Question & AnswerQ&A (PRC BOARD FOR MASTER PLUMBERS Resolution NO. 04-99)
It is a code governing the practice of plumbing in the Philippines, including the design, installation, and use of plumbing fixtures and materials in buildings and infrastructure projects.
It was approved in 1959, the same year it was promulgated by the Board for Master Plumbers created under R.A. No. 1378.
Republic Act No. 1378 created the Board for Master Plumbers.
R.A. No. 1378 is known as the Plumbing Code, and it created the Board for Master Plumbers to regulate and govern plumbing practices through the National Plumbing Code.
The National Plumbing Code was prepared by the National Master Plumbers Association of the Philippines (NAMPAP).
Because the original code had been in existence for nearly 40 years without amendment, and there was a need to update it to accord with modern technologies in plumbing materials and practice.
It was adopted and promulgated on September 30, 1999, under PRC Board for Master Plumbers Resolution No. 04-99.
The Plumbing Code Committee created in 1994 and the Plumbing Code Review Committee created in 1999.
It takes effect 30 days following its complete publication in the Official Gazette or any newspaper of general circulation, whichever is earlier.
The Board for Master Plumbers adopts and promulgates the code, while the approval is given pursuant to Section 4 of R.A. No. 1378, and the President of the Philippines also approves it.
It governs the practice of plumbing in the Philippines, including the design, installation, and use of plumbing fixtures and materials in buildings and infrastructure projects where such fixtures and materials are necessary.