EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS )
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
First Regular Session )

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Since the issuance of P. D. No. 1570 otherwise known as the "Philippine
Aeronautical Engineering Decree" in June 11, 1978, the field of aeronautical science and
civil aviation have grown tremendously that the said Presidential Decree is no longer
adequate to meet the challenges of a globalized economy. There is therefore a need to
repeal P. D. No. 1570 to make it more effective and responsive.

The bill proposes the following: the professional services offered by Aeronautical
Engineers shall be grouped into five (5) major activity areas; the Professional Board of
Aeronautical Engineering shall be strengthened; a Professional Identification Cards shall be
issued to an examinee who passed the licensure exam; the Aeronautical Engineering
profession shall be integrated into one national organization which shall be accredited by the
Board; and there shall be a continuing professional education for practicing Aeronautical
Engineers

By adopting the proposed amendments in this measure, it is hoped that the quality of
our aeronautical engineers and our civil aviation industry would be at par with international
standards.

{tis in this light that the immediate passage of this bill is earnestly sought.



EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS )
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
First Regular Session )

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF THE REGISTRATION, LICENSING, AND
PRACTICE OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1570, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “PHILIPPINE
AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING DECREE”

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress Assembled:

ARTICLE |
GENERAL PROVISIONS

SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as "Aeronautical Engineering Act’

SEC. 2. Statement of Policy - The State recognizes the important role of Aeronautical
Engineers in nation, building and development. Hence, it shall develop and nurture
competent, virtuous, productive and well-rounded aeronautical engineers whose standards
of practice and service shall/be excellent, qualitative, world-class and globally 11 competitive
through inviolable, honest, effective and credible licensure examinations and 12 through
regulatory measures, programs and activities that foster their professional growth 13 and
development.

SEC. 3. Objectives. -This Act shall govern:

(a) The examination, registration, and licensure;

(b) . The supervision, control, and regulation of the practice of aeronautical
engineering:

(0) The development and upgrading of the curriculum of the aeronautical
engineering profession;

(d) The development of the professional competence of aeronautical engineers
through continuing professional education; and

(e) The integration of the aeronautical engineering profession

SEC. 4. Definition of Terms. -As used in this Act, the following terms shall be defined as
follows

(1) Aeronautical Engineer-means a person registered and licensed under this Act
with a Certificate of Registration and Professional Identification Card issued by the
Professional Regulatory Board of Aeronautical Engineering and the Professional Regulation
Commission

(2) Aeronautical Engineering-the science that deals with the principles of flight and
related engineering principles and their applications to research and development, planning,
design, manufacture, operation, maintenance, repair, modification and inspection of aircraft,
spacecraft and their system and components.

(3) Board-refers to the Professional Regulatory Board of Aeronautical Engineering
created by this Act


(4) Commission-refers to the Professional Regulation Commission created by R.A
No. 8981
(5) Aircraft-Any contrivance now known or hereafter to be used, invented or designed
for navigation or flight in the air.

(6) CHED-refers to Commission on Higher Education

(7) Accredited Professional Organization (APO) -means the integrated national
organization of all Aeronautical Engineers accredited by the Board and the Commission
pursuant to this Act

(8) Continuing Professional Education (CPE) -refers to inculcation, assimilation and
acquisition of knowledge, skills proficiency and ethical and moral values that raise and
enhance the Aeronautical Engineers’ technical skills and competence.

SEC. 5. Scope of Practice. - Practice of Aeronautical Engineering. The act of rendering or
offering to render professional services as an aeronautical engineer on a fee basis, or
otherwise, in the form of direct work participation, consultancy, supervision, or management,
such as planning, designing, analysing, constructing, assembling, installing, altering,
maintaining or operating of aircraft, its structures, power plant or accessories through
scientific or accepted engineering practice, or the teaching of the same in any university,
college, institute, or school of learning duly recognized by Government of the Philippines

The professional services offered by an aeronautical engineer could be grouped into
but not limited to, the following five (5) major activity areas, namely

(1) Research and Development

(2) Manufacture of Aircraft

(3) Aircraft Operation

(4) Aircraft Maintenance

(5) Education and Training

ARTICLE It
PROFESSIONAL BOARD OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

SEC. 6. Creation and Composition of the Professional Board of Aeronautical
Engineering. -There is hereby created the Professional Regulatory Board of Aeronautical
Engineering, hereinafter referred to as the Board, a collegial body under the supervision and
administrative control of the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC). Hereinafter
referred to as the Commission, to be composed of a chairman and two (2) members
appointed by the President of the Philippines from a list of three (3) recommendees for. each
position submitted by the Commission from the list of five (5) nominees for each position
forwarded thereto by the accredited professional organization (APO) for aeronautical
engineers

SEC. 7. Qualifications of Members of the Board. -Each member shall, at the time of
his/her appointment possesses the following qualifications:

(a) be a citizen and a resident of the Philippines;

(b) be a holder of a degree of Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering
conferred by a school, college or university in the Philippines or abroad that is recognized
and/or accredited by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).

(c) be an aeronautical engineer with a valid Certificate of Registration and
Professional identification Card and active practitioner of aeronautical engineering for at
least ten (10) years on the date of his/her appointment

(d) not an elective officer of the accredited professional organization for aeronautical
engineers during the time of nomination

(e) not a member of the faculty of any school, college, university or review institution
where a regular course or review course in aeronautical engineering is taught, nor have
pecuniary interest in such institution; and

(has never been convicted of any crime involving moral turpitude.



SEC. 8. Term of Office. -The members of the Board shall hold office for a term of three (3)
years after appointment or until their successors shall have been appointed and duly
qualified, Each member of the Board may be reappointed for one full term of three (3) years.

Of the members of the Board first created under this Act. one member shall be
appointed and hold office as chairman for three (3) years, one member for two (2) years, and
‘one member for one (1) year; Provided, the incumbent members of the Board appointed
under P.D. No. 1570 shali continue to serve under this new Board for the remainder of their
term or until the chairman and members of such Board shall have been organized.

in case of vacancy by reason of death, resignation, or removal of an incumbent
Member, the same shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term of the previous
incumbent. Each member of the board shall qualify by taking the proper oath of the office
before entering upon the performance of his duties.

SEC. 9. Powers and Duties of the Board. -The Board shall exercise the following specific
powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities:

(a) Promuigate and adopt the rules and regulations necessary for carrying out the
provisions of this Act;

(b) Regulate the registration, licensure, and practice of aeronautical engineering;

(c) Administer oaths in connection with the administration of this Act;

(d) Issue, suspend, revoke, or reinstate the Certificate of Registration and the
Professional Identification Card for the practice of the aeronautical engineering profession:

(e) Adopt an official seal of the Board;

(f) Study and monitor the conditions affecting the practice of aeronautical engineering
and adopt such measures as may be deemed necessary for the advancement of ethical and
technical standards of the profession;

(g) Hear and decide administrative cases involving violations of this Act, its
implementing rules and regulations. the Code of Ethics, the Code of Technical Standards of
Professional Practice and for this purpose, to issue subpoena ad testificandum and
subpoena duces tecum to secure the appearance of witnesses and the production of
documents in connection therewith; Provided, That the decision of the Board shall, unless
appealed to the Commission, become final and executor after fifteen (15) days from receipt
of notice of judgment or decision. The decision of the Commission may be appealed to the
Court of Appeals in accordance with the procedure under the Rules of Court;

(h) Prescribe guidelines for the Continuing Professional Education (CPE) program in
consultation with the accredited professional organization for aeronautical engineers

(i) Prepare, adopt, issue or amend the syllabi of the subjects for examinations by
determining and preparing questions which shall be within the scope of the syllabi of the
subject for examination as well as administer, correct and release the results of the licensure.
examinations;

() Approve, issue, limit or cancel temporary or special permit to practice aeronautical
engineering,

(k) conduct inspection or visit public or private institutions or corporations especially
those operating in the aviation and airline industryto determine compliance with this Act and
the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, or to serve as an aid in formulating,
amending, or revising policies of the Board

(\) In coordination with the CHED, ensure that all higher educational instruction and
offerings for aeronautical engineering comply with the policies, standards, and requirements.
of the course prescribed by the CHED in the areas of curriculum, faculty, library and
facilities, and for this purpose visit and inspect the same. The board may deny admission to
the licensure examinations graduates of universities, colleges, institutes or schools found
deficient of the essential and minimum requirements

(m) Adopt a program for the full computerization of the licensure examination; and


(n) Discharge such other duties and functions as may be deemed necessary for the
enhancement of the aeronautical engineering profession and the upgrading, development
and growth of the aeronautical engineering education

The policies, resolutions, rules and regulations, issued or promulgated by the Board
shall be subject to review and approval of the Commission. However the Board's decisions,
resolutions or orders rendered in administrative cases which are not interlocutory shall be
subject to review only if on appeal

SEC. 10. Administrative Supervision of the Board, Custodian of its Records,
Secretariat and Support Services. - The Board shall be under the administrative
supervision of the Commission. All records of the Board, including applications for
examination, and administrative and other investigative cases conducted by the Board shall
be under the custody of the Commission. The Commission shall designate the Secretary of
the Board and shall provide the secretariat and other support services to implement the
Provisions of this Act.

SEC. 11. Grounds for Suspension or Removal of Members of the Board.-The President
of the Philippines, upon the recommendation of the Commission, after giving the concemed
member an opportunity to defend himself herself in a proper administrative investigation to
be conducted by the Commission, may suspend or remove any member on the following
grounds:

(a) Neglect of duty or incompetence:

(b) Violation, or tolerance of the violation, of this Act, or its implementing rules and
regulations or the Code of Ethics, and the Code of Technical Standards of Professional
Practice;

(c) Final judgment of crimes involving moral turpitude; and

(d) Manipulation or rigging of the Aeronautical Engineering licensure examination
results, disclosure of secret and confidential information in the examination questions prior to
the conduct of the said examination or tampering of grades

SEC. 12. Compensation and Allowances of the Board. -The chairman and members of
the Board shall receive compensation and allowances comparable to that being received by
the chairman and members of existing regulatory. Boards under the Commission as
provided for in the General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 13. Annual Report. -The Board shall submit an annual report to the Commission after
the close of each year giving a detailed account of its proceedings and accomplishments
during the year and making such recommendations as it may deem proper

ARTICLE III
EXAMINATION, REGISTRATION AND LICENSURE

SEC. 14. Examination Required. -All applicants for registration for the practice of
Aeronautical Engineering shall be required to undergo a licensure examination to be given
by the Board in such places and dates as the Commission may designate in accordance
with the provisions of R.A. No. 8981

SEC. 15. Qualifications of Applicant for Examination. -Any person applying for
examination shall establish to the satisfaction of the Board that

(a) He/she is a Filipino citizen or a citizen of a foreign country or state which has
reciprocity with the Philippines in the practice of the aeronautical engineering;

(b) He / she is of good moral character;

(c) He/she is a holder of the degree of Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical
Engineering conferred by a School, college, academy or institute duly recognized and/or


accredited by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) or of an equivalent course
offered in any institution of learning in a foreign country state, if the applicant is a foreigner,
subject to the provisions of the existing laws; and

(d) He/she has not been convicted of any criminal offense involving moral turpitude,

SEC. 16. Subjects for Examination. -The licensure examination for Aeronautical!
Engineers shall cover, but are not limited to, the following subjects

(a) Mathematics;

(b) Aerodynamics;

(©) Aircraft Structures and Design;

(d) Aircraft Powerplant and Propulsion System

(e) Air Laws and Regulations, Engineering Economics, Management and Ethics; and

(f Aircraft Materials, Construction, Modifications and Repair

The Board, subject to the approval of the Commission, may revise or exclude any of
the subjects and their syllabi, and add new ones as the need arises to conform to
technological changes brought about by continuing trends in the profession.

SEC. 17. Rating in the Licensure Examination. -To be qualified as having passed the
licensure examination for Aeronautical Engineers, a candidate must obtain a weighted
general average of seventy five percent (75%). with no grade lower than fifty percent (50%)
in any subject.

SEC. 18. Report of Ratings. -The Board shall submit to the Commission the ratings
obtained by each candidate within ten (10) calendar days after the examination, unless
extended for just cause

SEC. 19. Oath. -All successful candidates in the examination shall be required to take an
oath of profession before any member of the Board, any officer of the Commission
authorized by it or any person authorized by law to administer oaths, prior to entering upon
the practice of the profession

SEC. 20. Issuance of Certificates of Registration and Professional Identification Card.
‘A certificate of Registration shall be issued to examinees who pass the licensure
examination subject to payment of fees prescribed by the Commission. The Certificate of
Registration shall bear the signature of the chairperson of the Commission and the chairman
and members of the Board, stamped with the official seal of the Commission and of the
Board, indicating that the person named therein is entitled to the practice of the profession
with all the privileges appurtenant thereto. The said certificate shall remain in full force and
effect until withdrawn, suspended or revoked in accordance with this Act

‘A Professional Identification Card bearing the registration number, date of issuance,
expiry date, duly signed by the chairperson ‘of the Commission shall likewise be issued to
‘every registrant who has paid the prescribed fee.

SEC. 21. Roster of Aeronautical Engineers. - The Board shail prepare and maintain a
roster of the names residence and/or office address of all registered Aeronautical Engineers,
which shall be updated annually in cooperation with the Accredited Professional
Organization (APO). indicating therein the status of the Certificate of Registration,
Professional Identification Card and membership in the Accredited Professional Organization
(APO) for aeronautical engineers whether valid, inactive due to death or other reasons,
delinquent, suspended or revoked. The said roster shall be conspicuously posted within the
premises of the Commission and the information therefrom made available to the public
upon inquiry or request


SEC. 22. Seal Issuance and Use of Seal. -A duly registered and licensed Aeronautical
Engineer shall affix the seal prescribed by the Board bearing the registrant's name,
registration number and title "Aeronautical Engineer" on air/aeronautical engineering plans,
drawings, specifications and all other contract documents prepared by or under his/her direct
supervision

a) Each registrant hereunder shall, upon registration, obtain a seal of such design as
the Board shall authorize and direct. Aeronautical Engineering plans and specifications
prepared by, or under the direct supervision of a registered and licensed aeronautical
engineer shall be stamped with said seal during the life of the registrants certificate, and it
shall be unlawful for anyone to stamp or seal any documents with said seal after the
certificate of the registrant named thereon has expired or has been revoked, unless said
certificate shall have been renewed or re-issued

b) No officer or employee of this Republic, chartered cities, provinces and
municipalities, now or hereafter charged with the enforcement of laws, ordinances or
regulations relating to the practice of Aeronautical Engineering, shall accept, endorse or
approve any aeronautical engineering plans, drawings, designs, reports or specifications
which have not been prepared and submitted in full accord with all the provisions of this Act;
nor shall any payments be approved by any such officer for any work. the plans and
specifications for which have not been so prepared and signed and sealed by the author.

(c) All aeronautical engineering plans, designs, specifications, drawings and
aeronautical engineering documents relative to the practice of aeronautical engineering shall
bear the seal and Signature only of an aeronautical engineer registered and licensed under
this Act together with his/her professional identification card number and the date of its
expiration.

SEC. 23. Indication of Certificate of Registration/Professional Identification Card and
Professional Tax Receipt. -The aeronautical engineer shall be required to indicate his/her
Certificate of Registration and Professional Identification Card Number, its date of issuance
and the duration of validity, including the professional tax receipt number, on the documents
he/she signs, uses or issues in connection with the practice of his/her profession.

SEC. 24. Refusal to Issue Certificate of Registration and Professional Identification
Card. -The Board shall not register and issue a Certificate of Registration and Professional
Identification Card to any person who has falsely sworn or misrepresented himself/herself in
his/her application for examination or to any person convicted by a court of competent
jurisdiction of a criminal offense involving moral turpitude or guilty of immoral and
dishonourable conduct or to any person of unsound mind. In the event of refusal to issue
certificate for any reason, the Board shall give the applicant a written statement setting forth
the reasons for such action, which statement shall be incorporated in the record of the
Board.

SEC. 25. Suspension and Revocation of Certificates of _ Registration,
Professional/identifications Card or the Special Temporary Permit. -The Board shall
have the power, upon notice and hearing, to revoke or suspend a Certificate of Registration
or to cancel a special permit granted under this Act to an aeronautical engineer, on any
ground mentioned hereof fur the use of or perpetuation of any fraud or deceit in obtaining a
Certificate of Registration and Professional Identification Card or special/temporary permit:
for gross negligence or incompetence; for unprofessional or dishonorable conduct; or refusal
to join and to remain a member of good standing of the integrated professional organization
of aeronautical engineering accredited by the Commission, or for any cause specified
hereunder; Provided, however, That such action of the Board shall be subject to appeal to
the Commission whose decision shall be final if he/she:

{a) has signed and affixed or permitted to be signed or affixed his name or seal on
aeronautical engineering plans and designs, specifications, drawings, technical reports,


valuation, estimates, or other similar documents or work not prepared by him/her or not
executed under his/her immediate supervision; or

(b) has paid money except the regular fees provided for to secure a Certificate of
Registration; or

(c) has falsely impersonated a practitioner, or former practitioner of alike or different
name or has practiced under an assumed, fictitious or corporate name other than that of the
registered; or

(d) has aided or abetted in the practice of Aeronautical Engineering any person not
duly authorized to practice Aeronautical Engineering in the Philippines, or

(e) has openly solicited projects by actually undertaking aeronautical engineering
services without a valid service agreement guaranteeing compensation of services to be
rendered and/or has actually allowed himselfiherself to be exploited by undertaking
aeronautical engineering services without a valid service agreement, both acts being
prejudicial to other Aeronautical Engineer registered and licensed under this Act and inimical
to the interests of the profession; or

(f) has violated any provision of this Act, its implementing rules and regulations, the
Code of Ethics and Code of Technical Standards of Professional Practice,

The Board shall periodically examine the grounds for the revocation of the Certificate
of Registration and update these as necessary under the implementing rules and
regulations

Any person, firm or association, may prepare charges in accordance with the
provisions of this section against any registrant, or the Board may motu proprio investigate
and/or take cognizance of acts and practices constituting sufficient cause for suspension or
revocation of the Certificate of Registration by proper resolution or order. Such charges shall
be in writing and shall be swom to by the person making them and shail be filed with the
Secretary of the Board or the Legal and Investigation Division

SEC. 26. Reinstatement or Replacement of Revoked! Suspended or Lost Certificates
of Registration, Professional Identification Card or Special and Temporary Permit -The
Board may, after the expiration of two (2) years from the date of revocation a Certificate of
Registration, and upon application and for reasons deemed proper and sufficient, reinstate
of a revoked Certificate of Registration and in so doing may, in its discretion, exempt the
applicant from taking another examination.

A new Certificate of Registration or Professional Identification Card,
temporary/special permit to replace those which have been lost, destroyed, or mutilated,
may be re-issued, subject to the rules promulgated by the Board and the Commission, upon
payment of the required fees,

ARTICLE IV
PRACTICE OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

SEC. 27. Registration of Aeronautical Engineers Required. -No person shall practice
Aeronautical Engineering in this country, or engage in preparing aeronautical engineering
plans, specifications or preliminary data, or use the title "Aeronautical engineer’, or display
the word "Aeronautical engineer" together with another word, or display or use any title, sign,
card, advertisement, or other device to indicate such person practices or offers to practice
Aeronautical Engineering, or is an aeronautical engineer, unless such person shall have
received from the Board a Certificate of Registration and a Professional \dentification Card
in the manner hereinafter provided and shall thereafter comply with the provisions of this Act.

A foreign aeronautical engineer, or any person, not authorized to practice
Aeronautical Engineering in the Philippines, who shall stay in the country and perform any of
the activities mentioned in Section 25 of this Act, or any other activity analogous thereto,
shall be deemed engaged in the unauthorized practice of Aeronautical Engineering.


SEC 28. Posting Certificates. -The owner, manager or other person in-charge of any
aircraft or of firm, co-partnership, corporation, or joint corporation operating an aircraft shall
post or cause to be posted in any conspicuous place within such station or establishment
the certificate of registration of the aeronautical engineer employed in such station or

establishments.

SEC. 29. Vested Rights. Aeronautical Engineers Registered When This Law is passed.
-All Aeronautical Engineers registered at the time this law takes effect shall automatically be
registered under the provisions hereof, subject, however, to the provisions herein set forth as
to future requirements.

Certificate of Registration and Professional Identification Card held by such persons
in good standing shall have the same force and effect as though issued after the passage of

this Act

SEC. 30. Reciprocity Requirements. -A person who is not a citizen of the Philippines at the
time he/she applies to take the examination shall not be allowed to take the licensure
examination unless he/she can prove, in the manner provided by the Rules of Court that, by
specific provision of law, the .country of which he/she is a citizen, subject or national either
admits citizens of the Philippines to the practice of the same profession without restriction or
allows them to practice it after passing an examination on terms of strict and absolute
equality with citizens; subjects or nationals of the country concemed, including the
unconditional recognition of prerequisite degrees/diplomas issued by the institutions of
learning duly recognized for the purpose by the Government of the Philippines.

SEC. 31. Continuing Professional Education (CPE). -To promote public interest and to
organization safeguard life, health and property, all practicing Aeronautical Engineers 46
shall maintain a program of continuing professional education. The integrated and accredited
47 professional organization and other entity/accredited providers by the Continuing
Professional Education (CPE) Council shall have the responsibility of developing a
continuing professional development program for Aeronautical Engineers

SEC. 32, Prohibition in the Practice of Aeronautical Engineering and Penal Clause. -
Any person who shall practice or offer to practice Aeronautical Engineering in the Philippines
without being registered and licensed and who are not holders of temporary or special
permits in accordance with the provisions of this Act, or any person presenting or attempting
to use as his/her own the Certificate of Registration/Professional identification Card or seal
of another or temporary /special permit of another, or any person who shall give any false or
forged evidence of any kind to the Board or to any member thereof in obtaining a Certificate
of Registration Professional Identification Card or temporary or special permit, or any person
who shall falsely impersonate any registrant of like or different name, or any person who
shall attempt to use a revoked or suspended Certificate of Registration/Professional
Identification Card or cancelled special temporary permit, or any person who shall use in
connection with his/her name or otherwise assume, use or advertise any title or description
tending to convey the impression that he/she is an aeronautical engineer when he/she is not
in fact an aeronautical engineer, or any person whether Filipino or foreigner, who knowingly
allows the use, adoption, implementation of plans, designs or specifications made by any
person, firm, partnership or company not duly licensed to engage in the practice of
Aeronautical Engineering, or any person who shall violate any of the provisions on this Act,
its implementing rules and regulations, or any policy of the Board and the Commission, shall
be guilty of misdemeanour and charged in court by the Commission and shall, upon
conviction be sentenced to a fine of not less than One hundred thousand pesos
(P 100,000.00) but not more than Five million pesos (P5,000,000.00) or imprisonment for a
period not fess than six (6) months but not exceeding six (6) years or both, at the discretion
of the Court


SEC. 33. Prohibition in the Practice of Aeronautical Engineering. -Any person or entity,
whether public or private, Filipino or foreigner, who/which shall entice, compel, coerce,
require or otherwise force an aeronautical engineer registered and licensed under this Act to
undertake/perform any service under the general practice of Aeronautical Engineering as
defined under this Act, without first executing a written contract service agreement, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanour and shall, upon conviction be sentenced to a fine of not less than
Two hundred thousand pesos (P200,000.00) or to suffer imprisonment for a period not
‘exceeding six (6) years, or both, at the discretion of the Court

SEC. 34, Liability of Representatives of Non-Registered Persons. -It shall be unlawful for
any person or firm or corporation to seek to avoid the provisions of this Act by having a
representative or employee seek aeronautical engineering work in their behalf, unless and
until, such persons have duly qualified and duly registered/licensed Aeronautical Engineer,
otherwise, both those represented and the representative, the employer and the employee
shall be deemed guilty of violation of this Act. Solicitation of aeronautical engineering work
shall be construed as offering to practice Aeronautical Engineering and shall be unlawful for
any non-registered and unlicensed persons to do so.

SEC. 35. Signing of Aeronautical Engineering Plans, Specifications and Other
Contract Documents. -It shall be unlawful for any aeronautical engineer to sign his/her
name, affix his/her seal, or use other method of signature on aeronautical engineering plans,
specifications or other aeronautical engineering documents made under another
aeronautical engineer's supervision, unless the same is made in such manner as to clearly
indicate the part or parts of such work actually performed by the former; and it shall be
unlawful for any person, except the Aeronautical engineer-of-record to sign for any branch of
the work, or any function or aeronautical engineering practice, not actually performed by
him/her. The Aeronautical engineer-of-record shall be fully responsible for all aeronautical
engineering plans, specifications, and other documents issued under his/her seal or
authorized signature.

All reports, plans, specifications, drawings, designs and other related documents
pertaining, but not limited to major structural repair, major structural modifications, major
system repair and modifications, operational limitations, aircraft performance classifications,
weight and balance data limits and computations, shall bear the signature and seal of
registered and licensed aeronautical engineer.

The Board shall promulgate the necessary rules and regulations as regards to the
signing and sealing of drawings, specifications, reports, and other documents.

SEC. 36. Ownership of Plans, Specifications and Other Contract Documents. -
Drawings and specifications and other contract documents duly signed, stamped or sealed
as instruments of service, are the intellectual property and documents of the aeronautical
engineer, whether the object for which they are made is executed or not. It shall be unlawful
for any person to duplicate or to make copies of said documents for use in the repetition of
and for other projects or design, whether executed partly or in whole, without the written
consent of the aeronautical engineer or author of said documents.

All Registered and Licensed Aeronautical Engineers shall incorporate this provision
in all contract documents and other instruments of service

SEC. 37. Non-Registered Person shall not Claim Equivalent Service.-Persons not
registered as an aeronautical engineer shall not claim nor represent either services or work
as equivalent to those of a duly registered and licensed aeronautical engineer, or that they
are qualified for any branch or function of aeronautical engineering practice even though no
form of the title Aeronautical engineer” is used.

SEC. 38. Positions in Government Requiring the Services of Registered and Licensed
Aeronautical Engineers. --Within three (3) years from the effectivity of this Act, all existing


and proposed positions in the local and national government including government
regulatory agency such as Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, whether career,
permanent, temporary or contractual and primarily requiring the services of an aeronautical
engineer shall be filled only by registered and licensed Aeronautical Engineers.

SEC. 39. Collection of Professional Fees. -It shall be unlawful for any unregistered person
to collect a fee for aeronautical engineering services except as an employee collecting a fee
as representative of a Registered and Licensed Aeronautical engineer.

SEC. 40. Limitation to the Registration of a Firm, Company, Partnership, Corporation
‘or Association. -The practice of Aeronautical Engineering is a professional service,
admission to which shall be determined upon the basis of individual personal qualifications
However, a firm, company, partnership, corporation or association may be registered or
licensed as such for the practice of Aeronautical Engineering under the following conditions:

a) Only Filipino citizens properly registered and licensed as Aeronautical Engineers
under this Act may, among themselves, or together with allied technical professionals, form
and obtain registration as a firm, company, partnership, association or corporation for the
practice of Aeronautical Engineering;

b) Registered and licensed Aeronautical Engineers shall compose at least seventy-
five percent (75%) of the owners, or shareholders, or members, or directors, or executive
officers, as the case may be;

¢) Individual members of such firm, partnership, association or corporation shall be
responsible for their individual and collective acts as an entity and as provided by law;

d) Such firm, partnership, association or corporation shall be registered with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and the Board

SEC. 41. Coverage of Temporary/Special Permits. -Foreign nationals who have gained
entry in the Philippines to perform professional services as Aeronautical Engineers or
consultants in foreign-funded or assisted projects of the government or employed or
engaged by Filipino or foreign contractors or private firms, shall, before assuming the duties,
functions and responsibilities as Aeronautical Engineers or consultants, secure a special
temporary permit from the Board subject to approval of the Commission, to practice his/her
profession in connection with the project to which he/she was commissioned: Provided, That
a foreign national or foreign firm, whose name or company name, with the title aeronautical
engineer, aeronautical engineering consultant, design consultant, consultant or designer
appears on aeronautical engineering plans, specifications and other related technical
documents, for securing permits, licenses and government authority clearances for actual
practice of aeronautical engineering in the Philippines and advertisements and billboards for
marketing purposes, shall be deemed practicing Aeronautical Engineering in the Philippines,
whether the contract for professional services is consummated in the Philippines or in a
foreign country. Provided, further, That the following conditions are satisfied as follows

(a) That he/she is a citizen or subject of a country which specifically permits Filipino
professionals to practice his/her profession within its territorial limits, on the same basis as
the subjects or citizens of such foreign state or country;

(b) That he/she is legally qualified to practice Aeronautical Engineering in his/her own
country, and that his/her expertise is necessary and advantageous to our country particularly
in the aspects of technology transfer and specialization;

(c) That foreign nationals shall be required to work with a Filipino counterpart and
shall also be responsible for public liabilities and taxes due to the Philippine govemment,
relative to their participation in, or professional services rendered to the project, in
accordance with the established implementing rules and regulations providing for the
procedure for the registration and/or issuance of temporary/special permits to foreign
Aeronautical Engineers allowed by law to practice their profession in the Philippines by the
Board of Aeronautical Engineering and the Accredited Professional Organization (APO); and


(d) Agencies, organizations or individuals whether public or private, who secure the
services of a foreign professional authorized by law to practice in the Philippines for reasons
aforementioned, shall be responsible for securing a special permit from the Professional
Regulation Commission (PRC) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)
pursuant to PRC and DOLE rules

ity Insurance of a Person or Entity Allowed to Practice under a
Temporary/Special Permit. -Foreign nationals, including former Filipinos wanting to
engage in the general practice of Aeronautical Engineering as defined in Section 41 (c) of
this Act must secure locally their professional liability insurance or malpractice insurance or
their acceptable equivalent in bond form commensurate with the nature and magnitude of
their project involvement and their compensation the implementing rules and regulations for
such a requirement for practice shall be implemented by the Board in consultation with the
integrated and accredited professional organization of Aeronautical Engineers within six (6)
months from the effectivity of this Act.

ARTICLE V
FINAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 43. Integration of the Aeronautical Engineering Profession. -The Aeronautical
Engineering profession shall be integrated into one (1) national organization which shall be
accredited by the Board, subject to the approval by the Commission, as the integrated and
accredited professional organization of Aeronautical Engineers: Provided, however, That
such an organization shall be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as a
Non-profit, non-stock corporation to be governed by by-laws providing for a democratic
election of its officials. An aeronautical engineer duly registered with the Board shall
automatically become a member of the integrated and accredited professional organization
of Aeronautical Engineers and shalt receive the benefits and privileges provided for in this
Act upon payment of the required fees and dues

The CPE Council composed of the Chairman/Member of the Board, the President or
designated Officer of the Accredited Professional Organization and the President or
designated officer of the association of deans/heads of schools/colleges offering the course
shall implement the continuing professional education, accredit other organizations or
entities to provide continuing professional education, promulgated by the Board and/or the
Commission, compliance with which shall be a requirement for the renewal of the
Professional identification Card and one of the requisites for the maintenance of
membership in good standing of the professional’ in the Accredited Professional
Organization. All members of good standing of this Accredited Professional Organization
shall be issued an annual membership card indicating the membership number and validity
period of the membership. Failure to maintain membership in good standing in the
Accredited Professional Organization shall be a cause for listing of the individual as
delinquent in the roster of professionals

SEC. 44. Implementing Rules and Regulations. -Within ninety (90) days after the
effectivity of this Act, the Board, subject to the approval of the Commission and in
consultation with the integrated and accredited professional organization, shall adopt and
promulgate such rules and regulations, Code of Ethics and Code of Technical Standards of
Professional Practice, to canny out the provisions of this Act which shall be effective after
fifteen (15) days following their publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) major daily
newspapers of general circulation.

SEC. 45. Appropriations. -The Chairperson of the Professional Regulation Commission
shall immediately include in the Commission's programs the implementation of this Act, the
funding of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act


SEC. 46. Act Not Affecting Other Professional/s. - This Act shall not be construed to
affect or prevent the practice of any other legally recognized and regulated profession

SEC. 47. Enforcement of the Act. -It shall be the primary duty of the Commission and the
Board to effectively enforce the provisions of this Act. All duly constituted law enforcement
agencies and officers of national, provincial, city or municipal government or of any
government regulatory agency for aircraft operation such as Civil Aviation Authority of the
Philippines, shall enforce the provisions of this Act and to prosecute any person violating the
provisions of the same. The Secretary of Justice or his duly designated representative shall
act as legal adviser to the Commission and the Board, and shall render legal assistance as
may be necessary in carrying out the provisions of this Act.

Any person may bring before the Commission, Board or the aforementioned officers
of the law, cases of illegal practice or violations of this Act committed by any person or party

‘The Board shall assist the Commission in filing the appropriate charges through the
concerned prosecution office in accordance with this Act and the Rules of Court.

SEC. 48. Separability Clause. If any clause, provision, paragraph or part hereof shall be
declared unconstitutional or invalid, such judgment shall not affect, invalidate or impair any
other part hereof, but such judgment shall be merely confined to the clause, provision,
paragraph or part directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment has been
rendered

SEC. 49. Repealing Clause. ~Presidential Decree No. 1570 is hereby repealed. All other
laws, executive orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof in conflict with the provisions of
this Act are hereby repealed or amended accordingly

SEC. 50. Effectivity. -This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days following its full and
complete publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,