PRC Board of Interior Design


History

The interior design profession was first regulated by the Specialty Board of Interior Design created by and under the Board of Architecture through Board Resolution No. 21 series of 1982.

The Specialty Board was composed of Julio D. Matias as Chairman with Lor L. Calma and Belen Sablan-Morey as Members. The Specialty Board held its first licensure examinations on August 22, 1983, and conducted its first fully-computerized licensure examinations on October 5, 1994, releasing the results on November 11 of the same year.

By virtue of Republic Act No. 8534 entitled “Philippine Interior Design Act of 1998” which was approved on February 1998 upon the active pursuit of legislation by then Chairman Arch. Leticia Limpo, the Specialty Board became a full-pledged Board independent of the Board of Architecture. It became the Board of Interior Design.


Board Composition

Qualification of Board Members

A member of the Board shall, at the time of his appointment, possess the following qualifications:

a.Must be a citizen and resident of the Philippines;

b.Must be at least thirty-five (35) years of age, of proven integrity as evidenced by his past professional conduct;

c.Must be holder of a Bachelor’s Degree in Interior Design conferred by a school, academy, college or university in the Philippines or abroad that is recognized and/or accredited by the Philippine government;

d.Must be a registered interior designer with a valid certificate of registration and professional license and an active practitioner of interior design for not less than ten (10) years prior to appointment;

e.Must not be a member of the faculty of any school, where a regular course in Interior Design is being taught, nor have pecuniary interest in, or administrative supervision over any such institution of learning;

f.Must not be connected with a review center or with any group giving review classes or lectures in preparation for the licensure examination;

g.Must be a member in good standing of the duly accredited and integrated association of interior designers in the Philippines; and

h.Has never been convicted of any offense involving moral turpitude.


Members of the Board


IDr. SONIA S. OLIVARES
Chairman


IDr. MARIA CARLOTA D. HILVANO
Member
IDr. KATHRYN MILAGROSA B. ABAÑO
Member