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Introduced by Senator Antonio "Sonny" F. Trillanes IV 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
With the fast-changing signs of the times and the advent of modern technology, the existing 
Sanitary Engineering Law that aims to protect public health and environment has become 
outdated. The scope and complexities of environment pollution have increased and the need for 
environmental surveillance and protection in the field of Sanitary Engineering has broadened. 
Thus, it is the aim of this legislation to enact a measure that will enable the Sanitary and 
Environmental Engineers to be more effective in dealing with today's environmental and public 
health problems. 
This bill seeks to update and upgrade the fifty-three (53) - year old Republic Act No. 1364 to 
make the practice of Environmental and Sanitary Engineering more relevant to contemporary 
conditions and challenges. 
In view of the foregoing, approval of this measure is earnestly requested. 
An *q+- 
on'o " onny F. rillanes IV 
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Introduced bv Senator Antonio “Sonnv” F. Tnllanes 1%’ 
AN ACT 
PROVIDING FOR A MORE RESPONSIVE AND COMPREHENSIVE REGULATION 
FOR THE PRACTICE, LICENSING, AND REGISTRATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL 
AND SANITARY ENGINEERS IN THE PHILIPPINES AMENDING FOR THE 
PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1364 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be if enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION l.ntle. This Act shall be known as the “Revised Environmental and 
Sanitary Engineering Act of 2008”. 
SEC. 2. Definition of Term. As used in this Act, the following terms shall mean: 
a. Biosolids - similar to sludge 
b. Fixture Unit - a quantity in terms of which the load producing effects on the 
plumbing systems of different kinds of plumbing fixtures are expressed on some arbitrarily 
chosen scale. 
c. Garbage - used to designate the putrescible wastes resulting from growing, handling, 
preparation, cooking and consumption of food. 
d. Gray Water - untreated household wastewater which has not come in contact with 
toilet waste and includes water from bathtubs, bathroom washbasin, and washing machines and 
laundry tubs. It shall not include wastewater from kitchen sinks or dishwashers. 
e. Hazardous Waste - shall refer to by-products, side products, process residues, spent 
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operations and as consumer discards of manufactured products which present unreasonable 
risklinjury to health and safety and to the environment. 
f Ionizing Radiation - is the energy that propagated through space or material medium 
in the form of waves or particle and is capable of either directly or indirectly removing electrons 
from atoms, thereby creating ions, which are electrically charged atoms. 
g. Non-Ionizing Radiation - includes ultraviolet radiation, visible light, microwaves, 
electromagnetic radiation used in television, am and fm radio communications and 
electromagnetic fields around electric power lines and appliances. 
h. Plumber - a person who fits and repairs water and drainage pipes. 
i. Radiation - the process in which energy in the form of rays of light, heat or waves is 
sent out through space from atoms and molecules as they go internal change. 
j. Reclaimed Water - water which, as a result of a tertiary treatment of domestic 
wastewater, is made suitable for direct beneficial use, specifically excluded from this definition 
is "gray water". 
k. Refuse - materials that are collected and disposed of which includes garbage, 
rubbish, ashes, street sweepings, dead animals, and solid market and industrial wastes. 
1. Re-use Water - gray water and/or reclaimed water put into beneficial use. 
m. Rubbish - denotes all non-putrescible waste except ashes. 
n. Sanitarian - person who reviews or examines critically located establishments in 
compliance to the Sanitation Code and its implementing rules and regulations. 
0. Environmental and Sanitary Engineer - a person duly registered with the Board of 
Examiners for Environmental and Sanitary Engineering in the manner as herein provided. 
p. Sanitary Engineer - a person duly registered with the Board of Sanitary and 
Environmental Engineering under Republic Act 1364, that shall be an environmental and 
sanitary engineer upon the enactment of this law. 
q. Solid Waste - synonymous to refuse 
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r. Toxic Materials - any material that may have a poisonous effect on man or 
organism. 
s. Trash - similar to rubbish, dry solid wastes generated in office buildings. 
t. Treated Water - water that had undergone mechanical, physical andor chemical 
process for the purpose of purification. 
SEC. 3. Scope of Environmental and Sanitaiy Engineer. Under this Act, 
Environmental and Sanitary engineering may be practiced by a person who renders or offer 
render professional engineering services in the form of, but not limited to, the following: 
1. Consultancy, 
investigation, valuation, planning, 
monitoring, 
construction, 
installation, manufacturing, research and management of services requiring environmental and 
sanitary engineering knowledge. 
2. Human resources development on environmental protection and sanitation, in 
consonance with the other engineering disciplines with other paramedical and medical sciences. 
SEC. 4. Duties and Responslbllltles. The functions of environmental and sanitary 
engineer are, but not limited to, the following areas: 
1. Public Health - a field wherein services as nosocomical engineering for the health 
administrative authority are rendered in, but not limited to sanitation, disease prevention and 
control, and other public health concerns using engineering methods and paramedical measures; 
2. Water usage, conservation and protection shall include all aspects in the protection 
and conservation of water resources, classification of water, protection of watersheds and use of 
water; 
3. Re-education of the populace on the production of safe water supply, water 
purifications, water collection, conveyance, treatment and distribution; 
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4. Storm drainage and wastewater management - water management shall include, but 
not limited to, waste minimization, sanitary sewer collection, 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 include, but not limited to, run-off collection, storm water 
conveyance and disposal including storm sewer appurtenances; 
5. Solid waste refuse management shall include, but not limited to, waste 
minimization, storage, segregation, collection, conveyance, treatment and disposal, including 
necessary appurtenances; 
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 products, and by-products such as heavy metals, 
persistent organic pollutants, priority pollutants, polychlorinated biphenyls, poisons, radioactive 
and nuclear wastes, hospital waste, institutional waste, and agricultural wastes. Radiation shall 
include, but not limited to, non-ionic and ionic radiation effects, protection, and control; 
7. Pollution Prevention and Control - shall involve all aspects in prevention and 
control of noise, air, water, and land pollution; 
8. Life and Safety - shall involve the preservation of life and protection of property 
against hazards and injurious conditions in, but not limited to, buildings, horizontal 
developments, air crafts, sea vessels, land crafts, industrial areas, public places and areas, 
underground structures for public and private use, recreational places and areas. It shall include 
construction safety management, management and operation safety, and mitigating measures. 
9. Environmental Engineering and Planning - engineering in environmental protection 
shall include, but not limited to, hydrology, ecology, environmental impact assessment. 
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Board of Examiners for Sanitary and Environmental Engineers 
SEC. 5. Composition of the Board Within thirty (30) days from the effectivity of 
this Act, there shall be created a Board of Examiners for Environmental and Sanitary Engineers, 
hereinafter referred to as the “Board”. It shall be composed of a chairman and two (2) members 
who shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines upon the recommendation of the 
Commissioner on Civil Service from among such persons of recognized standing in their 
profession as may be certified as having practiced at least five years and academically and 
morally fully qualified by their bonajide sanitary engineering associations. The members of the 
Board shall hold office for a term of three (3) years after appointment or until their successor 
shall have been appointed and shall have duly qualified. The first members of the Board 
appointed under this Act shall hold office for the following terms: one (I) member for one (1) 
year; one (1) member for two (2) years and one (1) member for 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 removed by the President for neglect of duty, 
incompetence, malpractice, unprofessional, unethical, immoral, or dishonorable 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 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 with the following designations: 
1. One (1) over-all Environmental and Sanitary Engineer as chairman, 
2. Two (2) Environmental and Sanitary Engineer members; one (1) of which shall be 
the same time a Sanitarian. 
The two (2) members shall work under the direct supervision and responsibility of the 
Chairman of the Board. 
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SEC. 6. Powers and Duties of the Board. The Board of Examiners for 
Environmental and Sanitary Engineering is vested with the authority, conformable with the 
provisions of this Act, to administer oaths, issue, suspend and revoke certificates of registration 
for the practice of Environmental and Sanitary Engineering, issue certificates of recognition to 
sanitary engineers already practicing prior to the effectivity of this Act for advanced studies, 
research and/or highly specialized training in any branch of Environmental and Sanitary 
Engineering, subject to the approval of the President, to investigate such violations of this Act 
and the regulations thereunder as may come to the knowledge of the Board and for this purpose, 
issue subpoena duces tecum to secure appearance of witnesses in connection with the charges 
presented to the Board, to inspect, at least once a year, educational institutions offering courses 
in Environmental and Sanitary Engineering, to discharge such other powers and duties as may 
effect ethical and technological standards of the Sanitary Engineering profession in the 
Philippines. For the purpose of this Act, the Secretary of Health, and/or his duly authorized 
representatives in the provinces and chartered cities shall be ex-oficio agents of the Board, and 
as such it shall be their duty to help in the enforcement of the provision of this Act. 
If any person refuse to obey any subpoena so issued or shall refuse to testify or 
produce any book, document, etc., the Board may present its petition to the appropriate courts of 
jurisdiction, setting forth the facts and thereupon such court shall, in a proper case, issue its 
subpoena to such person, inquiring his appearance before such court shall, and there to testify or 
produce such books, person papers, documents, etc., as may be deemed necessary and pertinent 
by the Board. Any person failing or refusing to obey the subpoena or order of the said court, may 
be proceeded against in the same manner as for refusal to obey any other subpoena or order of 
the court. 
The board shall exercise executive/adminislrative, quasi-legislative and quasi- 
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1. Supervise and regulate the practice of the Environmental and Sanitary Engineers and 
Sanitarians in the country; 
2. Determine and evaluate the qualifications of the applicants for registration for 
special permits; 
3. Prepare the examination questions in accordance with the pertinent section of this 
Act; 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 Regulation Commission (PRC) within the period provided for by the 
rules of the Commission; 
4. Prescribe, amend or revise the requirements for Environmental and Sanitary 
Engineers subjects in the licensure examination for Professional Environmental and Sanitary 
Engineers, registered Sanitarians and their relative weight, subject to the approval of the 
Commission, 
5. Register successful applicants who have passed the licensure examinations for 
Environmental and Sanitary Engineers and Sanitarians and issue corresponding certificates of 
registration and professional licensure, 
6. Issue special permits to individual foreign Sanitary Engineer, Environmental 
Engineers and Sanitarians for specific projects and for specific duration of time; 
7. Look into the conditions affecting the practice of the Environmental and Sanitav 
Engineering and Sanitarian profession and adopt measures for the enhancement of the 
professions and the maintenance of high professional technical and ethical standards and conduct 
ocular inspections of the places where registrants practice their profession to determine and 
enforce compliance with this Act. The Board shall authorized the duly integrated and accredited 
Environmental and Sanitary Engineering, integrated sanitarian associations to render assistance 
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8. Promulgate rules and regulations including a code of ethics, administrative policies, 
orders and issuance to carry out the provisions of this Act; 
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 such investigation; 
10. Issue subpoena or subpoena decus tecum to secure the attendance of respondents 
or witnesses or the production of documents at, and relative to the investigation conducted by the 
Board; 
1 1, Delegate the investigation of the case to the Chairman, a member of the Board of 
Professional Regulations Commission (PRC) Legal Division. 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; 
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Render decision, order or resolution on preliminary investigation or inquiry, on 
undocketed cases and on docketed administrative cases against examinees or registrants which 
shall become final and executor 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; 
13. After due notice and hearing, cancel examination papers andlor bar any examinee 
from the future examination; refuse or defer his registration; reprimand the registrant with stern 
warning; suspend him from the practice of his profession; revoke his Certificate of Registration; 
delist his name from the roll of professional Environmental and Sanitary Engineers, Registered 
Sanitarians, for continuous non-payment of annual registration. 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; 
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14. Administer oaths in connection with administrations, implementations, or 
reinforcement of this Act; 
15. Submit an annual report on the proceeding and accomplishments during the year, 
and on recommendations of the Board of the Commission afier the close of each fiscal year; 
16. Prosecute or institute criminal action against any violator of the Act andor the 
rules and regulations of Board; 
17. Adopt an official seal; 
18. Coordinate with the Commission on Higher Education in prescribing, amending 
and/or revising the courses; and, 
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; 
provided that however, the Board's decisions, resolutions or orders which are not interlocutory, 
rendered in an administrative case, shall be subject for review only if on appeal. 
SEC. 7. Qualijkaiions of Board Members. Each member of the Board shall, at the 
time of this appointment: 
1. Be a natural-born Filipino citizen and resident of the Philippines for at least five (5) 
consecutive years; 
2. Be at least thirty-five (35) years of age and of good moral character, of proven 
integrity with moral values in his personal as his professional conduct; 
3. Be a holder of the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Sanitary Engineering (BSSE) or 
Bachelor of Science in Environmental and Sanitary Engineering (BSENSE), for the members of 
the Board of SanitaIy and Environmental Engineering,and Chairman of specialty boards, from a 
university, school, college, academy or institute duly constituted, recognized and accredited by 
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valid certificate of registration in their respective field of practice, and a valid license duly 
qualified to practice Environmental and Sanitary Engineering or as Sanitarian in the Philippines. 
5. Must not be an official nor a member of the faculty of, nor have pecuniary interest 
in, any university, college, school or institution offering bachelor’s degree in Environmental and 
Sanitary Engineering €or at least three (3) years prior to this 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. 
6. Have practiced Environmental and Sanitary Engineering or as a Sanitarian for a 
period of not less than ten (10) years prior to his appointment, with a sworn statement as such; 
and, finally, 
A person with no final conviction by the court of an offense involving moral turpitude, 
SEC. 8. Compensation or Board of Members. The members of the Board shall receive 
have monthly compensation of not less fifteen thousand Cp15,OOO) or in accordance with the 
salaries and wages stipulated under PRC Law: Provided, that the Chairman shall 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 may be provided for by the law. 
SEC. 9. Executive OfJcer 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 a custodian of all records and 
minute of the Board, including all examination papers, and minutes of the deliberations of the 
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SEC. 10. Term of Offlce. The members of the Board shall hold office for a term of 
three (3) years from the date of appointment or until their successor shall have been appointed or 
qualified. They may, however, be re-appointed for the second term as recommended by their 
respective accredited professional regulation organizations. Each member shall qualify by taking 
oath of office before entering upon the performances 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 for the unexpired term only. 
SEC. 11. 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 tolerance of irregularities in the examinations, 
or for unprofessional, unethical, or dishonorable conduct, after having been given the 
opportunity to defend himself in administrative investigation. 
SEC. 12. Terms of Offlce 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 replacements have been appointed by the President, and shall have 
been duly qualified. 
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Examination and Registration 
See. 13. Registration and License Required A valid certificate of registration and a 
valid professional license from the Commission are required before any person is allowed to 
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practice Environmental and Sanitary Engineering and as Sanitarian in the Philippines, except, as 
otherwise allowed under this Act. 
SEC. 14. Examination Requirement. All applicants for registration for the practice of 
Environmental and Sanitary Engineering shall be required to pass their respective technical 
examinations as hereinafter provide, except as otherwise specifically allowed under this Act. 
SEC. 15. Holding of Baminatiorz. Examination of candidates desiring to practice 
Environmental and Sanitary Engineering and Sanitarian in the Philippines shall be given in the 
City of Manila, or any other regional centers that may be designated by the Board, beginning on 
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 days immediately following the 
set date. 
SEC. 16. Examination Fees. All applicants for written examinations for the 
professional Environmental and Sanitary Engineers, Registered Sanitarian 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 trust fund for the establishment and 
maintenance of the center for continuing education and research. 
SEC. 17. Registration Fees, License Fees, and Fines. All applicants for registration 
and license to practices 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%) from these collections shall 
be set up in a separate special fund for the supervisory and regulatory functions of the Board. 
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SEC. 18. Scope of Examination. Applicants for certificates of registration as 
Environmental and Sanitary Engineer, and as Sanitarian shall be examined in the following 
subjects: 
1. Professional Environmental and Sanitary Engineer - Mathematics, including algebra, 
plane and spherical trigonometry, analytic, descriptive and solid geometry, differential and 
integral calculus, rational and applied mechanics; hydraulics, topographic surveying, design and 
construction of wooden, masonry, reinforced concrete, and steel structures as flumes, water 
towers and drainage canals; hydrology, ecology, public health engineering, environmental 
impact assessment, pollution prevention and control, design and construction of sewers, storm 
drains, water purification plants, treatment plants and planning 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 and 
hydrographic surveying, and (4) design and construction of wooden, masonry, reinforced 
concrete and steel structure flumes, water towers and drainage canals; 
2. Registered Sanitarian - Arithmetic; code on sanitation and its implementing rules 
and regulations; microbiology and parasitology and practical problems; 
SEC. 19. Report ofRatings. The Board of Examiners for Environmental and Sanitary 
Engineering shall, within one hundred twenty days (120) after the date of completion of the 
examination, report the ratings obtained by each candidate to the Civil Service Commissioner, 
who shall submit such ratings to the President. 
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SEC. 20. Examination. 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. 21. Issuance of Certijkates of Registration and Professionnl License. The 
President shall upon the recommendation of the Board, issue a certificate of registration upon 
payment of the registration fess as provided in this Act to any applicant, who, in the opinion of 
the Board and after approval by the President, has satisfactorily met all the requirements 
specified in this Act. 
The registration for Environmental and Sanitary Engineer or registered Sanitarian shall 
commence from the date his name is entered in the roll of registrants or licensees, 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 Environmental and 
Sanitary Engineer or registered Sanitarian that shows the full name of the registrant, and with a 
serial number, signed by the Commissioner and by the Chairman and all the members of the 
Board, stamped with the official seal. 
To practice the profession and/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 the law. 
A professional license signed by the Commission and bearing the registration number 
and date of issuance thereof, and the month of expiry or renewability 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 license can lawfully practice his profession until the expiration 
of its validity. 
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Engineering, as herein provided, shall establish to the satisfaction of the Board that, on or before 
the date of examination, he possesses the following qualifications: 
1. He is a citizen of the Philippines; 
2. He is of good reputation with good moral values; 
3. He has not been finally convicted by the court of an offense involving moral 
turpitude; 
4. He is a holder of the degree of Bachelor of Science in Sanitary Engineering (BSSE) 
or Bachelor of Science in Environmental and Sanitary Engineering (BSENSE) from a university, 
college, academy or institute duly constituted, recognized and accredited by the Philippine 
government; and 
5. Engineers who have taken their Masteral units in Environmental and/or Public 
Health Engineering with supplemental units which the Board may require. 
SEC. 23. Qunlificntion of Applicants for Registered Sanitarian. Any person applying 
for the 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, he possesses the 
following qualifications: 
1. He is a citizen of the Philippines; 
2. He is of good reputation with good moral values; 
3. He has not been finally convicted by the court of an offense involving moral 
turpitude; 
4. He is second year student of Bachelor of Science in Sanitary, Civil, Mechanical, 
Chemical or Electrical Engineering or second year student of Bachelor of Science in the field of 
natural sciences; 
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5. He has at east two (2) units in basic microbiology, parasitology and environmental 
sanitation laws; and 
6. He has at least six (6) weeks experience as apprentice sanitarian under the 
supervision of registered Environmental and Sanitary Engineer. 
SEC. 24. 00th. All successful candidates in the examination shall be required to take a 
professional oath before the Board authorized to administer oaths, prior to entering upon the 
practice of Environmental and Sanitary Engineering and Sanitarian profession. 
SEC. 25. Seal and Use of Seal. All registered Environmental and Sanitary Engineers 
shall obtain their respective seal, of such design, as the certificate issued by the Board shall 
authorize and direct: Provided however, that the serial number of the seal, plans and 
specifications prepared by, or under the direct supervision of a registered Environmental and 
Sanitary Engineers, shall be stamped with the seal during the life of the registrants' certificate. 
And it shall be unlawful for anybody to stamp or seal any document with said seal aftef the 
certificate the registrant named therein has expired or has been revoked, unless said certificate 
have been renewed or reissued. 
SEC. 26. Exemption from &amination and Registration. Registration shall not be 
required of foreign Sanitary engineers or experts called in by the Philippine 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 Andprovidedfurther, that 
they do not engage in private practice at their own account as Environmental and Sanitary 
Engineers. 
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SEC. 27. Refuscil to Issue Cert#Icates. The Board of Environmental and Sanitary 
Engineers shall not issue a certificate of registration to any person convicted of any criminal 
offense involving moral turpitude, or to any person guilty of immoral or dishonorable conduct, or 
tu any person of unsound mind. In the event of a refusal to issue a certificate to any person, the 
Board shall give to the applicant a written statement setting forth the reasons for such action, 
which statement shall be incorporated in the records of the Board. 
SEC. 28. Revocation of Certificates of Registration and Suspension from the 
Pracfice of Professsioolt. The Board shall have the power after due notice and hearing, to suspend 
or revoke the certificate of registration of any registrant, for any cause mentioned in the 
preceding section, or due to incompetence or for unprofessional or dishonorable conduct, for 
violation of this Act, the rules and other policies of the Board and the code of professional ethics. 
It shall be a sufficient ground for the revocation of certification issued to a person under 
this Act, and his suspension from the practice of his profession for unprofessional or 
dishonorable conduct, if: 
1. Being a Professional Environmental and Sanitary Engineer, he has signed and 
affixed 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; 
2. To be in 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 Environmental and Sanitary Engineer. 
3. This decision of the Board shall be final and executory unless it is appealed by the 
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4. Any person, firm, associations or corporation may file charges in accordance with 
the provisions of this section against any license, or Board may, on its own initiative 
(motupropio) investigate and/or take cognizance of acts and practices constituting cause for 
suspension or revocation of the certificate of registration. 
5. The rules and regulations of the commission on administrative investigation shall 
govern the procedure and conduct of administrative investigation before the Board. 
6. The respondent shall have the right to a speedy and public hearing and to confront 
and cross-examine witnesses against him. 
SEC. 29. Re-issuance of Revoked Certificates and Replacement of Lost Certzficates. 
Subject to approval of the Commission, the Board may, after the expiration of one (1) year from 
the date a Certificate of Registration is revoked, and for reasons may deem sufficient, entertain 
an application for a new certificate of registration from the registrant concerned. Such 
application shall be accomplished in the same from prescribed for examination, but the Board 
may, in its discretion, exempt the applicant from taking the requisite examination. 
A new Certificate of Registration to replace any certificate that has been lost, destroyed 
or mutilated be issued, subject to the rules of the Board. 
SEC. 30. Integration of the Professional Organizations. The Environmental and 
Sanitary Engineering Professional shall be integrated into one National Organization which shall 
be recognized by the Board as the one Integrated and Accredited Association. Every 
Environmental and Sanitary Engineer and Registered Sanitarian upon registration with the Board 
as such, shall ipso facto, become a member of their respected integrated national organization. 
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three (3) years after the effectivity of this Act. Membership in the integrated organization shall 
not be barred in other associations. 
SEC. 31. Continuing Professional Education and Development Committee. The 
accredited professional organizations shall have a continuing professional development 
committee which shall be appointed by the Board of Directors of the PSSE, by means of 
resolution, whose members shall be represented one (1) member of the PTC, one (1) member of 
the Academe, one (1) member from the practitioners and one (1) PRC Board of ENSE and 
Sanitarian, to evaluate the programs, providers, and certificates of the continuing professional 
program. 
ARTICLE IV 
Sundry Provisions Relative to the Practice of Environmental and Sanitary 
Engineering 
SEC. 32. Foreign Reciprocl&. No Foreign Engineer shall be admitted to take a Board 
of Examination, be given a Certificate of Registration, or be entitled to any of the rights and 
privileges under this 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. 33. Enforcement of the Act 6y 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, to enforce the provisions of this Act and to prosecute 
any person violating the same. The Secretary of Justice or his assistant shall act as legal advisers 
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of this Act. 
SEC. 34. Field of Practice. The field of practice for Environmental and Sanitary 
Engineers and registered Sanitarian shall be as follows: 
1. A Sanitary and Environmental Engineer’s field of practice includes the sole 
authority to sign and seal sanitary plans and to practice Environmental and Sanitary Engineering 
in its full scope as defined in this Act. 
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 (DOH). 
SEC. 35. Prohibition in the Practice of Siznitfly and Environmental Engineering. No 
person shall: 
1. Practice or offer to practice Environmental and Sanitary Engineering in the 
Philippines without having previously obtained a Certificate of Registration and a Professional 
License from the Board of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering as provided for in Section 15 
hereof; 
2. Use, or attempt to use as his own Certificate of Registration, Professional License or 
the seal of another; 
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; 
4. Falsely impersonate any registrant of like or different name, 
5. Attempt to use a revoked or suspended Certificate of Registration or Professional 
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6. Use, in connection with his name or otherwise assume, or use or advertise any title 
or description tending to convey the impression that he is a registered Environmental and 
Sanitary Engineer or Sanitarian without holding a valid certificate or valid license; and 
7. Sign document involving sanitary design, plan, technical specifications, valuation 
and the like on behalf of a Registered Engineer. 
SEC. 36. 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 services or an Environmental and Sanitary 
Engineer, a duly Registered Environmental Sanitary Engineer shall be employed for the purpose 
to ensure safe operation and safeguard public welfare, 
SEC. 37. CerHflcate of Specialty. Certificates of specialty shall be issued by the Board, 
subject to the approval of the Commission, to any Environmental and Sanitary Engineers who 
have been screened and recommended by the Integrated and Accredited Environmental and 
Sanitary Engineering and Sanitarian 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 said association prescribed and issue the necessary guidelines for the 
issuance of these certificates. 
SEC. 38. Practice for Firms and Corporations. The practice of Sanitary and 
Environmental Engineering is a professional service admission which based on individual and 
personal qualifications. Practice in a corporation may be allowed but individual members shall 
be limited to restrictions of corporate practice. 
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Sanitary Engineering service. 
SEC. 39. Penal@ Clause. Any person who shall violate any provision 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 of not less than six (6) months nor 
more than five (5) years or both. 
ARTICLE V 
Transitory Provisions 
SEC. 40. New Certificates of Registration and Professional License. Sanitary 
Engineers, Environmental and Sanitary Engineers and Engineers accredited by the Board 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 
license as Registered Environmental and Sanitary Engineers with the same serial numbers as 
their old ones to replace their old original certificates and licenses. 
SEC. 41. Environmental and Sanitary Engineering Code of the Philippines. Sixty 
(60) days after the effectivity of this Act, the President of the Philippines shall organize a 
committee to prepare the Environmental and Sanitary Engineering Code of the Philippines, its 
implementing rules and regulations, to effect and carry out the objectives of this Act, upon the 
recommendation of the Board of Examiners of the Environmental and Sanitary Engineers, and in 
consultation with the Philippine Society of Sanitary Engineers, Inc. 
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Final Provisions 
SEC. 42. Repealing Clause. All laws, provisions of charters, executive orders, rules 
and regulations or parts thereof contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are 
hereby repealed, amended, or modified accordingly. 
SEC. 43. Separability Clause. If any part of this Act or application thereof is declared 
unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, the same shall not affect the validity of the other 
provisions. 
SEC. 44. Effectlvivily Clause. This Act shall take effect thirty (30) days following its full 
publication in the Official Gazette or newspaper of general circulation. 
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