FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
) 
) 
) 
SENATE 
s.B.1134 
Introduced by Senator 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environment has become outdated.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. 


FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
) 
First Regular Session 
) 
SENATE 
s.B.113.4 
Introduced by Senator 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. Title. - This Act shall be known as "The New Sanitary and 
Environmental Engineering Law of 2010". 
mean: 
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: 
2.1.1 
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. 
2.1.3 Description of works under Sanitary and Environmental Engineering 
are, but not limited to the following: 
2.1.3.1 Public Health -
a field wherein services as nosocomial 
engineering for the health administrative authority a're rendered in, but 
not limited to sanitation, disease prevention and control, and other 
public health concerns using engineering methods and paramedical 
measures; 
2.1.3.2 Water usage, conservation and protection - shall include 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 
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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 non ionic 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. 
2.2 "Biosolids"- 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. 
2.4 "Garbage" is used to designate those putrescible wastes resulting from the 
growing, handling, preparation, cooking, and consumption of food. 
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2.5 :'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. 
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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. 
2.7 
"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. 
2.8 "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. 
2.9 
"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 '1- 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 "!'adiation"-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". 
2.15 "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. 
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2.16 "Re-use water"- gray water and! or reclaimed water put into beneficial use. 
2.17 "Rubbish"- denotes all non-putrescible waste except ashes. 
2.18 "Sanitarian"- as one who reviews or examines critically establishment in 
compliance to the Sanitation Code and its implementing rules and 
regulations. 
2.19 "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. 
2.20 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. 
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2.21 "Solid waste"- synonymous to refuse. 
2.22 "Toxic materials"- any material that may have a poisonous effect on man or 
organism. 
2.23 "Trash"- similar to rubbish, dry solid wastes similar to wastes generated in 
office buildings. 
2.24 "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 Hoard 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 (10) 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 first 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. 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. Descrip.tion 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 
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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, Sanitariaris 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 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; 
5.11 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; 
5.12 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; 
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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; 
5.18 Coordinate with the Commission on higher Education and the Department 
of Education (DepEd) in prescribing, amending and/or 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 Be a natural-born Filipino citizen and resident of the Philippines for at least 
five (5) consecutive years; 
6.2 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. 
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6.3 -Be a person with no final conviction by the court of an offense involving 
moral turpitude; 
6.4 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; 
6.5. 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; 
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6.6. Have practiced sanitary and environmental engineering or as a Sanitarian or 
Master Plumber for the period of not less than ten (10) years prior to his 
appointment, with a sworn statement as such; and 
6.7. 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 organizations. Each member 
shall qualify by taking oath of office before entering upon the performance of his duties. 
Vacancies i~ 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 (Php 15,000.00): 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. 10. 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 III 
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 
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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. 
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 and/or 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. 
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 moral 
. turpitude; and 
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: 
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; 
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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: 
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 moral 
turpitude; 
19.5 He is at least a high school graduate; 
19.6 He has at least five (5) years experience in actual plumbing work under the 
supervision of a registered master plumber. 
SEC. 20. Scope of Examination. - Applicants for certifies of registration as 
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. 
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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. 
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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 
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 anyone 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. 
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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 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 sha,1I 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. 
28.2 Being Registered Master Plumber, he has installed or constructed works not 
complying with plans and specifications. 
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, 
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by means of resolution, and shall be represented by one (1) member from the 
Academe, one (1) member from the practitioners and one (1) 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 
Engineering. -No person shall: 
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; 
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; 
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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. 
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. 
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SEC. 41. Penalty Clause. - Any person who shall violate any provisions of this 
Act shall be guilty of misdemeanor and shalJ, upon conviction, be sentenced to a fine of 
not less than Fifty Thousand Pesos (Php 50,000.00) 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 
rep'lace 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. 
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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