RA 544 Flashcards by Zyrille Shane Duclayan

Republic Act No. 544
(As Amended by ________)

R.A. 1582

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1582

An Act to Regulate the Practice of Civil Engineering
in the Philippines

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Be it enacted by the _____________________ of the Philippines in Congress assembled

Senate and House of Representatives

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Article I

TITLE OF THE ACT AND DEFINITION OF TERMS

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Section 1

Title of Act

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This Act shall be known as the “______________.”

Civil Engineering Law

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Section 2

Definition of Terms

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The practice of civil engineering within the meaning and intent of this Act shall embrace services in the form of consultation, design, preparation of plans, specifications, estimates, erection, installation and supervision of the construction of streets, bridges, highways, railroads, ___________, port works, canals, river and shore improvements, _____________, and dry docks; buildings, fixed structures for irrigation, ____________, drainage, water supply and sewerage works; demolition of permanent structures; and _______.

airports and hangars
lighthouses
flood protection
tunnels

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The term “_______________” as used in this act shall mean a person duly registered with the Board for Civil Engineers in the manner as hereinafter provided

civil engineer

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Article II

BOARD OF EXAMINERS FOR CIVIL ENGINEERS

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Section 3

Composition of Board

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Within _________ after the approval of this Act there shall be created a ___________ for Civil Engineers, hereinafter referred to as the ________, to be composed of a ___________________ who shall be appointed by the ____________________, upon recommendation of the Commissioner of PRC.

thirty days
Board of Examiners
Board
chairman and two members
President of the Philippines

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The members of the Board shall hold office for a term of __________ after appointment or until their successors shall have been appointed and shall have qualified.

three years

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Any member of the Board may be removed by the ________________, upon recommendation by the ___________________ for neglect of duty, incompetency, malpractice, unprofessional, unethical, immoral, or dishonorable conduct, after having been given opportunity to defend himself in a proper administrative investigation

President of the Philippines
Professional Regulation Commission

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Section 4

Powers and Duties of the Board

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Section 5

Qualifications of Board Members

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Each member of the Board shall, at the time of his
appointment:

a. Be a citizen and resident of the Philippines;
b. Be at least thirty years of age and of good moral character;
c. Be a graduate of civil engineering from a recognized and legally constituted school, institute,
college or university.
d. Be a registered civil engineer duly qualified to practice civil engineering in the Philippines;
e. Have practiced civil engineering, with a certificate as such, for a period of not less than ten years
prior to his appointment.
f. Not be a member of the faculty of any school, institute, college, or university where civil engineering course is taught, nor have a pecuniary interest in such institutions;
g. No former members of the faculty of any school, institute or university where civil engineering is taught can become a member of the Board unless he had stopped teaching for at least three
consecutive years.

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Section 6

Fees and Compensation of Board

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The Board for Civil Engineers shall charge for each application for examination the sum of __________ payable to the collecting and disbursing officer of the PRC upon filing of said application, and for each certificate of registration, _______.

P100 (one hundred)
fifty pesos

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Each member of the Board shall receive a compensation of _________ for each applicant examined.

fifteen pesos

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A civil engineer in the service of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines appointed as member of the Board shall receive the _________ as herein provided, in addition to his salary in the Government. All authorized expenses of the Board, including the compensation provided for herein, shall be paid by the collecting and disbursing officer of the PRC out of such appropriation as may be made for the purpose.

compensation

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Section 7

Annual Report

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The Board shall, at the end of each fiscal year, submit to the _____ a __________ of its activities and proceedings during the period covered by the fiscal year ended.

PRC
detailed report

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Article III

EXAMINATION AND REGISTRATION

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Section 8

Examination Requirement

All applicants for registration for the practice of civil engineering shall be required to pass a ________________ as hereinafter provided.

technical examination

Section 9

Holding of Examination

Examination of candidates desiring to practice civil engineering in the Philippines shall be given in the City of Manila of each year, provided that such days do not fall on official holidays, otherwise the examinations shall be held on the days next following.

omsim

Section 10

Subjects of Examination

Applicants for certificate of registration as civil engineer shall be examined, in the discretion of the Board, on the following subjects:

mathematics, including algebra, plane and spherical trigonometry, analytics, descriptive and solid geometry, differential and integral calculus, and rational and applied mechanics; hydraulics; surveying, including highway and railroad surveying; plane, topographic and hydrographic surveying, and advance surveying; design and construction of highways and railroads, masonry structures, wooden and reinforced concrete buildings, bridges, towers, walls, foundations, piers, ports, wharves, aqueducts, sanitary engineering works, water supply systems, dikes, dams and irrigation and drainage canals.

Section 11

Executive Officer of the Board

The ______________________ shall be the executive officer of the Board and shall conduct the examinations given by the said Board. He shall designate any subordinate officer of the Professional Regulation Commission to act as the ____________ of all records including examination papers and minutes of the deliberation of the Board.

Commissioner of Professional Regulation Commission Secretary and custodian

Section 12

Qualifications for Examination

Any person applying for admission to the civil engineering examination as herein provided shall, prior to the date of the examination, establish to the satisfaction of the Board that he has the following qualifications:

a. Be at least twenty-one years of age; b. Be a citizen of the Philippines; c. Be of good reputation and moral character; and d. Be a graduate of a four-year course in civil engineering from a school, institute, college or university recognized by the Government or the State wherein it is established.

Section 13

Oath of Civil Engineers

All successful candidates in the examination shall be required to take a ______________ before the Board of Civil Engineers or other Government Officials authorized to administer oaths, prior to entering upon the practice of the civil engineering profession.

professional oath

Section 14

Seal and Use of Seal

All registered civil engineers shall obtain a _____ of such design as the ______ shall authorize and direct: Provided, however, That the _________ of the certificate issued by the Board shall be included in the design of the seal.

seal Board serial number

Plans and specifications prepared by, or under the direct supervision of a registered civil engineer shall be stamped with _____ during the life of the registrant’s certificate, and it shall be unlawful for any one to stamp or seal any documents with said seal after the certificate of registrant named thereon has expired or has been revoked, unless said certificate shall have been __________

seal renewed or re-issued

Section 15

Exemption from Registration

Registration shall not be required of the following persons:

a. Officers or enlisted men of the United States and Philippine Armed Forces, and civilian employees of the Government of the United States stationed in the Philippines while rendering civil engineering services for the United States and/or Philippines. b. Civil engineers or experts called in by the Philippine Government for consultation, or specific design and construction of fixed structures as defined under this Act, provided that their practice shall be limited to such work.

Any person residing in the Philippines may make plans on specifications for any of the following:

a. Any building in chartered cities or in towns with building ordinances, not exceeding the space requirement specified therein, requiring the services of a civil engineer. b. Any wooden building enlargement or alteration which is to be used for farm purposes only and costing not more than ten thousand pesos. c. Provided, however. That there shall be nothing in this Act that will prevent any person from constructing his own (wooden or light material) residential house, utilizing the services of a person or persons required for the purpose, without the use of a civil engineer, as long as he does no violate local ordinances of the place where the building is to be constructed.

Nor shall anything in this Act prevent draftsmen, student clerk-or-work, superintendents, and other employees of those lawfully engaged in the practice of civil engineering under the provisions of this Act, from acting under the instruction, control or supervision of their employer.

omsim

Nor shall anything in this Act prevent any person who prior to the approval of this Act have been lawfully engaged in the practice of “maestro de obras” to continue as such, provided they shall not undertake the making of plans supervision for the following classes of work:

a. Building of concrete whether reinforced or not. b. Building of more than two stories. c. Building with frames of structural steel. d. Building of structures intended for public gathering or assemblies such as theaters, cinematographs, stadia, churches, or structures of like nature.

Nor shall anything in this Act prevent professional _________________ to practice their professions.

architects and engineers

Section 16

Refusal to Issue Certificate

The Board for Civil Engineers shall not issue a certificate to any person convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction of any criminal offense involving ____________, or to any person guilty of _________________, or to any person of ____________. In the event of a refusal to issue a certificate to any person, the Board shall give to the applicant a _____________ setting forth its reason for such action, which statement shall be incorporated in the records of the ________.

moral turpitude immoral or dishonorable conduct unsound mind written statement Board

Section 17

Suspension and Revocation of Certificates

The _________ shall have the power, after due notice and hearings to suspend or revoke the certificate of registration for any cause mentioned in the preceding section.

Board

Section 18

Re-issue and Replacement of Certificates

The ______ may, after the expiration of ______ from the date of certificate of registration is revoked and for reasons it may deem sufficient, entertain an application for a new certificate of registration from the registrant concerned. Such application shall be accomplished in the same form prescribed for examination, but the Board may, in its discretion, exempt the applicant from taking the requisite examination.

Board one year

Section 19

Transitory Provisions

As soon as this Act takes effect, any person desiring to practice the profession of civil engineering shall be required to obtain a ________________ in the manner and under the conditions hereinafter provided

certificate of registration

All civil engineers duly licensed under the provisions of Act Numbered ____________________, as amended, at the time this Act takes effect, shall be automatically registered under the provisions hereof.

Twenty-nine hundred and eighty-five

All graduates in civil engineering from a school, institute, college, or university recognized by the Government who have passed the____________________________ and have been practicing or employed in the Government as such during __________ are exempted from taking examination.

civil service examination for senior civil engineer five years

Article IV

ENFORCEMENT OF ACT AND PENAL PROVISIONS

Section 20

Enforcement of the Act by officers of the law

It shall be the duty of all duly __________ of the national, provincial, city and municipal governments, or any political subdivisions thereof, to enforce the provisions of this Act and to prosecute any person violating the same.

constituted law officers

Section 21

Registration required

Unless exempt from registration, no person shall practice or offer to practice civil engineering in the Philippines without having obtained the proper ________________ from the ______________

certificate of registration Board for Civil Engineers

Section 22

Penal provisions

any person who shall violate any of the provision of this Act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to a fine of not less than ___________ nor more than ________________, or to suffer imprisonment for a period of not less than ________ not more than __________, or both, in the discretion of the _____.

five hundred pesos two thousand pesos six months one year court

Article V

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 23

Preparation of plans and supervisions of construction by registered civil engineer

It shall be unlawful for any person to order or otherwise cause the construction, reconstruction, or alteration of any building or structure intended for public gathering or assembly such as theaters, cinematographs, stadia, churches or structures of like nature, and any other engineering structures mentioned in section two of this Act unless the designs, plans, and specifications of same have been prepared under the responsible charge of, and signed and sealed by a registered civil engineer, and unless the construction, reconstruction and/or alteration thereof are executed under the responsible charge and direct supervision of a civil engineer. Plans and designs of structures must be approved as provided by law or ordinance of a city or province or municipality where the said structure is to be constructed.

omsim

Section 24

The practice of civil engineering is a professional service

Hence, no firm, partnership, corporation or association may be registered or licensed as such for the practice of civil engineering: Provided, however, That persons properly _________ as civil engineers may, among themselves or with a person or persons properly registered and licensed as architects, form, and obtain registration of, a firm, partnership or association using the term “Engineers” or “Engineers and Architects,” but, nobody shall be a member or partner of such firm, partnership or association unless he is duly ____________________, and the members who are civil engineers shall only render work and services proper for a civil engineer, as defined in this Act, and the members who are architects shall also only render work and services proper for an architect, as defined in the law regulating the practice of architecture; individual members of such firms, partnership or association shall be responsible for their own respective acts.

registered and licensed licensed civil engineer or architect

Section 25

Reciprocity requirements

No person who is not a citizen of the Philippines at the time he applies to _____________ shall be allowed to take it unless he can prove in the manner provided by the __________ that, by specific provision of law, the country of which he is a citizen, subject, or national either admits citizens of the Philippines to the practice of the same profession without restriction or allows them to practice it after an examination on terms of strict and absolute equality with citizens, subjects, or nationals of the country concerned, including the unconditional recognition of degrees issued by institutions of learning duly recognized for the purpose by the Government of the Philippines:

take the examination Rules of Court

Provided, That if he is not a citizen of the Philippines, and was admitted to the practice of a profession in the Philippines after December 8, 1941, his active practice in that profession, either in the Philippines or in the state or country where he was practicing his profession, shall not have been interrupted for a period of two years or more prior to July 4, 1946, and that the country or state from which he comes allows the citizens of the Philippines by specific provision of law, to practice the same profession without restriction or on terms of strict and absolute equality with citizens, subjects or nationals of the country or state concerned.

omsim

Section 26

Roster of civil engineers

A roster showing the names and places of business of all registered civil engineers shall be prepared by the _____________ periodically but at least ________. Copies of this roster shall be placed on file with the ______ and furnished to all department heads, mayors of all chartered cities, to the Director of Public Works, to such other Bureaus, government entities or agencies and municipal and provincial authorities as may be deemed necessary and to the public upon request.

Commissioner of PRC once a year PRC

Section 27

Repeal

All laws, parts of laws, orders, ordinances, or regulations in conflict with the provisions hereof; including parts of _____________________, as amended, as pertains to the practice of civil engineering, are hereby repealed, except the provisions of ____________________ amending __________________-_, pertaining to the practice of “maestro de obras.”

Act Numbered Twenty-nine hundred and eighty-five Act Numbered Thirty one hundred and fifty nine Act Numbered Twenty-nine hundred and eighty-five

Section 28

Construction of Act

Section 29

Effectivity

RA 544 Approved on

June 17, 1950

R.A. No. 1582 approved on

June 16, 1956

For Civil Engineering, the date of the exam is the following:

April 23-24, 2023, and November 17-18, 2023.

Civil Engineering Board Exam Requirements

You must be a Graduate of Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from a PRC-recognized institution to be able to take the CE Licensure Exam. Additionally, you should be at least 21 years old, a Filipino Citizen with good moral character, and must not have been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude.

Here are the CE Board Exam Requirements you need to prepare:

(1) NSO / PSA Birth Certificate (2)NSO / PSA Marriage Contract (for married female applicants) (3)Transcript of Records with scanned picture and Remarks “For Board Examination Purposes” (4)Valid NBI Clearance (First Timers & Repeaters) (5)Two (2) Certificates of Good Moral Character from any 2 of the following: Barangay Church School Employer (6)Payment: P900.00 – complete

Civil Engineering Board Exam Subjects Coverage

(1) APPLIED MATHEMATICS, SURVEYING, PRINCIPLES OF TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAY ENGINEERING, CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND METHODS (35%) (2)HYDRAULICS AND PRINCIPLES OF GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING (30%) (3)PRINCIPLES OF STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS AND DESIGN (35%)

To pass the Civil Engineering Board Exam you should have an overall grade of ____ on each subject and without a score of _____ below.

70% 50%

The application will be done online at __________.

PRC LERIS

members of the Board of Civil Engineering 2021

Engr. Praxedes P. Bernardo, chairman Engr. Pericles P. Dakay, members Engr. Romeo A. Estanero, members

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