature was incorporated in, attached to, or associated with the electronic record.[ 2013 c 218 s 2.]
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