RA NO. 9266

• The Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No. 9266, known as "The Architecture Act of 2004", are prescribed, adopted, and promulgated by the Board of Architecture to carry out the provisions of the Act.
• The title of the IRR is "The Rules and Regulations Implementing the Provisions of Republic Act No. 9266", also known as "The Architecture Act of 2004".
• The Board of Architecture is responsible for developing and nurturing competent, virtuous, productive, and well-rounded professional architects whose standards of practice and service are excellent, qualitative, world-class, and globally competitive.
• The State recognizes the importance of architects in nation building and development.
• The Board of Architecture aims to develop and nurture competent, virtuous, productive, and well-rounded professional architects through inviolable, honest, effective, and credible licensure examinations and through regulatory measures, programs, and activities that foster their professional growth and development.
• 9266, who is professionally and academically qualified and with exceptional or recognized expertise or specialization in any branch of architecture;
• “Scope of the Practice of Architecture” encompasses the provision of professional services in connection with site, physical and planning and the design, construction, enlargement, conservation, renovation, remodeling, restoration or alteration of a building or group of buildings.
• “General Practice of Architecture” is the act of planning and architectural designing, structural conceptualization, specifying, supervising and giving general administration and responsible direction to the erection, enlargement or alterations of buildings and building environments and architectural design in engineering structures or any part thereof; the scientific, aesthetic and orderly coordination of all the processes which enter into the production of a complete building or structure performed through the medium of unbiased preliminary studies of plans, consultations, specifications, c
• The Board of Architecture shall interpret, construe, and carry out the "IRR of the Architecture Act of 2004" in the light of the Statement of Policy found in Section 2 of Republic Act No. 9266.
• SEC stands for Securities and Exchange Commission.
• PCAB stands for Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board.
• PRC Modernization Act of 2000 is referred to as R.A. 8981.
• UAP stands for United Architects of the Philippines, Inc.
• Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines is referred to as R.A. 8293.
• PDCB stands for Philippine Domestic Construction Board.
• BOA stands for Board of Architecture.
• CPD refers to Continuing Professional Development.
• PRC stands for Professional Regulation Commission.
• PRB stands for Professional Regulatory Board, which is the same as Board of Architecture for the profession of architecture.
• DOTE stands for Department of Labor and Employment.
• CIAC stands for Construction Industry Arbitration Commission.
• IAPOA stands for Integrated Accredited Professional Organization of Architects, which is the same as United Architects of the Philippines, Inc.
• The Architecture Act of 2004 is referred to as R.A. 9266.
• DTI stands for Department of Trade and Industry.
• CHED refers to Commission on Higher Education.
• In R.A. No. 9266 or other laws, the term "Architecture" is defined as the art, science or profession of planning, designing, and constructing buildings in their totality taking into account their environment, in accordance with the principles of utility, strength, and beauty.
• An "Architect" is a person professionally and academically qualified, registered, and licensed under R.A. No. 9266 with a Certificate of Registration and Professional Identification Card issued by the Professional Regulatory Board of Architecture and the Professional Regulation Commission, and who is responsible for advocating the fair and sustainable development, welfare, and cultural expression of society’s habitat in terms of space, forms, and historical context.
• No. 9266 to an architect, on any ground mentioned under Section 22 hereof for the use of or perpetuation of any fraud or deceit in obtaining a Certificate of Registration and Professional Identification Card or special/temporary permit; for gross negligence or incompetence; for unprofessional or dishonorable conduct; or for any cause specified hereunder.
• In the event of refusal to issue certificate for any reason, the Board shall give the applicant a written statement setting forth the reasons for such action, which statement shall be incorporated in the record of the Board.
• The architect shall indicate the number of his/her Certificate of Registration and Professional Identification Card with its date of issuance and the duration of validity, including the professional tax receipt number which the City/Municipal Treasurer shall issue to the registered architect upon presentation of his/her current PIC, on the documents he/she signs, uses or issues in connection with the practice of his/her profession.
• The Board shall have the power, upon notice and hearing, to suspend or revoke the validity of a Certificate of Registration/Professional Identification Card, or shall cancel a special permit granted under R.A
• The Board shall not register and issue a Certificate of Registration and Professional Identification Card to any person who has falsely sworn or misrepresented himself/herself in his/her application for examination or to any person convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction of a criminal offense involving moral turpitude or guilty of immoral and dishonorable conduct or to any person of unsound mind.
• Any person, firm or association, may prepare charges in accordance with the provisions of this section against any registrant, or the Board may motu proprio investigate and/or take cognizance of acts and practices constituting sufficient cause for suspension or revocation of the Certificate of Registration by proper resolution or order.
• The Board's action of suspension or revocation of a Certificate of Registration and Professional Identification Card shall be subject to appeal to the Commission whose decision shall be final.
• The Board shall periodically examine the grounds for the revocation of the Certificate of Registration and Professional Identification Card and update these as necessary under the implementing rules and regulations.
• The Board in the written statement shall state the period for the deferment of the registration if the offense or act committed does not call for indefinite period and/or perpetual deprivation of the chance to register.
• An "Architect-of-record" is the architect registered and licensed under R.A. No. 9266, who is directly and professionally responsible for the total design of the project for the client and who shall assume the civil liability for the plans, specifications, and contract documents he/she has signed and sealed.
• An "Architect-in-charge of construction" is an architect registered and licensed under R.A. No. 9266, who is directly and professionally responsible and liable for the construction supervision of the project.
• To be qualified as having passed the licensure examination for architects, a candidate must obtain a weighted general average of seventy percent (70%), with no grade lower than fifty percent (50%) in any given subject.
• Analysis of the concepts and techniques in the general planning process, regional planning, land use planning, and human settlements planning.