(NAR) VOL. 26 NO. 1/ JANUARY - MARCH 2015
(a) | Examination, registration, and licensure of environmental planners; |
(b) | Supervision, control, and regulation of the practice of environmental planning; |
(c) | Development, upgrading, and updating of the curriculum of the environmental planning profession; and |
(d) | Development and improvement of the professional competence and practice of environmental planners through, among others, continuing professional education and development. |
(a) | Environmental planning, also known as urban and regional planning, city planning, town and country planning, and/or human settlements planning, refers to the multi-disciplinary art and science of analyzing, specifying, clarifying, harmonizing, managing, and regulating the use and development of land and water resources, in relation to their environs, for the development of sustainable communities and ecosystems. |
(b) | Environmental planner refers to a person who is registered and licensed to practice environmental planning and who holds a valid Certificate of Registration and a valid Professional Identification Card from the Professional Regulatory Board of Environmental Planning and the Professional Regulation Commission. |
(c) | Accredited Professional Organization (APO) refers to the duly integrated and accredited professional organization of registered and licensed environmental planners, of which there shall be only one, as prescribed by Republic Act No. 8981, otherwise known as the PRC Modernization Act of 2000, the Comprehensive Professional Code, and Section 32 Article IV of R. A. No. 10587. |
(d) | Commission refers to the Professional Regulation Commission. |
(e) | Board refers to the Professional Regulatory Board of Environmental Planning. |
(f) | Certificate of Registration refers to the document issued by the Commission certifying that the person named therein is registered and entitled to the practice of environmental planning. |
(g) | Professional Identification Card refers to the document issued by the Commission, bearing its date of issuance and expiry as well as the registration/license number of the professional. |
(h) | Continuing Professional Education/Development or CPE/CPD refers to the inculcation of advanced knowledge, skills and ethical values in a post- licensure specialized or in an inter- or multi-disciplinary field of study for assimilation into professional practice, self-directed research, and/or lifelong learning. |
(i) | Certificate of On-the-Job/In-Service Training refers to the document showing the experience and/or on-the-job/in-service training of the applicant for the licensure examination for environmental planners. |
j) | Distance Education/Learning refers to a mode of delivering education and instruction, usually via technology, to those who are not physically present in a traditional setting, such as a classroom. It provides access to learning when the source of information and the learners are separated by time or distance, or both. |
(k) | Comprehensive Professional Code refers to the document which defines all aspects of professional services and establishes the rights and Obligations of both the professional and the client. |
(l) | Code of Ethics refers to the set of moral principles governing the behavior or conduct of a specific group, field or organization, or a system of values, to which an individual or group of individuals adheres to, as the acceptable standard of behavior. |
(m) | Code of Technical Standards refers to the set of rules and specifications that defines the technical aspects of the environmental planning practice. |
(n) | Certificate of Membership in Good Standing refers to the document issued by the APO indicating that the environmental planner has complied with all of his/her obligations as a member of the organization. |
(o) | Reciprocity refers to Section 7 (j) of R. A. No. 8981. |
(p) | Special Temporary Permit refers to the document given to a foreign environmental planner, in accordance with Section 7 (j) of R. A. No. 8981 and Section 29 Article IV of R. A. No. 10587. |
(a) | Providing professional services in the form of technical consultation, rendering of technical advice, plan preparation, capacity building, and monitoring and evaluation of implementation, involving the following: | |
1. | National, regional or local development and/or physical framework, and comprehensive land-use plans; | |
2. | Zoning and related ordinances, codes and other legal issuances for the development and management, preservation, conservation, rehabilitation, regulation, and control of the environment, including all land, water, air, and natural resources; | |
3. | Planning and development of a barangay, municipality, city, province, region or any portion or combination thereof; and | |
4. | Development of a site for a particular need or special purpose, such as economic or ecological zones; tourism development zones; and housing and other estate development projects, including the creation of any other spatial arrangement of buildings, utilities, transport, and communications. | |
(b) | In relation to any of the activities enumerated in paragraph (a) above, preparing the following studies: | |
1. | Pre-feasibility, feasibility and other related concerns; | |
2. | Environmental assessments; and | |
3. | Institutional, administrative or legal systems. | |
(c) | Developing the curriculum and syllabi for the licensure examinations for environmental planning, teaching in academic institutions, and conducting review courses in environmental planning; | |
(d) | Serving as expert witness, resource person, lecturer, juror or arbitrator in hearings, competitions, exhibitions and other public fora; conducting hearings, competitions, exhibits and other public fora; | |
(e) | Ensuring compliance with environmental laws, including the acquisition of regulatory permits; and | |
(f) | Performing other acts or conducting other activities that may be determined by the Board, subject to approval of the Commission, in light of the trends in the practice of the profession. |
(a) | A citizen and resident of the Philippines; |
(b) | Of good moral character and sound mind; |
(c) | A holder of a Master’s Degree in Environmental Planning or its equivalent. Equivalent means Urban and Regional Planning, City Planning, Town and Country Planning, and/or Human Settlements Planning; |
(d) | A registered and licensed environmental planner, with a valid Certificate of Registration and a Professional Identification Card, and who has at least seven (7) years of practice in environmental planning prior to his/her appointment; |
(e) | Not a member of the faculty of any school, college or university where a regular academic course or review course in environmental planning is offered, nor a member of a staff of reviewers in a review school or center and does not have any direct or indirect pecuniary interest in such an institution; |
(f) | A member in good standing of the APO, but not an officer or trustee thereof; and |
(g) | Not convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction of an offense involving moral turpitude. |
(a) | Prescribe and adopt the rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of R. A. No. 10587; |
(b) | Supervise the registration, licensure, and practice of environmental planning in the Philippines; |
(c) | Administer oaths in connection with the implementation of R. A. No. 10587; |
(d) | Issue, suspend, revoke or reinstate the Certificate of Registration for the practice of environmental planning; |
(e) | Adopt an official seal of the Board; |
(f) | Prepare the contents of licensure examination, score and rate the examination papers, and submit the results thereof to the Commission; |
(g) | Adopt and promulgate a Code of Ethics and a Code of Technical Standards issued by the APO; |
(h) | Assist the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) in ensuring that all instructions and offerings of environmental planning comply with the policies, standards, and requirements of the course prescribed by the CHED or other authorized government offices in the areas, among others, of curriculum, faculty, library, and facilities |
(i) | Adopt measures necessary for the enhancement of the profession; |
(j) | Investigate officially reported violations of R.A. No. 10587, this IRR, the Code of Ethics, the Code of Technical Standards, and all other relevant policies and measures; and for this purpose, issue subpoena ad testificandum and subpoena duces tecum to secure the appearance of witness/es and submission of document/s and other evidence necessary in connection with the performance of its functions; |
(k) | Seek the assistance of the Commission in the conduct of hearing or investigation of administrative cases filed before the Board; |
(l) | Promulgate decisions on such administrative cases; |
(m) | Discharge such other powers and duties that may affect professional, ethical, and technological standards of the environmental planning profession in the Philippines; and |
(n) | Perform such other functions and responsibilities, in accordance with the provisions of R.A. No. 8981, R.A. No. 10587, and this IRR. |
(a) | Gross negligence, incompetence or dishonesty in the discharge of duty; |
(b) | Commission of any of the prohibited acts provided in R. A. No. 10587, the Revised Penal Code, Republic Act No. 3019, otherwise known as the “Anti- Graft and Corrupt Practices Act”, and other laws; |
(c) | Manipulation, tampering or rigging of the results of the licensure examination for the practice of environmental planning; and |
(d) | Unlawful disclosure of secret and confidential information on the examination questions or other administrative matters pertaining thereto prior to the conduct thereof. |
(a) | History, Concepts, Theories, and Principles of Environmental Planning: | |
1. | Environment, Planning and Environmental Planning: definition, nature, elements of the environment; history and foundation of planning and environmental planning; concepts, goals, nature, classification, theories of planning and environmental planning; training, roles and advocates of environmental planners; | |
2. | Cities, City Planning and Development: origin, development, planning of cities; city growth, urbanization, ecological processes, location; urban/city planning concepts, theories, principles; concepts and principles of new paradigms and visions in city planning; and | |
3. | Regions, Regional Planning and Development: concepts, nature and classification of regions, regional delineation/centers; objectives/rationale of regional planning; policies, principles and strategies in regional planning and development. | |
(b) | Environmental Planning Processes, Methods/Techniques and Strategies: | |
1. | Planning Information and Management: mandated plans at different geographic levels; research for planning; map interpretation and spatial analysis; population data analysis and projection; | |
2. | Development Planning: concepts and processes involved in the preparation of the comprehensive development plan; tools and techniques for sectoral and intersectoral planning analyses; | |
3. | Land Use Planning: concepts, principles and processes involved in land use planning; demand and supply of land; spatial strategies; land use controls; and | |
4. | Area Development Planning: concepts, principles and processes involved in site development planning and management of ecosystems. | |
(c) | Environmental Plan Implementation, Legal Aspects, and Administration: | |
1. | Legal Foundations for Environmental Planning: key/milestone laws, rules and regulations at national and sub-national levels; | |
2. | Program/Project Development, Management, and Implementation: principles/methods/instruments in the design, appraisal, performance and results-based monitoring and evaluation; | |
3. | Planning Administration and Professional Practice: major public sector reform measures relating to good governance, and Code of Ethics; and | |
4. | Public Sector Management: budgeting, financing government projects; procurement processes, analysis/evaluation of proposals for public/private sector participation. |
(a) | A citizen of the Philippines or a citizen of a foreign country or state which has a policy on reciprocity for the practice of the profession; | |
(b) | A holder of any of the following degrees from schools, colleges or universities duly approved by the CHED: | |
1. | A Graduate Degree in Environmental Planning, Urban and Regional Planning, City Planning, Town and Country Planning and/or Human Settlements Planning or its equivalent; | |
2. | A Post-Graduate Diploma in Environmental Planning, Urban and Regional Planning, City Planning, Town and Country Planning and/or Human Settlements Planning or its equivalent, and with at least one (1) year of on-the-job training, as required under R.A. No. 10587; | |
3. | A Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Planning, Urban Planning and Regional Planning, City Planning, Town and Country Planning and/or Human Settlements Planning, or its equivalent, and with two (2) years of on-the-job training, as required under R.A. No. 10587; | |
4. | A Master’s or Doctorate Degree in either Architecture, Engineering, Ecology, Economics, Geography, Geology, Public Administration, Business Administration, Sociology, Social Science, Law, Environmental Science, Environmental Management, Development Management, Natural Resources Planning and Development, or other related disciplines acceptable to the Board, and with three (3) years of on-the- job training, as required under R. A. No. 10587: Provided, That a person falling under this paragraph shall be allowed to take the licensure examination only within the next five (5) years from the effectivity of R.A. No. 10587. | |
5. | A Bachelor’s Degree in either Architecture, Engineering, Economics, Public Administration, Law, Social Work and Community Development or Sociology or other related disciplines acceptable to the Board, and with five (5) years of on-the-job training, as required under R.A. No. 10587: Provided, That a person falling under this paragraph shall be allowed to take the licensure examination only within the next five (5) years from the effectivity of R.A. No. 10587. | |
The on-the-job training required in this Section shall be undertaken under the supervision of a registered and licensed environmental planner or the applicant’s immediate supervisor, in an agency or organization engaged or involved in environmental planning functions or programs, as may be determined by the Board. | ||
Incumbent holders of planning positions in the national, regional or local government offices or agencies, including government-owned and controlled corporations, and have been engaged in development planning functions, acceptable to the Board, shall be qualified to take the licensure examination: Provided, That they are holders of professional civil service eligibility, and have undergone at least eighty (80) hours of in-service training or distance learning in developmental planning from a government agency, school or institution recognized by proper authorities: Provided further, That a person falling under this paragraph may be allowed to take the licensure examination only within the next five (5) years after the effectivity of R. A. No. 10587. | ||
(c) | Of good moral character; and | |
(d) | Not convicted of an offense involving moral turpitude by a court of competent jurisdiction. |
(a) | Certificate of Live Birth in National Statistics Office (NSO) Security Paper; |
(b) | Marriage Contract in NSO Security Paper for married female applicants; |
(c) | College Diploma; |
(d) | Transcript of Records, with indication of the date of graduation and Special Order (S.O.) Number/Exemption/Accreditation, scanned picture and with the remarks: FOR BOARD EXAMINATION PURPOSES ONLY, and Certificate of Equivalency issued by the CHED, in case the degree is obtained abroad; |
(e) | Certificate of On-the-Job Training, In-Service Training or Distance Learning, as may be required, signed by the applicant’s immediate supervisor; |
(f) | Certificate of Good Moral Character from any of the following: Barangay, Church, School, or Employer; |
(g) | Valid National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Clearance; |
(h) | Certificate of Professional Civil Service Eligibility (for incumbent government planners only); and |
(i) | Other relevant documents that the Board may require. |
(a) | Copy of the pertinent provision/s of the foreign law or international agreement on the reciprocity for the practice of environmental planning; |
(b) | Certificate of Live Birth in NSO Security Paper or Negative Certification; |
(c) | Marriage Contract for married female applicants; |
(d) | College Diploma, Transcript of Records, and Certificate of Equivalency issued by the CHED, in case the degree is obtained abroad; |
(e) | Certificate of On-the-Job Training, In-Service Training or Distance Learning, as may be required, signed by the applicant’s immediate supervisor; |
(f) | Certificate of Good Moral Character from any of the following: Barangay, Church, School, or Employer; and |
(g) | Other relevant documents that the Board may require. |
(a) | That he/she is a citizen or subject of a country/state which specifically permits Filipino professional environmental planners to practice within its territorial limits on the same basis as the subjects or citizens of such foreign country or state; |
(b) | That he/she is legally qualified to practice environmental planning in his/her own country, and that his/her expertise is necessary and advantageous to the Philippines, particularly in the aspects of technology transfer and specialization; |
(c) | That he/she shall be required to work with a Filipino counterpart, a natural person who is a registered and licensed environmental planner. The professional fees and documentation expenses pertaining to the project, including liabilities and taxes due to the Philippine government, if any, shall be shared by the foreign and Filipino environmental planners, in proportion to his/her participation therein or professional services rendered to the project, in accordance with established rules and regulations; and |
(d) | That he/she shall obtain an employment permit from the DOLE: Provided, That the employment permit may be issued to a non-resident alien or to the applicant-employer, after a determination by the Commission and the Board of the non-availability of a person in the Philippines who is competent, able and willing, at the time of application, to perform the services for which the foreign expert is being invited. |
(a) | convicted of an offense involving moral turpitude by a court of competent jurisdiction; |
(b) | found guilty of immoral or dishonorable conduct by the Board; |
(c) | adjudged guilty for violation of the General Instructions to Examinees by the Board; and |
(d) | declared of unsound mind by a court of competent jurisdiction. |
(a) | Violation of any provision of R. A. No. 10587, this IRR, the Code of Good Governance, the Code of Ethics, the Code of Technical Standards for the practice of environmental planning, and all other policies and regulatory measures of the Board and/or the Commission; |
(b) | Perpetration or use of fraud in obtaining the Certificate of Registration, Professional Identification Card or Special Temporary Permit; |
(c) | Gross incompetence, negligence or ignorance in the conduct of the profession resulting in death, injury to persons and/or damage to property; |
(d) | Unjustified refusal to join or to remain a member in good standing of the APO; |
(e) | Unjustified or unexplained neglect or failure to pay the annual registration fees for five (5) consecutive years; |
(f) | Unjustified or unexplained non-renewal of the Professional Identification Card after the lapse of five (5) consecutive years; |
(g) | Aiding or abetting the illegal practice of a non-registered and unlicensed environmental planner by, among others, allowing him/her to use the Certificate of Registration and/or Professional Identification Card and/or Special Temporary Permit of another person; |
(h) | Illegally practicing the profession during his/her suspension from the practice thereof; and |
(i) | Addiction to a drug or alcohol abuse impairing his/her ability to practice the profession or declared of unsound mind by a court of competent jurisdiction; |
(a) | The consulting firm, partnership, corporation, association or foundation applies for and is issued a Certificate of Registration by the Board and the Commission to engage in the practice of environmental planning in the Philippines: Provided, That the majority of the partners of the partnership are registered and licensed environmental planners: Provided further, That the majority of the Members of the Board of Directors or Members of corporations shall be registered and licensed environmental planners; and |
(b) | The practice of the consulting firm, partnership, corporation or association in environmental planning shall be carried out by duly registered and licensed environmental planners. |
(a) | offer or render planning services as defined in R.A. No. 10587 and this IRR, when he/she is not a registered and licensed environmental planner; |
(b) | cause, induce, encourage or coerce the preparation or implementation of any plan that is not signed by a registered and licensed environmental planner, when such plan is so required by R.A. No. 10587 and this IRR to be signed by a registered and licensed environmental planner; |
(c) | amend, revise, duplicate or make copies of plans, designs, programs, and other documents prepared, signed and sealed by a registered and licensed environmental planner, without the explicit and written consent of the latter; and |
(d) | sign his/her name, affix his/her seal or use any other method of signature on plans, specifications or other documents not actually prepared by him/her. |
(a) | Engaging in the practice of environmental planning in the Philippines without having been registered and licensed or without having conformed to the provisions of R.A. No. 10587 and this IRR; |
(b) | Presenting or attempting to use as his/her own the Certificate of Registration and/or Professional Identification Card or Special Temporary Permit of another person. |
(c) | Giving any false, forged or tampered evidence of any kind to the Board, or impersonating any registered and licensed environmental planner or a holder of a Special Temporary Permit; |
(d) | Using a revoked or suspended Certificate of Registration or an expired Professional Identification Card or Special Temporary Permit; |
(e) | Using in connection with his/her name, or otherwise assuming, using or advertising any title or description tending to convey the impression that he/she is a registered and licensed environmental planner when he/she is not holding a valid Certificate of Registration and Professional Identification Card or a valid Special Temporary Permit; |
(f) | Implementing or causing the implementation of any plan not prepared and signed by a registered and licensed environmental planner; and |
(g) | Violating any of the provisions of R.A. No. 10587 and this IRR. |
(a) | Within a period of three (3) years from the effectivity of R.A. No. 10587, local government units may continue to issue appointments to persons who are not registered and licensed environmental planners for the positions of national or local planning and development coordinators, or chiefs of local planning and development offices, only on a temporary status or acting capacity. |
(b) | The incumbent Chairperson and Members of the Board shall, in an interim capacity, continue to carry out their functions under the provisions of R.A. No. 10587, without need for new appointments as Chairperson and Members thereof, until the first Board created under R.A. No. 10587 shall have been constituted or organized pursuant thereto. |
(SGD) JOSEFINA M. RAMOS Chairman | |
(SGD) LIRIO T. ABUYUAN Member | (SGD) DOLORES A. ENDRIGA Member |
Attested by: | |
(SGD) LOVELIKA T. BAUTISTA Officer-in-Charge Office of the Secretary to the Professional Regulatory Boards | |
APPROVED: | |
(SGD) TERESITA R. MANZALA Chairperson | |
(SGD) JENNIFER JARDIN-MANALILI Commissioner | (SGD) ANGELINE T. CHUA CHIACO Commissioner |