porfessional architecture

• This Act shall be known as "The Architecture Act of 2004.

  Section 1 short title
• The State recognizes the importance of architects in nation

  building and development. Hence, it shall develop and nurture competent, virtuous, productive

  and well-rounded professional architects whose standards of practice and service shall be

  excellent, qualitative, world-class and globally competitive through inviolable, honest, effective

  and credible licensure examinations and through regulatory measures, programs and activities

  that foster their professional growth and development.

  Section 2 Statement of policy
• means a person professionally and academically qualified, registered and

  licensed under this Act 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;

  Architect
• means the architect registered and licensed under this Act,

  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;

  Architect-of-record
• means an architect registered and

  licensed under this Act, who is directly and professionally responsible and liable for the construction supervision of the project;

  Architecture-in-charge of construction
• means the architect registered and licensed or permitted to

  practice under this Act, who is professionally and academically qualified and with exceptional or recognized expertise or specialization in any branch of architecture;

  Consulting Architect
• means 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

  General 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. Services may include, but are not limited to:

  Scope of the Practice of Architecture
• means the act of conceiving, choosing and developing the

  type, disposition, arrangement and proportioning of the structural elements of an

  architectural work giving due consideration to safety, cost-effectiveness, functionality and

  aesthetics;

  Structural Conceptualization
• means a sole proprietorship, a partnership or a corporation registered

  with the proper government agencies;

  Architectural Firm
• refers to the author or authors of a set of architectural plans or specifications who are in charge of their preparation, whether made by them personally or under their

  immediate supervision;

  Authorship
• refers to the Professional Regulatory Board of Architecture;

  Board
• means the Professional Regulation Commission;

  Commission
• means a duly notarized written contract or equivalent public

  instrument stipulating the scope of services and guaranteeing compensation of such

  services to be rendered by an architect registered and licensed under this Act;

  Service Agreement
• means the existing official national

  organization of all architects of the Philippines in which all registered Filipino architects

  shall be members without prejudice to membership in other voluntary professional

  associations;

  Integrated and Accredited Professional Organization
• refers to a sustaining and progressive learning

  process that maintains, enhances, or increases the knowledge and continuing ability of

  architects;

  Continuing Professional Development
• shall mean the Department of Trade and Industry;

  DTI
• SEC

  Securities and Exchange Commission.
• There is hereby created a Professional Regulatory Board of Architecture, hereinafter referred to as the Board, a collegial body under the supervision and administrative control of the Professional Regulation Commission, hereinafter referred to as the Commission

  Creation and Composition of the Professional Regulatory Board.
• how many chairman needed

  1
• how many recommendees

  3
• nominees for each position submitted to the Commission

  5
• Each member shall have at the time of his/her appointment

  Qualifications of Members of the Professional Regulatory Board.
• The members of the Board shall hold office for a term of three (3) years after appointment or until their successors shall have been appointed and duly qualified. Any

  vacancy occurring within the term of a member shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term

  only.

  Term of Office
• how many years the Board shall hold office for a term

  3 years
• The policies, resolutions, rules and regulations, issued or promulgated by the Board shall be

  subject to review and approval of the Commission. However, the Board’s decisions, resolutions or

  orders rendered in administrative cases shall be subject to review only if on appeal.

  Powers and Functions of the Board
• The Board shall be under the administrative supervision of the Commission.

  All records of the Board, including applications for examination, and administrative and other investigative cases conducted by the Board shall be under the custody of the Commission. The

  Commission shall designate the Secretary of the Board and shall provide the secretariat and

  other support services to implement the provisions of this Act.

  Administrative Supervision of the Board, Custodian of its Records, Secretariat and Support Services
• The President of the Philippines, upon the recommendation of the Commission, after giving the concerned member an opportunity to defend himself in a proper administrative investigation to be conducted by the Commission, may suspend or remove any member on the following grounds:


  Grounds for Suspension or Removal of Members of the Board
• The chairman and members of the Board shall receive compensation and allowances comparable to that being received by the chairman and members of existing regulatory Boards under the Commission as provided for in the General Appropriations Act.

  Compensation and Allowances of the Board.
• The Board shall submit an annual report to the Commission after the

  close of each year giving a detailed account of its proceedings during the year and making such recommendations as it may deem proper.

  Annual Report
• All applicants for registration for the practice of architecture

  shall be required to undergo a licensure examination to be given by the Board in such places and dates as the Commission may designate in accordance with the provisions of Republic Act No.

  8981.

  Examination Required
• Any person applying for examination shall

  establish to the satisfaction of the Board

  Qualifications of Applicant for Examination
• The Board, subject to the approval of the Commission, may revise or exclude any of the subjects

  and their syllabi, and add new ones as the need arises to conform to technological changes

  brought about by continuing trends in the profession.

  Subjects for Examination
• 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.

  Rating in the Licensure Examination
• what grades candidate must obtain a weighted general average

  70%
• no grade lower than

  50%
• The Board shall submit to the Commission the ratings obtained by

  each candidate within thirty (30) calendar days after the examination, unless extended for just

  cause. Upon the release of the results of the examination, the Board shall send by mail the rating

  received by each examinee at his/her given address using the mailing envelope submitted during

  the examination.

  Report of Ratings
• The Board shall submit to the Commission the ratings obtained by

  each candidate within

  30 days
• All successful candidates in the examination shall be required to take an oath of

  profession before any member of the Board, any government official authorized by the

  Commission or any person authorized by law to administer oaths, prior to entering upon the

  practice of the profession.

  oath
• A Certificate of Registration and Professional Identification Card shall be issued to examinees who

  pass the licensure examination subject to payment of fees prescribed by the Commission. The

  Certificate of Registration shall bear the signature of the chairperson of the Commission and the

  chairman and members of the Board, and Professional Identification Card