Quoted hereunder is HLURB Board Resolution No. R-839, Series of 2009, Requiring Subdivision and Condominium Owner/Developer to Submit a Copy of the Special/ Temporary Permit from the Professional Regulations Commission and of the Separate Permit from the Dept. of Labor & Employment for Foreign Architects Who Signed on Plans Required Under the IRR of P.D. 957 and B.P. 220, which was approved by the Board on 25 May 2009:

WHEREAS, the Professional Regulatory Board of Architecture (PRBOA) at the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) requests for assistance in carrying out their mandate relative to the implementation of RA 9266 or the Architecture Act of 2004;

WHEREAS, there is a need to harmonize the current policy of the Board with the requirement under Section 38 of RA 9266 requiring foreign architects to secure a temporary/special permit from the Professional Regulatory Board of Architecture subject to the approval of the Professional Regulation Commission to practice architecture in the Philippines and a separate permit from the Department of Labor and Employment;

WHEREFORE, RESOLVED as it is hereby RESOLVED to require subdivision and condominium owner/developer to submit a copy of the special/temporary permit from the Professional Regulation Commission and of the separate permit from the Department of Labor and Employment for foreign architects who signed on plans required under the IRR of PD 957 and BP 220.

APPROVED, this 25th day of May 2009, Quezon City.

The above was published in The Philippine Daily Inquirer on 17 July 2009, and, in accordance with the provisions of law will take effect fifteen (15) days from its date of publication, on 01 August 2009.

Please be guided accordingly.

Adopted: 27 July 2009
 
(SGD.) ROMULO Q.M. FABUL
Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer