REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

1955

House Bill No.

Introduced by MAGDALO Party-List Representative
HON. MANUEL DG. CABOCHAN III

EXPLANATORY NOTE

With the fast-changing signs of the times and the advent of modem 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outdated.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 publichealth problems.

This bill seeks to update and upgrade the more than fifty-year old Republic Act No. 1364 to
make the practice of Environmental and Sanitary Engineering more relevant to
contemporaryconditions and challenges.

In view of the foregoing, approval of this measure is earnestly requested

MANUEI =ABOCHAN IIL
Representat
Magdalo Para sa Pilipino Party-List


REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 1955

Introduced by MAGDALO Party-List Representative
HON. MANUEL DG. CABOCHAN Il

AN ACT

PROVIDING FOR A MORE RESPONSIVE AND COMPREHENSIVE
REGULATIONFOR THE PRACTICE, LICENSING, AND REGISTRATION OF
ENVIRONMENTALAND SANITARY ENGINEERS IN THE PHILIPPINES
AMENDING FOR THEPURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1364 AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines
inCongress assembled:

SECTION 1. Title.- This Act shall be known as the "Revised Environmental and

Sanitary Engineering Act".

SEC. 2. Definition of Terms.- 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 the
plumbing systemsof different kinds of plumbing fixtures are expressed on some
arbitrarily chosen scale.

©. 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.

. Hazardous Waste - shall refer to by-products, side products, process residues,
spent reactionmedia, contaminated plant or equipment or other substances from
manufacturing operations andas consumer discards of manufactured products
which present unreasonable risk/injury to healthand 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
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g. Non-lonizing Radiation - includes ultraviolet radiation, visible light, microwaves,
electromagnetic radiation used in television, am and fim 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 ilie form of rays of light, heat or waves
is sent out through space from atoms and molecules as iliey 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,
tubbish, 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. Enviromnental 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.

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 andlor chemical
process for the purpose of purification.

SEC. 3. Scope of Environmental and Sanitary 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, manufactnring, research and management of services requiring
environmental and sanitary engineering knowledge.


1 2. Human resources development on environmental protection and sanitation, in
2 consonance with the other engineering disciplines with other paramedical and
3 medical sciences,

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5 SEC. 4, Duties and Responsibilities.- The functions of enviromnental and sanitary
6 — engineer are, but not limited to, the following areas:

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8 1. Public Health is a field wherein services as nosocomical engineering for the health
9 administrative authority are rendered in, but not limited to sanitation, disease

10 prevention and control, and other public health concerns using engineering
ret methods and paramedical measures;

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13 2. Water usage, conservation and protection shall include all aspects in the protection
14 and conservation of water resources, classification of water, protection of
15 watersheds and use of water;

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v7 3. Re-education of the populace on the production of safe water supply, water
18 purifications, water collection, conveyance, treatment and distribution;

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20 4. Storm drainage and wastewater management wherein waste management shall
21 include, but not limited to, waste minimization, sanitary sewer collection,
22 ‘wastewater conveyance and disposal,wastewater. treatment plants, sewage
23 treatment plants, and effluent disposal, sewer appurtenances, sewage; lifting
24 stations, leachate treatment, sludge and septage disposal and stonn drainage

25 management shall include, but not limited to, run-off collection, storm water

26 conveyance and disposal including ston sewer appurtenances;

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28 5. Solid waste refuse management shall include, but not limited to, waste

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30 disposal, including necessary appurtenances;

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32 6. Toxic and hazardous substances and radiation wherein toxic and hazardous

33 substances shall involveengineering works in, but not limited to, manufacturing,

34 processing, storage, conveyance, use,treatment and disposal of products, and by-

35 products such as heavy metals, persistent organic pollutants, priority pollutants,

36 polychlorinated biphenyls, poisons, radioactive and nuclear wastes, hospital

37 waste, institutional waste, and agricultural wastes. Radiation shall include, but not

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40 7. Pollution Prevention and Control shall involve all aspects in prevention and

41 control of noise, air, water, and land pollution;

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43 8. Life and Safety shall involve the preservation of life and protection of property

44 against hazards and injurious conditions in, but not limited to, buildings,

45 horizontal developments, aircrafts, sea vessels, land crafts, industrial areas, public

46 places and areas, underground structures for public and private use, recreational

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9. Environmental Engineering and Planning wherein engineering in environmental
protection shall include, but not limited to, hydrology, ecology, environmental
impact assessment.

ARTICLE IT
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 bonafide 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 (1) 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; and

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.

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, to issue certificates
of recognition to sanitary engineers who are 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, to issue subpoenaduces 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 Enviromnental and Sanitary
Engineering, and to discharge such other powers and duties as may effect ethical
andtechnological standards of the Sanitary Engineering profession in the Philippines. For
thepurpose of this Act, the Secretary of Health, and/or his duly authorized representatives in

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theprovinces and chartered cities shall be ex-officio 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
produceany 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/administrative, quasi-legislative and quasi-
judicialpowers in carrying out the specific powers, functions, duties and responsibilities:

1. Supervise and regulate the practice of the Environmental and Sanitary Engineers
and Sanitarians in the country;

2. Determine and evaluate the qualifications ofthe 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 Sanitary
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
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Promulgate rules and regulations including a code of ethics, administrative
policies, orders and issuance to carry out the provisions of this Act;

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;

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;

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;

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 ofthe commission may be appealed to the court of justice in accordance
with the procedure provided in the rules of court;

After due notice and hearing, cancel examination papers and/or 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,

Administer oaths in connection with administrations, implementations, or
reinforcement of this Act;

Submit an annual report on the proceeding and accomplishments during the year,
and on recommendations of the Board of the Commission after the close of each
fiscal year,

Prosecute or institute criminal action against any violator of the Act and/or the
rules and regulations of Board;

Adopt an official seal;

Coordinate with the Commission on Higher Education in prescribing, amending
and/or revising the courses; and

Perfom such other functions and duties as may be necessary to implement
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decisions issued or promulgatedby the Board shall be subject to the review and
approval by the Commission: Provided, however, That the Board's decisions,
resolutions or orders which are not interlocutory, rendered in anadministrative
case, shall be subject for review only if on appeal

SEC. 7. Qualifications 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. Bea 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 Sanitary and Environmental Engineering and
Chairman of specialty boards, from a university, school, college, academy or
institute duly constituted, recognized and accredited by the Philippine
government;

4, Be registered professional Environmental and Sanitary Engineer, or sanitarian
with a validcertificate of registration in their respective field of practice, and a
valid license duly qualified topractice 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, anyuniversity, college, school or institution offering bachelor's degree in
Environmental and Sanitary Engineering for 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 reparation 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

7. Finally, a person with no final conviction by the court of an offense involving
moral turpitude.

SEC. 8. Compensation of Board of Members The members of the Board shall

receive monthly compensation of not less fifteen thousand (P15,000,00) or in accordance
with the salaries and wages stipulated under PRC Law: Provided, That the Chairman shall
receive a monthly compensation often 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.

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SEC. 9. Executive Officer of the Board.- The Commissioner shall be the executive

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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 board.

SEC. 10. Term 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 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 perfonnances 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 ofthe 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 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 replacements have been appointed by the President, and
shall havebeen duly qualified

ARTICLE I
Examination and Registration

SEC. 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
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 Examination.- 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
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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.

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; and

2. Registered Sanitarian - Arithmetic; code on sanitation and its implementing
rules and regulations; microbiology and parasitology and practical problems.

SEC. 19. Report of Ratings.- The Board of Examiners for Environmental and
Sanitary Engineering shall, within one hundred twenty (120) days 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.

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 Certificates of Registration and Professional 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 satisfitctorily met all the requirements
specified in this Act.

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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
tevoked 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 rumual 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,

SEC. 22. Qualification of Applicants for Environmental and Sanitary Engineering
Examinations.- Any person applying for admission to the Environmental and Sanitary
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 isa 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. Qualification 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 orElectrical Engineering or second year student of Bachelor of Science
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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, Oath.- 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 after the
certificate the registrant named therein has expired or has been revoked, unless said
certificate have been renewed or reissued.

SEC. 26. Exemption from Examination 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: And provided
further, That they do not engage in private practice at their own account as Environmental
and Sanitary Engineers.

SEC, 27. Refusal to Issue Certificates.- 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 to 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
Practiceof Profession.- 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
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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 celtificate of registration as Environmental and Sanitary Engineer;

3. This decision of the Board shall be final and 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 under the rules of court;

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 theprocedure and conduct of administrative investigation before the Board;
and

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 Celtificates and Replacement of Lost
Certificates. Subject to approval of the Commission, the Board may, after the expiration of
one (1) year fromthe date a Certificate of Registration is revoked, and for reasons may deem
sufficient, entertainan application for a new certificate of registration from the registrant
concemed. Suchapplication shall be accomplished in the same from prescribed for
examination, but the Boardmay, in its discretion, exempt the applicant from taking the
requisite examination.A new Certificate of Registration to replace any certificate that has
been lost, destroyedor 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. Those who have been 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 within three (3) years after the effectivity of this Act. Membership in the
integrated organization shall not be baned 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) Pre Board of EnSE and
Sanitarian, to evaluate the programs, providers, and certificates of the continuing professional
program.

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SEC. 32. Foreign Reciprocity.- 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 by Officers of the Law.- \t 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 of the Board and render such legal assistance as may be necessary in
carrying out the provisions 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 Enviromnental Engineer's field of practice includes the sole
anthority 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 Sanitary and Environmental Engineering.-
No person shall:

1. Practice or offer to practice Environmental and Sanitary Engineering in the
Philippineswithout having previously obtained a Certificate of Registration and a
Professional License fromthe 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 sealof another;

3. Give false or forged evidence of any kind to the Board or to any member thereof
in obtaining aCertificate 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
License;

6. Use, in connection with his name or otherwise assume, or use or advertise any title
ordescription, tending to convey the impression that he is a registered
Environmental and SanitaryEngineer or Sanitarian without holding a valid
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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. Certificate of Specialty. Certificates of specialty shall be issued by the
Board, subject to the approval of the Commission, to any Environmental and Sanitary
Engineers whohave 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 ofthese 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.

Persons properly qualified and license Environmental and Sanitary Engineer may,
among themselves, from a partnership or association and colletivelyrender Environmental
and Sanitary Engineering service.

SEC. 39. Penalty 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 (PS0,000.00) or imprisonment for a period of not less than six (6)
months nor more than five (5) years or both.

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Transitory Prov

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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
therecommendation 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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ARTICLE VI
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
declaredunconstitutional or invalid for any reason, the same shall not affect the validity of the
other provisions.

SEC. 44, Effectivity Clause.- This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following its
completepublication in the Official Gazette or newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,

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