A professional identification card, whether new or for renewal shall be released by the PRC upon compliance with the requirements for the application of new or renewal of identification card and upon presentation of the updated receipt of payment of annual membership dues of the AIPO of interior designers and proof of completion of the CPE requirements.

SEC. 25. Professional Prefix.-Once registered, the letters "IDr", which stands for registered Interior Designer in the Philippines, may be added to the name of the interior designer, who has registered in the roll of professionals. Such title of "IDr" may be used as his/her official appendage title when signing documents pertinent to the practice of his/her profession.

SEC. 26. Renewal of Professional Identification Card.-The professional identification card issued to an Interior Designer shall be valid for a period of three (3) years from its issuance and shall be renewed every after three (3) years on the birth month of the Interior Designer upon payment of fees and submission of required documents (CPE/ CPED, COGS)

SEC. 27. Roster of Interior Designers.The Board shall prepare, update and maintain a roster of registered, licensed Interior Designers, which shall contain the names, residence and office addresses of all registered interior designers which shall be updated annually in cooperation with the AIPO, indicating therein the status of the certificate of registration, professional identification card, AIPO membership and other data the Board may deem

pertinent, whether valid, delinquent, suspended or surrender or terminated due to death or other reasons. The said roster shall be conspicuously posted with the premises of the Commission and the information there from made available to the public upon inquiry or request.

SEC. 28. Vested Rights.-All practicing interior-designers who are registered at the time of the passage of Republic Act No. 10350 shall automatically be registered and

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whose chief executive officer (CEO) and key officers shall be registered and licensed Interior Designers, may be registered with the SEC as engaged in the practice of interior design.

SEC. 31. Issuance and Use of Seal.Every Interior Designer shall obtain a seal whose design has been adopted and approved by the Board.

A duly registered Interior Designer shall sign and affix the seal as approved by the Board on all plans, specifications and contract documents prepared by him/her or under his/her direct supervision during the validity of his/her certificate of registration.

The Interior Designer shall likewise indicate his/her professional license number, place and date of issue on documents that he/she signs, affixes his/ her seal and issues in connection with the practice of his/her profession or at his/her option use the prefix "IDr".

SEC. 32. Proprietary Rights.-An interior designer shall enjoy proprietary rights over all drawings and specifications and other contract documents prepared by him/her resulting from his/her professional labor

and duly signed, stamped or sealed by him/her, as instruments of service, as well as over the original concepts and designs contained and/or included therein.

No person may engage in any activity. prejudicial to the proprietary rights of the interior designer, including the reproduction of the contract work or substantial portion thereof, making any alteration, distortion, mutilation, or other modification of, or any derogatory action in relation to, the contract work and the detailed works contained therein, without the written said contract work is a consent of the interior designer unless the said contract work is a commissioned

piece of work duly paid for by the

person or party who/which commissioned the same in which case the said person or party shall have the right to alter, revise and/or modify the drawing, specification, design, concept and/or contract works.

SEC. 33. Foreign Reciprocity.-No foreign interior designer shall be issued a Certificate of Registration to practice the interior design profession or be entitled to any of the rights and privileges under Republic Act No. 10350 unless the country of which he/she is a subject or citizen has a policy which permits Filipino interior designers to practice within its territorial limits on the same basis as the subject or citizens of such foreign state or country.

SEC. 34. Practice Through Special/ Temporary Permit.

a. Foreigners intending to work in the Philippines to perform professional services as interior designers or consultants, whether employed through official foreign_ funded or foreign-assisted projects initiated by the government, or engaged by private Filipino or foreign contractors and/or firms, shall first secure a temporary/special permit from the Commission through the Board specifically authorizing him/her to practice on the special project or commission named therein : Provided, That:

of an unaccredited foreign practitioner is equally liable for noncompliance of the law.

e. Foreign design firms or individuals practicing in the Philippines before the promulgation of Republic Act No. 10350 are required to comply with the requirements pursuant to the applicable provisions of Republic Act 8981, Resolution No. 2012-668, Series of 2012 and this Republic Act. Any violation of these requirements or other illegal practices undertaken by either foreign design firms or their Filipino counterparts shall be punishable by Republic Act No. 10350 and/or this IRR issued by the Board.

The provisions of PRC Resolution No. 2012-668, Series of 2012, entitled "Guidelines in Implementing Section 7, Paragraphs (j), (I) and Section 16 of Republic Act No. 8981" shall govern the procedures in the application, filing, evaluation, issuance/ approval/ denial/ revocation/ cancellation of Certificates of Registration or Special Temporary Permit/

of foreign nationals who desire to practice interior design in the Philippines.

of

SEC. 35. Indication of Certificate of Registration and Professional Tax Receipt - The interior designer shall be required to indicate his/her certificate registration number and date of its issuance, the expiry of his/her current professional identification card, the professional tax receipt (PTR) and its date of issuance, his/her AIPO membership number and date with official receipt number and date of membership documents he/she signs, uses or issues in payment (annual/lifetime) on all the connection with the practice of the profession.

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ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS SEC. 36. Revocation or Suspension of the Certificate of Registration and Cancellation of Temporary/Special Permit.-The Board shall have the power, upon notice and hearing to revoke or suspend the certificate

d. Refusal to join or to remain a member in good standing of the AIPO for interior designers;

e. Neglect or failure to pay the annual registration fees for five (5) consecutive years;

f. Knowingly aiding or abetting the illegal practice of a nonregistered and licensed person by allowing him/her to use his/her certificate of registration and/or professional identification card and/or his/her temporary/special permit;

g. Illegally practicing the profession during his/her suspension from the practice thereof;

h. Addiction to a drug or alcohol abuse, impairing his/her ability to practice his/her profession or being declared of unsound mind by a court of competent jurisdiction; and

i. Non-compliance with the CPE requirements, unless he/she is

exempted there from, for the renewal of his/her professional identification card.

The Board shall periodically evaluate the aforementioned grounds and amend, modify, revise, exclude and/or add new ones as the circumstances and the developments in the profession may require, subject to the approval of the Commission.

Any person, firm or association may file charge/s in accordance with the provision of this section against any registered interior designer the Board may motu propio investigate violation of any of the abovementioned causes.

Affidavit embodying the complaint shall be filed together with the affidavits of witnesses and other documentary evidence with the Board through the Legal and Investigation Office. Any motu proprio action of the Board to conduct an investigation shall be embodied in a formal charge to be signed by at least majority of the members of the Board. The rules on administrative investigation shall be subject to applicable provisions of Republic Act No. 10350, R.A. 8981 and the Revised Rules of Court.

SEC. 37. Reissuance of Revoked Certificate of Registration, Replacement of Lost or Damaged Certificate of Registration, Professional Identification Card or Temporary/Special Permit.-The Board may, upon petition on meritorious grounds, reinstate or reissue a revoked certificate of registration after two (2) years from date of effectivity of the period for revocation. The date of effectivity of the period of revocation shall be reckoned from the date of receipt by the respondent of the final order or resolution revoking his/her registration or the date of the surrender by the respondent of his/her certificate of registration and professional identification card, it is still valid.

The Board may not require the holder thereof to take another licensure examination. The petitioner shall prove to the Board that the ground or grounds

for the revocation of his/her certificate of registration no longer exists. For the grant of his/her petition, the Board shall issue a Board Resolution subject to approval by the Commission.

A duplicate copy of lost certificates of registration, professional identification card or temporary/special permit may be reissued in accordance with rules thereon and upon payment of the prescribed fees therefore.

SEC. 38. Non-payment of Annual Registration Fees.-The Board shall suspend a registered interior designer from the practice of his/her profession for nonpayment of the annual registration fees for five (5) consecutive years from his/her last or previous year of payment. The resumption of his/her practice shall take place only upon payment of the delinquent fees plus surcharges interest and in accordance with the rules of the Commission. The running of the five (5) year period may be interrupted upon written notice of the discontinuance of his/her practice and surrender of his/ her certificate of of registration and professional identification card to the Board any/or the Commission.

and

SEC. 39. Procedure.-The Board shall

supplementary to the said Rules. The Commission through its legal and hearing officers, shall conduct investigation of complaints on any violation of the provisions of R.A. 10350, including violations of the rules and regulations issued thereunder and the Code of Ethics for Interior Designers and, if the acts complained constitutes a criminal offense and the evidence so warrant, to forward the records of the case to the appropriate offices of city or provincial prosecutors for the prosecution of the violators. If the acts complained of would warrant the imposition of administrative sanctions, the respondent shall be proceeded against administratively before the Board in accordance with the

pertinent provisions of the Rules and Regulations Governing the Regulation and Practice of Professionals, as amended.

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and/or

PROHIBITIONS AND PENALTIES SEC. 40. Prohibitions.-Officers cities, provinces, municipalities now or employees of the government, chartered hereafter charged with the enforcement of the laws, ordinances or regulations relating to the construction or alteration of the interiors of buildings shall accept

of the Commission in the investigation of administrative cases filed before it. The Board may delegate the hearing or investigation of administrative cases except when technical matters or where the issue involved strictly concerns the practice of the profession in which case the hearing or investigation shall be presided by at least one member of the Board assisted by a hearing or legal officer of the Commission.

The conduct of and the procedures in an investigation initiated by or filed before the Board against and examinee or registered Interior Designer shall be be governed by the pertinent provisions of the PRC Rules on Administrative Investigation. The pertinent provisions of the Revised Rules of Court shall be

and contract documents which have been prepared by or under the supervision of a duly licensed interior designer and signed and sealed by him/her and submitted in full accord with the provisions of R.A. 10350 without any substitution by an architect, engineer or contractor.

Violation of the foregoing shall be ground for administrative and/or criminal action.