FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
S E N A T E  
Senate Bill No. 
INTRODUCED BY SEN. MANNY VILLAR 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Living in Metro Manila means knowledge that clean air is considered a 
rare commodity. It may be an understatement to say that we may have one 
polluted environment that we wonder how much toxins enter our bodies. True 
enough, the scope and complexities of environmental pollution have grown to an 
unimaginable proportion that a comprehensive environmental surveillance and 
protection must be arrived at, to solve this physical barrier. 
One of these areas that should be considered in providing remedial 
solution to environmental pollution is the training and education of our citizens. 
To this end, the professional sector known as the Sanitary Engineers, 
Environmental Engineers and Sanitarians should be the first to be considered, as 
they will be practitioners who will espouse the ideals of modern living and 
disseminate the goodness of clean environment. 
With the fast-changing signs of the times and the advent of modem 
technology, the existing Sanitary Engineering Law that aims to protect the public 
health and the environment has become outdated. Hence, it is the aim of this 
legislation to enact a measure that will enable the professionals to be more 
effective in dealing with today’s environmental and public health problems. 
With this legislation, a code entitled: “The New Sanitary and 
Environmental Engineering Law” is ordained with a more definitive and 
responsive environmental and public health engineering law that adapts with the 
globalization approach. 
Premises stated, this legislation is recommended for early cognizance. 
M A ~ N Y  ILLAR 
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FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
S E N A T E  
Senate Bill No. :%89 
INTRODUCED BY SEN. MANNY VILLAR 
AN ACT ORDAINING A NEW SANITARY AND 
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING LAW OF THE PHILIPPINES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
Philippines in Congress assembled: 
ARTICLE I 
TITLE AND DEFINITIONS OF TERMS 
SECTION 1. ,This Act shall be known as “The New Sanitary and 
Environmental Engineering Law of 2007.” 
SEC. 2. Definition of Terms -As used in this Act, the following terms shall 
2.1 “Practice of Sanitary and Environment Engineering a person is 
deemed to be in the practice of sanitary and environmental 
engineering when he renders or offers to render professional 
engineering services in the form of, but not limited to the following: 
2.1 .I Consultancy, investigation valuation, planning, monitoring, 
construction, installation, manufacturing, research and management 
of services requiring sanitary and environmental engineering 
knowledge. 
2.1.2 Human resources development on environmental protection 
and sanitation, in consonance with the other engineering disciplines 
and with the other paramedical and medical sciences. 
Engineering are, but not limited to the following: 
mean: 
2.1.3 Description of works under Sanitary and Environmental 
2.1.2.1 
Public Health - a field wherein services as 
nosocomial engineering for the health administrative authority are 
rendered in, but not limited to sanitation, disease prevention and 
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control, and other public health concerns using engineering 
methods and paramedical measures; 
2.1.3.2 Water usage, conservation and protection - shall 
includes all aspects in the protection and conservation of water 
resources, classification of waters, protection of watershed and use 
of water: 
2.1.3.3 Water supply, storage, treatment, distribution, re-use 
and disinfection - involves engineering works including, but not 
limited to water source, water storage, horizontal and building water 
distribution systems, equipment and control devices, flow and 
pressure, 
control and water 
conservation devices, 
water 
purification, water reservoirs and water pumping facilities and shall 
include water collection, conveyance, treatment and distribution; 
2.1.3.4 Storm drainage and waste water management- 
Waste water management shall include, but not limited to waste 
minimization, sanitary sewers systems, industrial wastewater 
conveyance and disposal, wastewater treatment plants, sewage 
treatment plants and effluent disposal, sewer appurtenances, 
sewage lifting stations, leachate treatment, sludge and septage 
disposal and storm drainage management shall includes, but 
limited to run- collection, storm water conveyance and disposal, 
including storm sewer appurtenances; 
2.1.3.5 Solid waste Refuse management shall include, but 
not limited to waste minimization, storage, segregation, collection, 
conveyance, 
treatment 
and 
disposal, 
including 
necessary 
appurtenances; 
2.1.3.6 Toxic and hazardous substances and radiation- 
Toxic and Hazardous substances shall involve engineering works 
in, but not limited to manufacturing, processing, storage, 
conveyance, use, treatment and disposal of the products and by 
products such as heavy metals, persistent organic pollutant, priority 
pollutants, polychlorinated biphenyls, poisons radioactive and 
nuclear wastes, hospital and institutional wastes and agricultural 
wastes and Radiation shall include, but not limited nonionic and 
ionic radiation effects, protection and control; 
2.1.3.7 Pollution prevention and control- shall involve all 
aspects in prevention and control of noise, air, water and land 
pollution; 
2.1.3.8 Life and safety - shall involve the preservation of life 
and protection of property against hazards and injurious condition 
in, but not limited in buildings horizontal development, air crafts sea 
vessels, lands crafts, industrial areas, public places and areas, 
underground structures for public land private use, recreational 
places and areas; it shall include construction safety management, 
management operation safety, and mitigating measures; 
2.1.3.9 
Environmental 
engineering 
and 
planning- 
Engineering in Environmental protection shall include, but not 
limited Hydrology, Ecology, Environmental Impact Assessment. 
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2.2 
“Bioso1ids”- similar to sludge 
2.3 
“Fixture unit”- a quality in terms of which the load producing effects 
on the plumbing system of different kinds of plumbing fixtures are 
expressed on some arbitrarily chosen scale. 
“Garbage” is used to designate those putrescible wastes resulting 
from the growing, handling, preparation, cooking, and consumption 
of food. 
“Gray water”- is untreated household waste water which has not 
come in contact with toilet waste and includes used water from 
bathtubs, showers bathroom was basin, and clothes washing 
machine and laundry tubs; it shall not include waste water from 
kitchen sinks or dishwashers. 
2.4 
2.5 
2.6 
“Hazardous waste”- shall refer to by-products, side products, 
process residues, spent reaction media, contaminated plant or 
equipment or other substances from manufacturing operations and 
as consumer discards of manufactured product which present 
unreasonable risklinjury to health and safety and to the 
environment. 
“Ionizing radiation”- is the energy that is propagated through space 
or a material medium in the form of waves or particles and is 
capable of either directly or indirectly removing electrons from 
atoms, thereby creating ions, which are electrically charged atoms. 
“Master plumber“ - As used in this act shall mean a person duly 
registered with the Special Board on Master Plumbers under Board 
of Examiners of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering in the 
manner as hereinafter provided 
“Non-ionizing radiation”- includes ultraviolet radiation ,visible light, 
microwaves, electro -magnetic radiation used in television, AM and 
FM radio communications and electro-magnetic fields around 
electric power lines and appliances 
2.10 “Plumber ‘I- as one who fits and repairs water drainage pipes 
2.11 “Plumbing Design” - shall mean the design of water distribution 
system and sanitary drainage system within the building in 
compliance to the National Plumbing Code. 
2.12 “Plumbing”- shall plumber’s trade or work; the art of assemblage of 
pipes and fixtures used to convey water and waste. 
2.13 “Radiation”-the process in which energy in the form of rays of light, 
heat, or waves is sent out trough space from atoms, and molecules 
as they undergo internal change. 
2.14 “Reclaimed Water“- is water which, as a result of a tertiary 
treatment of domestic wastewater, is suitable for direct beneficial 
use; especially excluded from this definition is “gray water“. 
2.7 
2.8 
2.9 
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2.15 
2.16 
2.17 
2.18 
2.19 
2.20 
2.21 
2.22 
2.23 
2.24 
“Refuse”- are the materials that are collected and disposed of which 
includes garbage, rubbish, ashes, street sweepings, and dead 
animals, and solid market and industrial waste. 
“Re-use water”- gray water and/ or reclaimed water put into 
beneficial use. 
“Rubbish”- denotes all non-putrescible waste except ashes. 
“Sanitarian”- 
as one who 
reviews or 
examines critically 
establishment in compliance to the Sanitation Code and its 
implementing rules and regulations. 
”Sanitary and environmental Engineer” - as used in this Act shall 
mean a person duly registered with the board of Examiners for 
Sanitary and Environmental Engineering in the manner as 
hereinafter provided. 
Sanitary Engineer”- as used in this Act shall mean a person duly 
registered with Board of Examiners for Sanitary Engineering, under 
Republic Act 1364, that shall be a “Sanitary and Environmental 
Engineer” upon enactment of this law. 
“Solid waste”- synonymous to refuse. 
“Toxic materials”- any material that may have a poisonous effect on 
man or organism. 
“Trash”- similar to rubbish, dry solid wastes similar to wastes 
generated in office buildings. 
“Treated water“- water that had undergone mechanical, physical, 
and/or chemical process for the purpose of purification. 
ARTICLE II 
BOARD OF EXAMINERS FOR SANITARY AND ENVIRONMENTAL 
ENGINEERING 
SEC.3. Composition of the Broad - Within the thirty (30) days from the 
effectivity of this Act, there shall be created a Board for Sanitary and 
Environmental Engineering hereinafter referred to as the Board, to be composed 
of one (1) chairman, two (2) members, one (1) Master plumber Specialty Board 
Chairman, two (2) Sanitarian Specialty Board Members who shall be appointed 
by the President of the Philippines upon the recommendation of the Professional 
Regulation Commission of Civil Service from among such persons of recognized 
standing in their profession as nominated by the Accredited Professional 
Organization as having practiced at least ten (IO) years, and academically, for 
baccalaureate degree holders, and morally fully qualified by their respective bona 
fide associations. 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 shall have duly qualified. For the board and the specialty boards, the fist 
members of the Boards under this Act shall hold office for the following terms: 
one member for one (1) year, one member for two (2) years; one member of 
three (3) years while the successors shall serve a full term of three (3) years. 
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Each member of the Board shall qualify by taking the proper oath of office before 
entering upon the performance of his duties. Any member of the Board may be 
immoral, or dishonorable in conduct, after having been given opportunity to 
defend himself in a proper administrative investigation: Provided, that during the 
process of investigation, the President shall have the power to suspend such 
member under investigation and shall appoint a temporary member in his place. 
Vacancies in the Board shall be filled for the unexpired term. 
SEC. 4. Description of the Board Hierarchy. The Specialty Boards shall 
work under the direction, supervision and responsibility of the chairman of the 
Sanitary and Environmental Engineering Board. The specialty board chairmen 
shall be sanitary and environmental engineers and members of the specialty 
board shall preferably be practitioners of the trades. 
SEC. 5. Powers and Duties of the Board. - The Board shall exercise 
executive/administrative or quasi-legislative or rule-making or quasi-judicial 
investigative powers in carrying out the specific powers, functions, duties and 
responsibilities. 
5.1 Supervise and regulate the practice of Sanitary and Environmental 
Engineers, Sanitarians and Master Plumbers in the Philippines; 
5.2 Determine and evaluate the qualifications of the applicants for 
registration for special permits; 
5.3 Prepare the examination questions in accordance with Section 20 
hereof or modifications thereof prescribe the syllabi of the subjects 
and their relative weights for the licensure examinations; formulate or 
adopt test questions and deposit them in a test question bank: draw 
the test questions at random through process of computerization; and 
submit the examination results to the Professional Regulations 
Commission (PRC) within the period provided for by the rule of the 
Commission; 
5.4 Prescribe, amend or revise the requirement for Sanitary and 
Environmental Engineers, Sanitarians and Master Plumbers and 
subject in the licensure examination for professional Sanitary and 
Environmental Engineers, Registered Sanitarians and Registered 
Master Plumbers and their relative weights, subject to the approval of 
the Commission: 
5.5 Register successful applicants who have passed the licensure 
examination for Sanitary and Environmental Engineers, Sanitarians 
and Master Plumbers and issue corresponding certificate of 
registration and professional licenses; 
5.6 Issue special permits to individual foreign Sanitary Engineer, 
Environmental Engineers, Sanitarians and Master Plumbers for 
specific Projects and for a specific duration of time; 
5.7 Look into the conditions affecting the practice of the Sanitary and 
Environmental 
Engineering, Sanitarian 
and 
Master 
Plumber 
professions and adopt measures for the enhancement of the 
professions and the maintenance of high professional, technical, and 
ethical standards and conduct ocular inspection of the places where 
registrants practice their professions to determine and enforce 
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compliance with this Act. The Board shall authorize the duly 
integrated and accredited sanitary and environmental engineering, 
integrated Sanitarian and Master Plumbing associations to render 
assistance in this function; 
5.8 Promulgate rules and regulations including a code of ethics, 
administrative policies, orders and issuance to carry out the 
provisions of this Act; 
5.9 Investigate violations of the Act and the rules and regulations, code 
of ethics, administrative policies, orders and issuance promulgated 
by the Board. The rules on administrative investigation promulgated 
by the Commission shall govern in such investigation; 
5.10 Issue subpoena or subpoena duces tecum, to secure the attendance 
of respondents or witnesses or the production of documents at and 
relative to the investigation conducted by the Board; 
5.1 1 Delegate the investigation of the case to the chairman, a member of 
the Board of Professional Regulations Commission or PRC attorney. 
If the case concerns strictly the practice of the profession, the 
investigation shall be presided by the chairman or member of the 
Board with the assistance of a PRC attorney; 
5.1 2 Render decision, order or resolution on preliminary investigation or 
inquiry, on undocketed cases and on docked administrative cases 
against examinees or registrants which shall become final and 
executory unless appealed with the Commission within fifteen (15) 
days from receipt of the copy thereof. The decision of the 
Commission may be appealed to the Court of Justice in accordance 
with the procedure provided in the Rules of Court; 
5.13 After due notice and hearing, cancel examination papers and/or bar 
the examinee from future examinations; refuse or defer his 
registration; reprimand the registrant with stern warning; suspend him 
from the practice of his profession; revoke his certificate of 
registration; delisting from the roll of professional Sanitary and 
Environmental Engineers, Registered Sanitarians and Master 
plumbers for continuous non-payment of annual registration, or 
delisting from the roll by the Board as provided herein, may be 
appealed initially to the Commission within fifteen (15) days from 
receipt thereof. The decision of the Commission may be appealed to 
the Court in accordance with the procedure provided in the Rules of 
court: 
5.14 Administer 
oaths 
in 
connection 
with 
the 
administration, 
implementations, or reinforcement of this Act; 
5.15 Submit an annual report on the proceeding and accomplishments 
during the year and on recommendations of the Boards to the 
Commission after the close of each fiscal year; 
5.16 Prosecute or institute criminal action against any violator of the Act 
and/or the rules and regulations of the Board; 
5.17 Adopt an official seal; 
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5.18 Coordinate with the Commission on higher Education and the 
Department of Education (DepEd) in prescribing, amending andlor 
revising the courses; 
5.19 Perform such other functions and duties as may be necessary to 
implement effectively this Act. The policies, resolutions rules and 
regulations orders or decisions issued or promulgated by the Board 
shall be subject to the review and approval by the Commission; 
however, the Board's decisions, resolution or orders which are not 
interlocutory, rendered in an administrative case, shall be subject to 
review only if on appeal. 
SEC. 6. Qualifications of Board Members. - Each member of the Board 
must, at the time of this appointment: 
6.1 
6.2 
6.3 
6.4 
6.5. 
6.6. 
6.7. 
Be a natural-born Filipino citizen and resident of the Philippines for 
at least five (5) consecutive years; 
Be at least thirty-five (35) years of age, of proven integrity with high 
moral values in his personal as well as his professional conduct. 
Be a person with no final conviction by the court of an offense 
involving moral turpitude; 
Be a holder of the degree of Bachelor of Science in Sanitary 
Engineering (ESSE) or Bachelor of Science in Environmental and 
Sanitary Engineering (BSEnSE), for the members of the Board of 
Sanitary and Environmental Engineering and chairmen of Specialty 
Boards, from a university, school, college, academy or institute duly 
constituted, recognized and accredited 
by the 
Philippine 
government; 
Be a registered Professional Sanitary and Environmental Engineer 
or Sanitarian or Master Plumber with a valid certificate of 
registration in their respective field of practice and a valid license 
duly qualified to practice sanitary and environmental engineering or 
as Sanitarian or master Plumber in the Philippines; 
Have practiced sanitary and environmental engineering or as a 
Sanitarian or Master Plumber for the period of not less than ten (IO) 
years prior to his appointment, with a sworn statement as such; and 
Not be an official nor a member of the faculty of, nor .have 
pecuniary interest in, any university, college, school or institution 
conferring a bachelor's degree in sanitary and environmental 
engineering for at least three (3) years prior to his appointment, and 
is not connected with a review center or with any group or 
association where review classes or lectures in preparation for the 
licensure examinations are offered or conducted at the time of his 
appointment. 
SEC. 7. Terms of Office - The members of the Board shall hold office for a 
term of three (3) years from the date of appointment or until their successors 
shall have been appointed and qualified. They may, however, be re-appointed for 
a second term as recommended by their respective accredited professional 
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organizations. Each member shall qualify by taking oath of office before entering 
upon the performance of his duties. Vacancies in the Board shall be filled by the 
President from the list of candidates selected by the Commissioner who were 
chosen from the list of nominees submitted by the integrated and accredited 
association from the unexpired term only. 
SEC. 8. Removal of Board Members. - Any member of the Board may be 
removed by the President of the Philippines, upon the recommendation of the 
Commissioner for neglect of duty, incompetence, malpractice, commission or for 
unprofessional, unethical, or dishonorable conduct, after having been given the 
opportunity to defend himself in a proper administrative investigation. 
SEC. 9. Compensation of Chairman and the Board Members. - The 
members of the Board shall receive a monthly compensation of no less than 
Fifteen thousand pesos (PI 5,000.00): Provided, That the Chairman shall be 
receive a monthly compensation of ten percent (10%) more: Provided, further, 
That such compensation shall be increased or modified pursuant to the General 
Appropriations Act of the year: Provided, furthermore, That they shall receive 
other benefits that maybe provided for by law. 
SEC. I O .  Executive Office of the Board. - The Commissioner shall be the 
executive officer of the Board and shall conduct the examination given by the 
Board and shall designate any subordinate officer of the Commission to act as 
secretary and custodian of all records including all examination paper and 
minutes of the deliberations of the Boards. 
ARTICLE 111 
EXAMINATION AND REGISTRATION 
SEC. 11, Examination Required. - All applicant for registration fro the 
practice of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering, Registered Sanitarian or 
Master Plumber in the Philippines shall be required to pass their respective 
technical examinations as hereinafter provide, except as otherwise allowed under 
this Act. 
SEC. 12. Registration and License Required. - A valid of registration and a 
valid professional license from the Commission are required before any person is 
allowed to practice sanitary and environmental engineering, as Sanitarian or 
Master Plumber in the Philippines except as otherwise allowed under this Act. 
SEC. 13. Examination Fees. - All applicants for written examinations for 
the Professional Sanitary, Registered Sanitarian and Registered Master Plumber 
shall be subject to payment of fees prescribed by the Commission: provided, 
That ninety percent (90%) of the fees is to be treated as a special fund for the 
programs, projects and activities of the Commission and the remaining ten 
percent (10%) shall be set aside as a trust fund for the establishment and 
maintenance of the center for continuing education and research. 
SEC. 14. Registration fees, License Fees and Fines. - All applicants for 
registration and license to practice shall be subject to payment of registration 
fees, license fees, and fines in case of violation of the pertinent rules and 
regulations for the amounts prescribed by the Board and approved by the 
Commission: Provided, That fifty percent (50%) shall be set up in a separate 
special fund for the supervisory and regulatory functions of the Board. 
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SEC. 15. Exemption from Examination and Registration. - Registration 
shall not be required of the following persons: 
Foreign sanitary engineers or experts called in the Philippines 
Government for consultation for specific Sanitary andlor Environmental 
Engineering services as defined under this Act: Provided, That this practice shall 
be limited to such work: and Provided, further, that they do not engage in private 
practice at their own account as Sanitary and Environmental Engineers. 
SEC. 16. Holding Examination. - Examination of candidates desiring to 
practice Sanitary and Environmental Engineering, Sanitarian and Master 
Plumbing in the Philippines shall be given in the City of manila or any other 
regional centers that maybe designated by board, beginning the last Monday of 
February and August of each year, provided that such days do not fall on official 
holidays, otherwise the examination shall be held on the day next following. 
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SEC. 17. Qualifications of Applicants for Sanitary and Environmental 
Engineering Examinations. - Any person applying for admission to the Sanitary 
and Environmental Engineering examination, as herein provided, shall establish 
to the satisfaction of the Board that, on or before the date of the examination, he 
possesses the following qualifications: 
17.1 He is a citizen of the Philippines; 
17.2 He is at least twenty-one (21) years of age; 
17.3 He is of good reputation with good moral values; 
17.4 He has not been finally convicted by the court of an offense involving 
17.5 He is a holder of the degree of Bachelor of Science in Sanitary 
Engineering (BSEE) or Bachelor of Science in Sanitary and Environmental 
Engineering (BSSEnE) from a university, school, college, academy or institute 
duly constituted, recognized and accredited by the Philippine government. 
SEC. 18. Qualification of Applicants for Registered Sanitarian. - Any 
person applying for admission to the Sanitarian examinations, as herein 
provided, shall establish to the satisfaction of the Board that, on or before the 
date of the examination, be possesses the following qualifications: 
moral turpitude; and 
18.1 He is a citizen of the Philippines; 
18 2 He is at least twenty-one (21) years of age; 
18.3 
He is good moral reputation with high moral values; 
18.4 He has not been finally convicted by the court of an offense 
involving moral turpitude; 
18.5 He is in second year Bachelor of Science in Sanitary, Civil, 
Mechanical, Chemical or Electrical Engineering or second year 
bachelor of Science in the Natural Sciences; 
18.6 He has at least two (2) units in basic microbiology, parasitology and 
environmental sanitation laws; and 
18.7 He has at least six (6) weeks experience as apprentice Sanitarian 
under the supervision of Registered Sanitary and Environmental 
Engineer. 
SEC. 19. Qualification of Applicants for Registered Master Plumbers.-Any 
person applying fro admission to the master plumber examination, as herein 
provided, shall establish to the satisfaction of the Board that, on or before the 
date of the examination, he possesses the following qualifications: 
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19.1 He is a citizen of the Philippines. 
19.2 He is at least twenty-one (21) years of age; 
19.3 He is good moral reputation with high moral values: 
19.4 He has not been finally convicted by the court of an offense involving 
19.5 He is at least a high school graduate; 
19.6 He has at least five (5) years experience in actual plumbing work 
SEC. 20. Scope of Examination. - Applicants for certifies of registration as 
moral turpitude; 
under the supervision of a registered master plumber. 
Sanitary and Environmental Engineer, Sanitarian and Master Plumber. 
20.1 Professional Sanitary and Environmental Engineer. - Mathematics, 
including algebra, plane and spherical trigonometry, analytic, 
descriptive and solid geometry, differential and integral calculus, 
rational and applied mechanics; hydraulics, topographic and 
hydrographic surveying; design and construction of wooden, 
masonry, reinforced concrete, and steel structures as flumes, water 
towers and drainage canals; hydrology, ecology, water and sewerage 
analysis, microbiology and bacteriology, chemistry, public health 
engineering, environmental impact assessment, pollution prevention 
and control, design and construction of sewer, storm drains, water 
purification plants, sewage treatment 
plants and plumbing 
engineering: Provided, however, that duly registered civil engineers 
shall be exempted from taking examinations in the following subjects: 
(1) Mathematics, including algebra, plane and spherical trigonometry, 
differential and integral calculus, rational and applied mechanics, (2) 
hydraulics; 
(3) topographic surveying; and (4) design and 
construction of wooden masonry, reinforces concrete and steel 
structures as flumes, water towers and drainage canals. 
20.2 Registered Sanitarian: Arithmetic; Code on Sanitation and its 
implementing rules and regulations; Microbiology and Parasitology 
and Practical problems; 
20.3 Registered Master Plumber - Plumbing arithmetic; Plumbing Code of 
the Philippines; Sanitation, Plumbing design and installation; 
Practical problems; and oral practical problems and experience. 
SEC. 21. Report of Ratings. - The Board of Examiners for Sanitary and 
Environmental Engineering shall, within one hundred and twenty (120) days after 
the date of completion of the examination, report the ratings obtained by each 
candidate to the Commission. 
SEC. 22. Reexamination. - An applicant who for the third time fails to pass 
the examination for the same grade shall not be allowed to take another until at 
least one year has elapsed after his last examination. 
SEC. 23. Oath. - All successful candidates in the examination shall be 
required to take a professional oath before the Board or any government official 
authorized to administer oaths prior to entering upon the practice of sanitary 
engineer and master plumber. 
SEC. 24. Issuance of Certificates of registration and Professional 
Licenses.-The registration of sanitary and environmental engineer, registered 
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sanitarian or registered master plumber commences from the date his name is 
entered in the roll of registrants or licenses for his profession or trade. Every 
registrant who has satisfactorily met all the requirements specified in this Act, 
upon payment of the registration fee, shall be issued a certificate of Sanitary and 
Environment Engineer, Registered Sanitarian or Registered Master Plumber that 
shows the full name of the registrant and with serial number, signed by the 
Commissioner and by the chairman and members of the Board, stamped with the 
official seal, as evidence that the person named therein is entitled to practice the 
profession or trade with all the rights and privileges appurtenant thereto. The 
certificate shall remain in full force and effect until withdrawn, suspended, or 
revoked in accordance with law. A professional license signed by the 
Commission and bearing the registration number and date of issuance thereof 
and the month of expiry or renew-ability shall likewise be issued to every 
registrant who has paid the annual registration fees for three (3) consecutive 
years. This license will serve as evidence that the license can lawfully practice 
his profession until the expiration of its validity. 
SEC. 25. Integration of the Professional Organizations. - The sanitary and 
environmental engineering profession shall be integrated into one national 
organization which shall be recognized by the Board as the one integrated and 
accredited Registered Sanitarians’ association and one integrated and accredited 
registered Master Plumbers’ association. Every sanitary and environmental 
engineer, registered sanitarian and registered master plumber upon registration 
with the Board as such shall ipso facto, become a member of their respective 
integrated national organization. Those who have registered with the Board but 
are not members of the said organization at the time of the effectivity of this Act, 
shall be allowed to register as members of the said integrated organizations with 
three (3) years after the effectivity of this Act. Membership in the integrated 
organizations shall not ‘be a bar to membership in other associations. The 
sanitary and environmental engineer, registered sanitarian and registered master 
plumber shall receive the benefits and privileges appurtenant to this listed 
membership in their respective duly integrated and accredited associations only 
upon payment of the required membership fees and dues. 
SEC. 26. Seal and Use of Seal. - All sanitary and Environmental 
Engineers shall obtain their respective seal of such design as the Board shall 
authorize and direct: Provided, however, That the serial number of the certificate 
issued by the Board shall be included in the design of the sealed plans and 
specifications prepared by, or under the direct supervision of a registered 
sanitary and environmental engineer shall be stamped with the seal during the 
life of the registrants’ certificate, and it shall be unlawful for any one to stamp or 
seal any document with said seal after the certificate of the registrant named 
therein has expired or has been revoked, unless said certificate shall have been 
renewed or reissued. 
SEC. 27. Refusal to Issue Certificate. The Board of Sanitary engineering 
shall not issue a certificate of registration to any person convicted by the court of 
any criminal offense involving moral turpitude or to any person of immoral or 
dishonorable conduct or to any person of unsound mind. In the event of refusal to 
issue certificates 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 records of the Board. 
SEC. 28. Revocation of Certificates of Registration and Suspension from 
the Practice of Profession. - The Board shall be the power, upon proper notice 
and hearing, to revoke any certificate of registration of any registrant, to suspend 
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him from the practice of his profession or to reprimand him for any cause 
specified in the preceding section, or for the use of perpetration, or for gross 
negligence or incompetence or for unprofessional or dishonorable conduct; for 
violation of this Act, the rules and regulations and other policies of the Board and 
the Code of Professional Ethics. It shall be sufficient ground for the revocation of 
a certificate issued to a,person under this Act, and his suspension from the 
practice of his profession for unprofessional or dishonorable conduct; if 
28.1 Being a professional Sanitary and Environmental Engineer, he has 
signed his seal on any plan, design, technical reports, valuation, 
estimate, specification or other similar document or work not 
prepared by him or not executed under his immediate supervision; to 
be in responsible charge of the construction, erection, installation or 
alteration, or of the performance of sanitary engineering service in 
connection with the manufacture, sale supply or distribution of any 
sanitary engineering works, projects or plant (as cited in article one, 
section two of this Act), either for himself or for others, unless he 
holds a valid certificate of registration as sanitary and environmental 
engineer. 
works not complying with plans and specifications. 
28.2 Being Registered Master Plumber, he has installed or constructed 
This decision of the Board shall be executory unless it is appealed by the 
respondent to the Commission within fifteen (15) days from the receipt of such 
decision. The Board’s or Commission’s decision is appealable by the respondent 
to the Court of Justice in accordance with the procedure provided under this 
Rules of Court. 
Any person, firm, association may file charges in accordance with the 
provisions of this Section against any license, or the Board may, on its own 
initiative (motu propio) investigate and/or take cognizance of acts and practices 
constituting cause fro suspension or revocation of the certificate of registration by 
proper making them and shall be filed with the Board. 
The rules and regulations of the Commission on administrative 
investigation shall govern the procedure and conduct of administrative 
investigation before the Board. The respondent shall have the right to speedy 
and public hearing and to confront and cross examine witnesses against him. 
SEC. 29. Re-issuance of Revoked Certificates and Replacement of Lost 
Certificate, - Subject to approval of the Commission, the Board may, after the 
expiration of one (1) year from the date of revocation of a certificate in the same 
manner as application for an original one. It may exempt the applicant from the 
necessity of undergoing an examination. A new certificate of registration to 
replace any certificate that has been lost, destroyed or mutilated may be issued, 
subject to the discretion of the Board. 
SEC. 30 Continuing Professional Education. - All Professional Sanitary 
and Environmental Engineers, Registered Sanitarians and Registered Master 
Plumbers shall be required to attend the Continuing Professional Educational 
Program of the Accredited Professional Organizations. 
SEC. 31. Continuing Professional Education Committee. - Accredited 
Professional Education Committee which shall be appointed by the Board of 
Directors, by means of resolution, and shall be represented by one (1) member 
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the Academe, one (1) member from the practitioners and one (I) 
member of the 
board of examiners to evaluate the programs, providers and certificates of the 
Continuing Professional Education. 
SEC. 32. Continuing Professional Education Certificate. - The Accredited 
Professional Organization shall issue Continuing Professional education 
Certificates, upon completion of activities set to promote and advance the 
practice. The certificates shall be evaluated by the Continuing Professional 
Education Committee and shall be a basis of renewal of the Professional license. 
Non-compliance with this provision shall mean suspension of the member from 
professional practice and shall only be allowed to practice upon completion of the 
requirement of the council. 
ARTICLE IV 
PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO THE PRACTICE OF SANITARY AND 
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 
SEC. 33. Field of Practice. - The field of practice for sanitary and 
environmental engineers, registered sanitarian and registered master plumber 
shall be as follows: 
33.1 A Sanitary and Environmental Engineer's field of practice 
includes the sole authority to sign and seal sanitary plans, etc., and to 
practice sanitary and environmental engineering in its full scope as 
defined in Article I of this Act. 
33.2 A registered Sanitarian's field of practice includes inspection of 
facilities for the purpose of sanitation, and fields of work provided by the 
Department of Health, Environmental Health Division. 
33.3. A registered master plumber's field of practice includes the 
installation, operation, maintenance and repair of plumbing system, 
equipment and devices, in residential, commercial and industrial building 
and the like: Provided, That if the installation of the plumbing fixture 
exceeds twenty (20) fixture units, the work shall be under the supervision 
of a professional sanitary engineer. 
SEC. 34. Prohibition in the Practice of Sanitary and Environment 
34. 1 Practice or offer to practice sanitary and environmental 
engineering in the Philippines without having previously obtained a 
certificate of registration and a professional license from the Board of 
Sanitary and Environmental Engineering except as provided fro in Section 
15 hereof; 
34.2 Use, or attempt to use as his own, certificate of registration, 
professional license or the seal of another; 
34.3 Give false or forged evidence of any kind to the Board or to 
any member thereof in obtaining a certificate of registration or professional 
license; 
Engineering. -No person shall: 
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34.4 Falsely impersonate any registrant of like or different name; 
34.5 attempt to use a revoked or suspended certificate of 
registration or professional license: 
34.6 Use, in connection with his name or otherwise assume, use or 
advertise any tile or description tending to convey the impression that he 
is a registered sanitary engineer, or registered master plumber without 
holding a valid certificate or a valid license; and 
34.7 Sign a document involving sanitary design, plan, technical 
specification, valuation and the like on behalf of a registered engineer. 
SEC. 35. Personnel required. - Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
every industrial plant or factory, commercial establishment, institutional building, 
or in any other installation where persons and properties require the service of a 
sanitary and environmental engineer, a duly registered sanitary engineer shall be 
employed for the purpose of ensuring safe operation and safeguard public 
welfare. 
SEC. 36. Preparation of Plans, Supervision of Installation, Application of 
the Philippine Sanitary and Environmental Engineering Code. - It shall be 
unlawful for any person to authorize under this Act to prepare plans, designs, 
valuations or specifications for any sanitary equipment or system; and no 
installation thereof shall be undertaken unless the plans, designs, valuations and 
specifications have been prepared by or under the responsible charge of, and 
signed and sealed by a registered sanitary and environmental engineer: and a 
construction permit for the execution thereof is first secured; and unless the work 
is done in accordance with the Philippine Sanitary and Environmental 
Engineering Code and is executed under the responsible charge or supervision 
of a registered sanitary and environmental engineer, or registered master 
plumber as the case may be, and the routinary fiscal and ministerial 
requirements of the government agency, if any, exercising jurisdiction over the 
particular installation have been complied with. 
SEC. 37. Practice for Firms and Corporations. - The practice of Sanitary 
and Environmental Engineering is a professional service admission to which is 
based on individual and personal qualifications. Practice in a corporation may be 
allowed but individual members shall be responsible for their own respective acts 
and shall be limited to restrictions of corporate practice. 
Persons properly qualified and licensed Sanitary and Environmental 
Engineer may, among themselves, form a partnership or association and 
collectively render sanitary engineering service. 
SEC. 38. Certificate of Specialty. - Certificates of specialty shall be issued 
by the Board, subject to the approval of the Commission, to Sanitary and 
Environmental Engineers who have been screened and recommended by the 
integrated and accredited sanitary and environmental engineering association. 
These are for specific fields in which the applicants have specialized knowledge, 
training and experience and have demonstrated their competence and expertise. 
The Board shall, subject to the approval of the Commission, and after 
consultation with the association, prescribe and issue the necessary guidelines 
for the issuance of these certificates. 
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SEC. 39. Foreign Reciprocity. - No foreign engineer shall be admitted to 
take a board examination, be given a certificate of registration, or be entitled to 
any of the rights and privileges under his Act unless the country of which he is a 
subject or citizen specifically permits Filipino engineers to practice within its 
territorial limits on the same basis as the subjects or citizens of such country. 
SEC. 40. Enforcement of the Act by Officers of the Law. - It shall be the 
duty of all constituted officers of the law of the national government, or any 
provincial, city or municipal government or of any political subdivision thereof to 
prosecute any person violating the provisions of this Act. The Secretary of 
Justice or his assistant shall act as legal adviser of the Board and render such 
legal assistance as may be necessary in carrying out the provisions of this Act. 
Sec. 41. Penalty Clause. - Any person who shall violate any provisions of 
this Act shall be guilty of misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced 
to a fine of not less than Fifty Thousand Pesos (P50,OOO.OO) or imprisonment for 
a period not less than six (6) months nor more than five (5) years or both at the 
discretion of the court. 
ARTICLE V 
TRANSITORY PROVISIONS 
SEC. 42. Terms of Office of the Board Members. - Upon approval of this 
Act, the incumbent chairman and two (2) members of the Board shall continue to 
serve until their terms of office expire or until their replacement have been 
appointed by the President and shall have been duly qualified. 
SEC. 43. New Certificates of Registration and Professional Licenses. - 
43.1 Sanitary Engineers with valid certificates of registration under 
Republic Act No. 1364 shall register within two (2) years from the 
effectivity of this Act and be issued new certificates of registration and new 
licenses as registered Sanitary Engineers with the same serial numbers 
as their old ones to replace their original certificates and licenses. 
43.2 Master Plumbers with valid certificates of registration under 
Republic Act No. 1378 shall register within two (2) years from the 
effectivity of this Act and be issued new certificates of registration and new 
licenses as registered Master Plumbers with the same serial numbers as 
their old ones to replace their original certificates and licenses. 
Sec. 44. Repealing Clause. - Republic Act Nos. 1364 and 1378, existing 
provisions of provincial, city, or municipal ordinances or regulations pertaining to 
examinations for sanitary contractor, sanitarian, or master plumbers and all other 
laws, part of laws, orders, ordinances or regulations in conflict with this Act are 
hereby repealed or amended accordingly. 
SEC. 45. Separability Clause. - if any part of this Act or application of such 
provision or circumstance is declared unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act 
or application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be 
affected by such declaration. 
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SEC. 46. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall act effect thirty (30) days 
following its full publication in the Official Gazette or newspaper of general 
circulation. 
Approved, 
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