QuestionsQuestions (PRC PROFESSIONAL REGULATORY BOARD OF ARCHITECTURE Resolution NO. 03, S. 2010)
It was issued as supplemental implementing rules and regulations of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 9266, known as the “Architecture Act of 2004.”
It invokes Section 7(g), Article II of R.A. No. 9266, which mandates the Board to prescribe and/or adopt the Code of Ethical Conduct and Standards of Professional Practice for registered and licensed architects.
The Board had already adopted and promulgated the Code of Ethical Conduct through Resolution No. 02, series of 2006, while the Standards of Professional Practice remained pending.
The 1979 Standards of Professional Practice, referred to as “UAP Documents 201 through 208,” were the earlier standards that were later updated/repealed and replaced.
Under a separate Board Resolution, the 1979 Standards became part of the implementing rules and regulations of the repealed architecture law, R.A. No. 545, as amended by R.A. No. 1581.
The Integrated and Accredited Professional Organization of Architects (IAPOA) is mentioned as having collaborated with the Board in updating and amending/repealing the 1979 standards.
The resolution states that the new/updated Standards of Professional Practice for Architects are included as an Annex “A.”
It requires that corresponding architects’ fees be stated in detail under the “Architects’ Guidelines for SPP Compliances,” which will be crafted by the IAPOA with the Board’s assistance.
The IAPOA is responsible for crafting it, with assistance from the Board.
They are declared to be an official IAPOA issuance, to be observed by all IAPOA members.
IAPOA must craft the “Manual of Procedure for SPP Compliances.”
It must similarly be an official IAPOA issuance to be observed by all IAPOA members.
It shall take effect after fifteen (15) days following full and complete publication thereof in the Official Gazette or any major daily newspaper of national circulation.
It prescribes and promulgates updated Standards of Professional Practice for architects as supplemental implementing rules and regulations of R.A. No. 9266.
It emphasizes that after 31 years, there is an urgent and important need to finally prescribe and promulgate the new updated Standards of Professional Practice.