R.A. 1080
Republic Act No. 1080, also known as the “Bar and Board Examinations as Civil Service Examinations Law,” declares that passing the bar or board examinations is equivalent to passing the first or second-grade civil service examinations. Specifically, it deems those who have passed the bar or board exams as having met the requirements for certain civil service positions, particularly those requiring professional licenses.
R.A 7160
To be eligible for appointment as a Municipal Planning and Development Coordinator (MPDC) in the Philippines, an individual must be a Filipino citizen, a resident of the local government unit, of good moral character, and a holder of a college degree, preferably in urban planning, development studies, economics, or related fields. They must also be first-grade civil service eligible or its equivalent, and possess relevant experience in development planning or related fields
R.A. 10587
also known as the Environmental Planning Act of 2013. This Philippine law regulates the practice of environmental planning, including the licensure and regulation of Environmental Planners (EnPs). It establishes a Professional Regulatory Board of Environmental Planning to oversee the profession
2017 Omnibus Rules on Appointments and Other Human Resource Actions (ORAOHRA):
a. Permanent — an appointment issued to a person who meets all the qualification requirements of the position to which he/she is being appointed to, including the appropriate eligibility, in accordance with the provisions of law, rules and standards promulgated in pursuance thereof.
b. Temporary — an appointment issued to a person who meets the education, experience and training requirements for the position to which he/she is being appointed to, except for the appropriate eligibility. A temporary appointment may only be issued in the absence of an applicant who meets all the qualification requirements of the position as certified by the appointing officer/authority. The appointment shall not exceed twelve months, reckoned from the date it was issued but the appointee may be replaced sooner if a qualified eligible who is willing to accept the appointment becomes actually available.
However, in no case shall a temporary appointment be issued for positions that involve practice of profession regulated by bar/board law for lack of the required license and/or certificate of registration.
A temporary appointment issued to a person who does not meet any of the education, training or experience requirements for the position shall be disapproved/invalidated except to positions that are hard to fill, or other meritorious cases as may be determined by the Commission, or as provided by special law, such as Medical Officer/Specialist positions, Special Science Teacher , Faculty positions and Police Officer positions. Except for these positions, temporary appointments may only be renewed once.
A temporary appointment to a position which involves practice of profession may be issued to a person who lacks the required experience or training but only in the absence of an applicant who meets all the qualification requirements of the position as certified by the appointing officer/authority.
When there are no available qualified faculty in the region, place or locality, as certified by the appointing officer/authority, temporary appointments may be issued until the required Master’s degree is met/complied with.
Officials designated as Officer-in-Charge (OIC) enjoy limited powers which
are confined to functions of administration and ensuring that the office
continues its usual activities. The OIC may not be deemed to possess the
power to appoint employees as the same involves the exercise of discretion
which is beyond the power of an OIC, unless the designation order issued by
the proper appointing officer/authority expressly includes the power to issue
appointment35.
Designation shall be governed by the following rules:
- Designees can only be designated to positions within the level they
are currently occupying. Employees holding first level positions can
not be designated to perform the duties of second level positions
except in meritorious cases as determined by the CSC Regional
Office upon request for exemption by the agency concerned, such as
organizational set-up, calamity, and due to exigency of the service.
This exception shall not apply to positions involving supervisory and
executive managerial functions. Division Chiefs may be designated to
perform the duties of second level executive/managerial or third level
positions