5. Section 18 requires an arbitrator's ruling to be incorporated into an "award under Section 19" because for procedural purposes there must be an award under Section 19 for a court to confirm under Section 22 or to vacate, modify or correct under Section 23 or 24.

§8719.__Award

1.__Record.__An arbitrator shall make a record of an award.__ The record must be signed or otherwise authenticated by any arbitrator who concurs with the award.__The arbitrator or the arbitration organization shall give notice of the award, including a copy of the award, to each party to the arbitration proceeding.

2.__Time of award.__An award must be made within the time specified by the agreement to arbitrate or, if not specified therein, within the time ordered by the court.__The court may extend or the parties to the arbitration proceeding may agree in a record to extend the time.__The court or the parties may do so within or after the time specified or ordered.__A party waives any objection that an award was not timely made unless the party gives notice of the objection to the arbitrator before receiving notice of the award.

Uniform Comment

The terms "or otherwise authenticated" are intended to conform with the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 7001, noted in Section 30. An arbitrator can execute an award by an electronic signature which is intended to mean "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." 15 U.S.C.A. § 7006(5).

§8720.__Change of award by arbitrator