Republic Act 544 is an act to regulate the practice of Civil Engineering in the Philippines, which was approved on the 17th of July, 1950. It was amended by RA 1582, which was also approved on the 16th of June 1956.
The version appearing on the PRC site is a condensed version of 5 pages.
The Act has been re-introduced by Senator Panfilo M. Lacson as Senate Bill no. 2770. The Senator brought to life the Act as he explained that civil engineers are currently confronted with broader issues and they have to integrate the socio-economic and environmental issues with the technical aspects of the construction projects.
"The Civil Engineer is constantly challenged to design and build developments in a manner that is environmentally sound, socially acceptable, and globally competitive."
The Bill sought to achieve the following:
- To align the law with the requirements for national development;
- To strengthen the profession in facing the formidable challenges resulting from globalization and cross-border practice;
- To continuously develop the level of competence of the civil engineers through:
- Peer recognition of specialization in civil engineering
- Continuing professional development
- Strengthening the accredited professional organization of civil engineers
- To clearly define the foreign nationalities practice of civil engineering in the country
- To promote the growth of the consulting sector by recognizing international philosophy of multi-disciplinary services
- To disregard provisions making multi-disciplinary consultancy services difficult, complicated ad impractical
- To establish a clear, precise and practical delineation of professional and contractual accountability in the practice in order to serve the law better and protect the public interest
7.2. ARTICLE III. EXAMINATION REGISTRATION AND CERTIFICATION
7.3. ARTICLE IV. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
7.4. ENFORCEMENT OF ACT AND PENAL PROVISIONS
approved na po ba ang senate bill 2770?
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