A piece of legislation used to create policy in order to carry out The Professional Regulatory Board of Interior Design created

ated under
principles of the constitution; Crafted and passed by the congress RA No. 10350

Republic Act Board

Legislation during the Martial Law The Commission on Higher Education

Presidential Decree CHED

Proclamation that declares every last week of May as “National
Interior Design Week”
Proclamation No. 390, Series of 2012
Predecessor of RA No. 10350. “An Act Regulating The Practice of
Interior Design In The Philippines” took effect on February 23, 1998
Continuing Professional Education/Development
CPE/CPD
An area inside a building or room with respect to design and
decoration, the purpose, the function and dimensions of which is
prescribed in the contract documents

Republic Act No. 8534 Interior Space

Additional subject in the board exams as per declaration of RA No. Documents that form part of the legal contract for services between
10350 two or more parties

Color Theory Contract documents

Known as “The Implementing Rules and Regulations of The Philippine Plans showing appropriate scale and type of furnishings; Everything
Interior Design Act of 2012” has tags. FF&E keyplan

IRR of R.A. No. 10350 Furniture Footprint Plans

Objectives of RA No. 10350
1. The examination, registration and licensure if professional ID
2. The supervision, control and regulation of the practice
3. The development of the professional competence of interior
designers through CPD Program
Scope of work which may include but not limited to conducting
research; identifying and analyzing the requirements of clients
Programming
When was the first ID licensure exams
August 22, 1983

4. The integration of ID profession Current Chairperson of ID Board

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) Sonia Santiago-Olivares

Commission
Circular in form with a stylized human figure wearing a hat, arms An ID shall enjoy ______ over all drawings, specifications and other
outstretched upward; between his parted legs is a bahay-kubo; to his contract documents prepared by her.
right are three stars and rays of the sun; to his left are sampaguita
Proprietary Rights
flowers and laurel leaves

Official Seal of the Board
All applicants for registration for the practice of interior designs shall
be required to pass a _______ in such places and on such dates as
the Commission may designate
Foreign and filipino designers working jointly on a special project shall
divide the professional fees and other charges from said project
_____________ according to their participation
Equitably

Grounds for revocation of certificate of registration and cancellation of

Professional licensure examination
special permit
Subjects for Licensure Exam
A. Violation of any provision of RA 10350
A. Interior Design
B. Perpetration and or use of fraud in obtaining his her certificate
B. Furniture Design and Construction of registration

C. Materials of Design and Decoration C. Gross incompetence negligence or ignorance

D. History of Arts and Interior Design D. Refusal to join or remain a member in good standing at AIPO

E. Interior Construction and Utilities E. Neglect or failure to pay annual registration fees

F. Color Theory F. Knowingly aiding or abetting illegal practice of non-registered

G. Professional Practice and Ethics
An examinee must obtain a weighted general average of _____ to
qualify as having passed the board exams
and licensed person
G. Illegally practicing the profession during suspension
H. Addiction to drug or alcohol abuse impairing ability to practice

70% A _______________ of lost certificates of registration,Professional

A ________ bearing the registration number, date of issuance and
expiry date, duly signed by the Commissioner shall be issued to every
registrant who had paid the required fees
Certificate of Registration
The professional identification card shall be renewed every after 3
years on the _____
Birth month of the Interior Designer
identification card or temporary special permit may be reissued in
accordance with the rules thereon and upon payment of the
prescribed fees before
Duplicate copy
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 it legal

officer of the commission
The following acts shall be punished by a fine of not less than
_________ but not more than _______ or imprisonment of not less
than ______ but not more than _______ or both fine and
Imprisonment at the discretion of the court
300 000 php
1 000 000 php
6 months
3 years
The interior designer shall assume full responsibility for the contract
work within ________ from final acceptance by the client and may be
held responsible for any damage or destruction of the works except
those occasioned by _________
1 year
Force majeure
The board with AIPO shall adopt and promulgate a _____
Code of ethics for interior designers
The interior designer may introduce to a prospective client the
professional services he is able to perform provided it is limited to
______________________and does not entail
___________________
Examples of professional experience
Offering of free preliminary sketches or other services without
benefit of an agreement
The IDr shall:
Acquaint from the client of their business relationship the exact
scope of services
Explain conditional character of estimates. Shall not mislead
client
Consider needs and stipulations of his client and effects of his
work
Charge client for services rendered a professional fee
Shall be compensated for his services solely through prof. fee
IDr responsibilities in relation to architect
Shall not make any architectural changes
Shall not make malicious criticisms
Shall work in cooperation
Shall not make architectural plans for any building or project to
be signed by licensed architect
IDr responsibilities to manufacturers/ suppliers
Shall not receive commissions, discounts, fees and favors from
agents
Shall reject/condemn materials or workmanship which are not in
conformity with the specifications in the contract documents in
order to not cause any unnecessary delay
IDr responsibilities in relation to colleagues and subordinates
Shall not render professional services without compensation
except for small civic or community projects
Shall not knowingly compete with other designers on the sole
basis of professional charges
Shall not seek commission already known to him as previously
endowed to another IDr.
Shall not undertake commission which he knows another IDr has
already been previously employed until notified that original
employment has been terminated.
Shall not knowingly injure falsely or maliciously the reputation,
prospects or practice of another IDr
Shall not engage as a competitor in any ID competition when he Types of legal issues that can be brought about by ethics
has direct relations with formulation of program
Non performance
Shall inspire loyalty with suitable working conditions
Slander
Unselfishly give his share in interchange Of technical
Injury
information and experience among colleagues
Non-compliance
Earnings usually take the following forms:
Negligence
Salary

Fixed contract amount for goods and services Can the designer change the percentages in the schedule of fees?

Yes only if he/she is able to make the client agree to his/her

terms
Standard rates for services rendered based on time overhead
Laws based in science
and materials

Purchasing/sourcing of artifacts, furnishings with client Physical law

Legal remedies/remedial law

Consultation

76 sqm to 300 sqm fee Procedural/adjective law

__________of the law shall excuse _________from compliance

Minimum of 50 000 per major room
therewith
Maximum of 300 000 per house regardless of number of rooms
Ignorance
Repetitive work fee
No one
Full payment and services for 1 unit
Gives right of action to compel their performance
Percentage of the one unit for the succeeding set of units
Civil obligations
Renovation and repair works fees
The one who can compel compliance with the obligation
Evaluate and assess
Active subject
Minimum of 50k per unit + 10% contingency fees
Also known as efficient cause. What binds the parties to the obligation
Percentage basis fees
Juridical/legal tie
10-15% of budgetary cost implementation.
Fraud used by one of the parties to a contract in securing the consent
of the other party
Renders contracts voidable; fraud in getting the consent to a contract; Contracts only take effect between the parties, assigned heirs except
renders the contract defective snd subject to annulment where the rights snd obligations are not transmissible

Causal fraud (dolo causante) Relativity

Carelessness or lack of diligence; consists in the omission of diligence The employer relieves the contractor of any liability for any defect in
that is required by the nature of the obligation the work

Negligence/ Culpa Acceptance

There is a ore existing obligation arising from a contract and there is Neither the employer nor the contractor or designer know how much
fault in carrying out such the job will cost until its completion

Contractual negligence (culpa contractual) Cost + certain %

Where there is failure in performance of an obligation on time A fixed amount representing services rendered is agreed upon
constituting the breach beforehand between the designer or contractor who undertakes to do
the job on a cost plus fixed amount basis
Mora/ delay
Cost + fixed amount
Delay on the part of the creditor to accept the performance of the
obligation Compensation of the contractor designer is not fixed in that the exact
amount cannot be determined as well
Mora accipiendi
Cost + certain %
Delay of obligors in reciprocal obligations. Neutralizes the delay of the
debtor It has no effect at all; cannot be ratified nor validated

Compensation morae Voidable

Includes delivery of money and performance of obligation in another It shall be obligatory in whatever form they might have been entered
manner to provided all the essential requisites for their validity are present

Payment Contract

Obligations arising from contracts have the force of law between the The life of the contract where its perms are being complied with or
contracting parties and should be complied with in good faith implemented

Obligatory force compliance

The contracting parties may establish stipulations, clauses, terms and Damages that are agreed upon by the parties to a contract to be paid
conditions as they may deem convenient provided that hey str nit in case of breach
contrary to law, morals good customs
Liquidated
Autonomy
Awarded to vindicate or recognize the right of the plaintiff which has
been violated
Nominal damages When a one storey building houses more than one occupancy, each
portion of the building shall_________________________
Imposed in addition to moral, temperate, liquidated or compensatory
damages as an example to the public good conform to the requirements of the particular occupancy housed
therein.
Exemplary or corrective damages
Eaves over required windows shall_________________
The adequate compensation for pecuniary loss suffered
Not be less than 750mm from the side and rear property lines
Actual or compensatory damages
Dwelling shall occupy not more than ___________ of a corner lot and
Payment made in good faith to any person in possession shall release
________ of an inside lot
the debtor
90%
Credit
80%
Group C occupancy
How many sanitary toilets and adequate washing and drainage should
Education and recreation
there be in every dwelling?
Group E occupancy
One
Business and mercantile
Minimum thickness and size below the surface of the ground of the
Group G occupancy foundation footings

Storage and hazardous (pollutive) 250mm

Group H occupancy 600mm

Assembly (cultural) Live load of the first floor

Occupant load 1000 or less At least 200kg/sqm

Group I occupancy Minimum roof load

Assembly (cultural) 120 kg/sqm for vertical projection

Occupant load 1000 or more Minimum width height and run of stairs

Forms of occupancy separation 750mm

Vertical 200mm

Horizontal 200mm

Rooms with natural ventilation ceiling heights minimum

2.7m
Clear ceiling height above and below a mezzanine The clearance between the established grade of the street and the
lowest under surface of any part of the balcony shall not be less than
1.8m
3M
Minimum size and dimension of rooms for human habitation
Clear height of arcaded pedestrian walkways
6sqm
3M
Least dim: 2m
A permanent roofed structure above the door projecting over a wall or
Minimum size and dimension of rooms for bath and toilet
sidewalk
1.20sqm Canopy/marquee
Least t
Horizontal clearance between the outermost edge of the marquee and
Dim of 0.6m the curb line

Minimum air space for school rooms Not less than 300mm

3 cu. mts Mixing of _____in public property is not allowed

Minimum air space workshop/ factories Mortar, concrete or similar materials

12 cu. mts A non structural facing o brick ,concrete, tile, metal, plastic etc
attached to a backing or structural components of the building for the
Minimum air space for habitable rooms purpose of ornamentation, protection or enclosure
14 cu mts Veneer
Free area for window openings What veneer supports
10% of the floor area of the room No load other than its own weight
Percentage of the window that should remain unobstructed Number of exits on the floor above the first storey which had more
65% than 500-999 occupant load

There should be no ______ on firewalls 3 exits

Openings
Spaces that should have artificial ventilation
Spaces hosing industrial or heating equipment
Number of exits on the floor above the first storey which had more
than 1000 or more occupant load
4 exits
Min Width and height of every required exit doorway The higher the load, the _____the aisle

900mm w Wider

2 m. Ht ideal Slope of aisles

Clear width of exit doorway when the door is full opened 1:8

700mm Minimum aisle with if serving only one side (another side is a wall)

Minimum corridor width 800mm

1100mm Recommended number of exit doors per 5 rows

Width of staircase with occupant load of more than 50 1

1.10m Clear space for rows of 18 or less

Maximum variation of height and width of risers 450mm

5mm Clear space for rows of 45 or less

Minimum run width of a circular staircase 525mm

250mm Clear space for rows of 46 or more

Vertical distance from one landing to another 550mm

3.6 m Minimum width of a seat

Width of landing when stairs has a straight run 450mm

1.2m Type of glass to be used in skylights

Handrails shall terminate at a/an____________ Wired glass

Newel post/ safety terminal Thickness of glass on a concrete frame

Headroom clearance of every stairway 12.5mm

2 meters 4 considerations for elevators in building code

Every exit shall lead to a ______ A. Accessible to pwd

Exit court B. Freefall safety device

Every exit court leads to a ______ C. overload switch and

Public/exit passageway D. reverse polarity

How many storeys per 1 Elevator Types of glass to be used in shower enclosures (w thicknesses)

5storeys Fully tempered glass (4.8mm thk)

Where required standard fire extinguisher should be installed Laminated safety glass (6.4mm thk)

Every storey, basement, cellsr with area of 200 sqm if more with Maximum least dimension of a glass light
occupant load of 20
450mm
Characteristic of wall boards
Signs written on a foreign language should have a/an ______
Fire resistive
English translation or local dialect
Minimum dimension of openings with approved plastic
Buildings or structures intended to be used for the manufacture and or
600mm any kind of article or product shall observe adequate _________

What each glass panel should bear Environmental safeguards

Manufacturers label ______&________ shall be exempt from payment of building permit

fees
Type and thickness of glass
Public buildings
Safety glass measurements
Traditional indigenous family dwellings
600mm width
Stairs under group A occupancy shall be at least ______ in clear
1800mm height
width, with a rise of ______ and minimum run of 200mm
Minimum bulkhead for glass panels 750mm
450mm 200mm
Glass width and length per 8 mm thk
When any building or structure is found or declared to be _____, the
1.10m and below building official shall order its repair, vacation or demolition depending
upon the degree of danger to life, health or safety
1.10m and below
Dangerous/ ruinous
Standard Thickness of louvered window
__________means the degree to which a material can withstand fire
5.6mm minimum as determined by generally recognized and accepted testing methods
Standard length of louvered window Fire resistive
1.2m or less Dining rooms for public use without artificial ventilation shall be
properly _______
Screened Industrial (non-pollutive)

The building official is authorized to order the _______ of the Group J occupancy
occupancy or use of any building or structure or portion thereof found
Accessory
to be occupied or used contrary to the provisions of section 208
What happens if there is a change in the character of occupancy
Discontinuance
A. Subject for approval of building official
Industrial establishments shall be provided with positive ________ to
tone down the noise level of equipment and machineries to B. Provide new proposed use to be less hazardous
acceptable limits set down by DOLE and DENR
Types of occupancy separation
Noise-abatement materials
One
May be recovered when the court finds that some pecuniary loss has
been suffered Two

Temperate or moderate damages Three

Estimated reparation in money for detriment or injury sustained as Four— hour fire resistive
caused by violation of a legal right No building should be constructed unless it has __________
Damages Direct access to a public space, yard or street on at least one of
May be recovered if they are the proximate cause or result of the Its sides
defendant’s wrongful act or omission Minimum setback from property line
Moral damages 2 meters
Group A occupancy Live load on the second floor
1. Residential for single families 150 kg/sqm
2. Residential (townhouses, dorms, duplex) 1 storey ceiling ht minimum w artificial ventilation
10 people or less 2.4m
Group B occupancy Ceiling hts of Buildings with more than one storey
Apartments, hotels, buildings that accommodate more than 10 Ground floor: 2.7m
people
Second floor : 2.4m
Group D occupancy
Succeeding floors: 2.1m unobstructed vertical clearance
Intstitutional
Minimum size and dimension of rooms for kitchens
Group F occupancy
3 sqm

Least dim of 0.9m Maximum length of a dead end

Min Projection from the side and rear property lines of eaves, 6 meters
canopies and awnings
Width of staircase with occupant load of less than 50
750mm
900mm
Minimum clear opening of windows as emergency egress
Width of staircase with occupant load of less than 10
820mm and 1m ht
750mm
All buildings with _____ and or _____ construction shall be provided
Standard rise and run of stairways
with ratproofing

Hollow Rise: 200mm

Run: 250mm
Wood
Required minimum run for winding risers from the narrow side of the
A movable shelter supported entirely from an exterior wall which can
tread
be retracted, folded or collapsed

Awning 300mm

How many intermediate handrails per 3 meters?

Horizontal and vertical clearance between an awning and curb line
1 handrail
H: 300mm minimum

V: 2.4 m Minimum aisle with if serving both sides

Number of exits on the floor above the first storey which had more 1 meter
than 10 occupant load Area that connects the foyer and main area
2 Vomitories
Max door leaf angle at exit doors Spacing of rows of seats from back to back
90 degrees Min 840mm
Max width of an exit doorway Clear space for rows of 35 or less
1200mm 500mm
Max ht of exterior landing from exit door Maximum rise of a row
200mm 400mm
Spacing between supports of flat wired skylights There shall be kept as the jobsite at all times a _______ wherein
actual progress of construction including tests are conducted, weather
625mm
conditions and other pertinent data are to be recorded
Spacing between supports of corrugated wired skylights
Logbook
1500mm
The building official shall within _________ from payment of the
What to provide For window type ACU required fees by the applicant issue the building permit applied for

Drainpipe or plastic tubing for condensate water 15 days

Railing height of balconies
750mm minimum
(But!!! Safe standard is 900mm- 1m in height
Thin strips of wood or mesh that gives more strength and insulation
reinforcement with drywall installation
The owner of the building who is issued or granted a building permit
under sec 308 shall engage the services of a __________ to
undertake the fulltime inspection and supervision of construction work
Architect or civil engineer

Lathe/ lathing

flame spread rating of plastics

225 or less

Glass width and length per 10 mm thk

2.25m and below

2.25m and below

Glass width and length per 12 mm thk

3.00 m and below

Glass width and length per 15 mm thk

3.00 m and above

Elevators shall be installed in all private and public buildings for public
use accessible to disabled persons pursuant to the objectives of
________

BP 344: accessibility law