article 4

• No person shall practice architecture in this

  country, or engage in preparing architectural plans, specification or preliminary data for the erection or alteration of any building located within the boundaries of this country or use the title "Architect," or display or use any title, sign, card, advertisement,

  Registration of Architects Required.
• All architects registered at the time this law takes effect shall automatically be registered under the provisions

  hereof, subject, however, to the provisions herein set forth as to future requirements.

  Vested Rights: Architects Registered When this Law is Passed
• A person who is not a citizen of the Philippines at the time

  he/she applies to take the examination shall not be allowed to take the licensure examination unless he/she can prove, in the manner provided by the Rules of Court that, by specific provision of law, the country of which he/she is a citizen, subject or national either admits citizens of the Philippines to the practice of the same profession without restriction or allows them to practice it after passing an examination on terms

  Reciprocity Requirements
• To promote public interest and to

  safeguard life, health and property, all practicing architects shall maintain a program of continuing professional organization shall have the responsibility of developing a continuing professional development program for architects. Other entities or organizations may become CPD providers upon accreditation by the Board.

  Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
• Any person who shall practice or offer to practice architecture in the Philippines without being registered/licensed and

  who are not holders of temporary or special permits in accordance with the provisions of this Act, or any person presenting or attempting to use as his/her own the Certificate of Registration/Professional Identification Card or seal of another or temporary or special permit,

  Prohibition in the Practice of Architecture and Penal Clause
• upon conviction be sentenced to a fine of not less than`

  100,000 to 5,000,000
• Any person or entity, whether public or private, Filipino or foreigner, who/which shall entice, compel, coerce, require or otherwise force an architect registered and licensed under this Act to undertake/perform any service under the general practice of architecture as defined under this Act,

  Prohibition in the Practice of Architecture.
• It shall be unlawful for any

  person or firm or corporation to seek to avoid the provisions of this Act by having a representative or employee seek architectural work in their behalf, unless and until, such persons have duly qualified and are duly registered/licensed, otherwise, both those represented and representative,

  Liability of Representatives of Non-Registered Persons
• It shall be unlawful for any architect to sign his/her name, affix his/her seal, or use any other method of signature or architectural plans, specifications or other contract documents made under another

  architect’s supervision, unless the same is made in such manner as to clearly indicate the part or parts of such work

  Signing of Architectural Plans, Specifications and Other Contract Documents
• Drawings and specifications and other contract documents duly signed, stamped or sealed, as instruments of service, are the intellectual property and documents of thr architect, whether the object for which they are made is executed or not.

  Ownership of Plans, Specifications and other Contract Documents
• Persons not registered as an architect shall not claim nor represent either services or work as equivalent to those of a duly qualified registered architect, or that they are qualified for any branch or functions of function of architectural practice, even though no form of the title "Architect" is used.

  Non-Registered Person Shall Not Claim Equivalent Service
• Within (3) years from the effectivity of this Act, all existing and proposed positions in the local and

  national government, whether career, permanent, temporary or contractual and primarily

  Positions in Government Requiring the Services of Registered and Licensed Architects
• It shall be unlawful for any unregistered person to

  collect a fee for architectural services except as an employee collecting a fee as representative of

  a Registered Architect.

  Collection of Professional Fees
• The practice of architecture is a professional service, admission to which shall be determined upon the basis of individual personal qualifications. However, a firm, company, partnership, corporation or association may be registered or licensed as such for the practice of architecture under the following conditions:

  Limitation to the Registration of a Firm, Company, Partnership, Corporation or Association.
• Foreign nationals who have gained entry in

  the Philippines to perform professional services as architects or consultants in foreign-funded or

  assisted projects of the government or employed or engaged by Filipino or foreign contractors or

  private firms, shall, before assuming the duties, functions and responsibilities as architects or

  consultants, secure a special/temporary permit from the Board subject to approval of the

  Commission.

  Coverage of Temporary/Special Permits.
• Foreign nationals, including former Filipinos wanting to engage in the general practice of architecture as defined in Section 3 (c) of this Act must secure locally their professional liability

  insurance or malpractice insurance or their acceptable equivalent in bond form commensurate with the nature and magnitude of their project involvement and their compensation

  Liability Insurance of a Person or Entity Allowed to Practice under a Temporary/Special Permit