Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
Third Regular Session

House Bill No. 10717

Introduced by Rep. ANGELO MARCOS BARBA.
24 District, Ilocos Norte

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Electrical engineers and practitioners are among the unsung heroes of
the modern society. They are indispensable in driving the country’s
infrastructure development, economic growth, renewable energy initiatives,
disaster resilience, technological advancements, and environmental
sustainability. Their expertise is crucial to nation’s progress and development.

While there is an existing regulatory framework for electrical
practitioners in the country, it is necessary to elevate the standards of the
profession and ensure that Filipino electrical practitioners can pursue
promising careers in the Philippines. Moreover, there needs to be an updated
measure that shall be responsive to the growing needs of the electrical
engineering industry and its allied professions.

This measure aims to cultivate and maintain a pool of high quality and
highly-skilled electrical engineering professionals with exceptional, honorable,
and internationally competitive standards of practice. It will require the
implementation of sensible regulatory measures that address the evolving
needs of the electrical engineering field in the Philippines, with high
consideration on technological advancements and globalization.

Empowering our Filipino electrical practitioners with education and
skills development is an affirmation of their great contributions to the modern

society we currently thrive in.

In view of the foregoing, the immediate passage of this measure is
earnestly sought.

ANGELO COS BARBA


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

NINETEENTH CONGRESS:
Third Regular Session

House Bill No.10717

Introduced by Rep. ANGELO MARCOS BARBA.
2nd District, locos Norte

AN ACT
STRENGTHENING THE PRACTICE OF ELECTRICAL
ENGINEERING AND INSTITUTING HIGHER STANDARDS OF
REGULATION IN THE LICENSING AND REGISTRATION OF
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING PRACTITIONERS IN THE
PHILIPPINES

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

CHAPTER I
TITLE AND DEFINITION OF TERMS

SECTION 1. Short Title. — This Act shall be known as the “Electrical
Engineering Act of 2024.”

SECTION 2. Declaration of State Policy. — The State recognizes the
importance of electrical practitioners in nation-building. Towards this end,
the State fosters, develops, and nurtures a pool of proficient and quality
electrical engineering practitioners whose standards of practice shall be
outstanding, honorable, and globally competitive. The State shall provide
rational regulatory measures that are responsive to the growing needs of the
electrical engineering profession considering the advances in technology and

globalization.


SECTION 3. Definition of Terms. - For purposes of this Act, the
following terms are hereby defined as follows:

(a) Practice of electrical engineering — a person is deemed to be in the
practice of electrical engineering when he renders or offers to render
professional electrical engineering service in the form of:

1, Electrical Consultancy Services;
2. Professional Design Services;

3. Management, supervision, and taking charge of the construction,
erection, installation, alteration, testing and commissioning of projects
involving all kinds of electrical systems and the power system of any
critical facility of multiple electrical components in powering a controlled
environment in the power structure are all part of the electrical power
train;

4. Management, supervision, and taking charge of the tending,
operations, maintenance, and control of electrical systems of electric
power plants, gird systems, switchyards, transmission and distribution
systems, network system control, data acquisition, protection and
monitoring systems, conflagration detection, control and protection
system, electric utilities, watercrafts, electric locomotives, factories, farm
electrification, and industrial complexes, commercial buildings,
government buildings, institutional buildings, health care facilities,
airports and seaports and all other facilities involving electrical processes;

5. Management, supervision and taking charge of the manufacture,
fabrication, repair, testing and commissioning of electrical components,
equipment and devices including switchgears, switchboards, control-gears,
transformers, generators, electric motors, controllers, appliances, lighting
fixtures, apparatuses and other related processes;



6. Teaching of basic and professional electrical engineering subjects
in government- recognized engineering schools including allied sciences,
the Electrical Engineering Law, the Philippine Electrical Code and
International Electrical Standards and their applications into the electrical
industry;

7. Management, supervision and taking charge of the sale, supply
and distribution of electrical equipment including industrial equipment
and its control systems, controllers and devices, power electronics,
industrial robotics, instrumentation and automation; and other related
equipment or components requiring application of electrical engineering
data and principles, interpretation of technical specifications of electrical
products;

8. Employment in national, provincial or local government
units/agencies or in government-owned and controlled corporations,
government financial institutions as a Professional Electrical Engineer,
Registered Electrical Engineer or Registered Master Electrician if the
nature and character of his work is in line with the profession requiring
knowledge and expertise of electrical engineering including Certified
Electrical System Inspector and Certified Electrical Plans Examiner; and

9. All other services related to Electrical Engineering under this Act.

(b) Electrical Engineering — refers to the profession of the art and
science of conceptualizing, planning, designing and creating Electrical
Systems to include but not limited to the operation and maintenance of
equipment and machinery, electrical processes of all types of buildings,
commercial complexes, factories or industrial plants, electric plants,
variable renewable energy (VRE), energy storage, transmission,
distribution, electric locomotives, watercrafts; construction and
commissioning of electrical projects, manufacturing and distribution of
electrical products, teaching electrical subjects; and other related facilities
or processes, in accordance with the principles of safety and reliability;


(©) Electric supply equipment — is any equipment which produces,
modifies, regulates, or controls the supply of electric energy;

(d) Electric plant — is an establishment or a system for the production
and modification of electric energy;

(©) Power plant design - refers to planning, specifying, coordinating
layouting of electrical equipment in power plants, substations and the
like;

(f) Substation - is any building, room or separate place which houses
or encloses electric supply equipment connected to transmission or
distribution lines and the interior of which is accessible, as a rule, only to
properly qualified persons;

(g) Electrical system design - refers to the choice of electrical systems,
including planning and detailing of requirements for protection, control,
monitoring, coordination, and interlocking of electrical systems among
others;

(h) Voltage - is the highest effective potential difference between any
two conductors of the circuit concerned expressed in volts;

(i) kVA or MVA - refers to the capacity of an electric plant or ratings of
supply equipment ex- pressed in kilovolt-amperes or megavolt-amperes.
KVA or MVA is also referred to as the connected load of industrial plants,
commercial edifices and other establishments expressed in

kilovolt-amperes or megavolt-amperes;

() kW or MW- refers to the capacity of an electric plant or ratings of
supply equipment expressed in kilowatts or megawatts. kW or MW is also
referred to as the connected load of industrial plants, commercial edifices,


institutional buildings, watercrafts and other establishments ex- pressed
in kilowatts or megawatts;

(®) Utilization equipment - refers to energy-consuming equipment
including motors, heaters, furnaces, light sources and other devices which
utilize electric energy, for any purpose;

() Industrial plant or factory - refers to manufacturing assembly
plants, including engineering shops, shipyards or other business
endeavors where electrical machinery and equipment are installed;

(m) Licensed Electrical Practitioner (LEP) - refers to a person
professionally and academically qualified, registered and licensed to
practice electrical engineering as defined in this Act, with a Certificate of
Registration by the Professional Regulatory Board of Electrical
Engineering and a valid professional identification card issued by the
Professional Regulations Commission as Professional Electrical Engineer,
Registered Electrical Engineer or Registered Master Electrician.. The
Professional Electrical Practitioners can manage completely the power
system of any critical facilities of multiple electrical components in
powering a controlled environment in the power structure as all part of
the electrical power train as follows:

Consulting Electrical Engineer;
Electrical System Designer;

Electrical Practitioner-In-Charge in Electrical Operations;
Electrical Project-In-Charge in Electrical Projects;
Electrical Works or Projects;

Electrical Equipment or Machinery;

Electric Supply Equipment;

Electrical Utilization Equipment;

i, Electric Power Plants;

Industrial Plant or Factory or Manufacturing Plant;
Industrial Complex;

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Electrical Equipment Manufacturing Plant;
. Commercial Establishment;
Institutional Buildings;
Power Grid or Grid;
Power Grid System Operation and Control;
Power Distribution System Operation and Control;
Power Substation;
t. Watercraft Electrical System;
u. Electric Locomotive System.

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(n) System Nominal Voltage or Voltage - is the highest effective
potential difference between any two conductors of the circuit concerned
expressed in volts. For the purpose of this Act, “System Nominal Voltage”
shall refer to the Philippine-recognized standard voltage levels;

(0) Unsafe Installation - refers to all new and existing installations
which are in violation or non- compliant with the provisions of the latest
edition of the Philippine Electrical Code and other Philippine recognized
International Standards;

(p) Unsafe Design - Design refers to all new and existing plans and
designs which are in violation or non- compliant with the provisions of the
latest edition of the Philippine Electrical Code and other Philippine
recognized International Standards;

(q@ Philippine Electrical Code - As recognized by this Act, the
Philippine Electrical Code sets forth the minimum requirements and
standards that constitute the framework as a legal criteria of safe electrical
design, trustworthy installations and the appropriate equipment installed
within industrial and commercial establishments, public and private
buildings, including mobile homes and recreational vehicles, floating
buildings, watercrafts, locomotives and other structures aimed at
safeguarding persons and buildings and their contents from the hazards



arising from the use of electricity for light, heat, power, and for other
purposes;

(x) Electrical Plans - Plans refers to the documents illustrating the
interpretation of the electrical system as designed, through a structure of
symbols, drawings and diagrams that gives a clear description of sizes,
ratings, configurations and other relevant identification to every part and
components of the system according to the norms set forth by the
Philippine Electrical Code and other Philippine-recognized Standards in a
form of hard prints used for reference in construction, operation and
maintenance;

Electrical plans duly signed, stamped or sealed, as instruments of
service, are the intellectual properties and documents of the author who is
the Electrical Design Engineer-of-Record with the Office of the Building
Official, whether the purpose for which they are made is executed or not.

(s) As-built Plans or As-built Drawings - refers to a revised set or sets
of plans or drawings that are documented during or upon completion of a
project or a particular job. As final set of documents, they reflect all the
changes that had been made to the original construction drawings
including notes, modifications, and any other information in the
specifications and working drawings during the construction process, and
where the exact dimensions, geometry, and location of all elements of the
works completed are shown as of the specific date of the update;

(t) Distribution Utility or DU - refers to an electric cooperative, or a
private corporation, or government-owned utility or a local government
unit that has a franchise to operate an electric distribution system;

(u) Electric Cooperative or EC - refers to a cooperative or corporation
authorized to provide electric services pursuant to Presidential Decree No.

269;


(v) Electric Firm - refers to a partnership or corporation composed of
authorized Electrical Engineering Practitioners duly registered with
proper government agencies with business permits as professional
services providers and who are authorized to collectively render electrical
engineering services;

(w) Continuing Professional Development (CPD) - refers to a
sustaining and progressive Professional Regulation Commission (PRC)
driven learning program or process that maintains, enhances, or increases
the knowledge and continuing ability of electrical practitioners.

CHAPTER II
BOARD OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

SECTION 4 Composition of the Board. - The Board of Electrical
Engineering, hereinafter referred to as the Board, shall be created as a
collegial body under the general supervision and administrative control of the
Professional Regulations Commission (PRC). The Board shall be composed of
a chair- person and two (2) members to be appointed by the President of the
Philippines from among the recommendees of the Commissioner of the PRC,
hereinafter referred to as the Commissioner. The recommendees of the
Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) shall be chosen from the
nominees of the integrated and accredited association of electrical engineers.

SECTION 5. Power and Duties of the Board. - The Board shall
exercise executive, administrative, quasi-legislative, or quasi-judicial powers
in carrying out the provisions of this Act. It shall be vested with the following
specific powers, functions, duties and responsibilities:

(a) Supervise and regulate the practice of electrical engineering in the
Philippines;


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(b) Determine and evaluate the qualifications of the applicants for
registration with or without licensure examinations and for special
permits;

(c) Prepare the examination questions in accordance with the Scope of
Examinations under this Act; prescribe the syllabi of the subjects and
their relative weights for the licensure examinations; formulate or adopt
test questions and deposit them in a test question bank; draw the test
questions at random through process of computerization; conduct the
examination; correct and rate the examination papers manually or
through process of computerization; and submit the examination results
to the Professional Regulations Commission (PRC) within the period
provided for by the rules of the Commission;

(d) Prescribe, amend or revise the requirements of candidates for
Professional Electrical Engineers and subjects in the licensure
examination for Registered Electrical Engineers, Registered Master
Electricians and their relative weights, subject to the approval of the
Professional Regulation Commission (PRC);

(e) Register successful applicants for professional electrical engineers
and applicants who have passed the licensure examinations for registered
electrical engineers or registered master electricians and issue the
corresponding certificates of registration and professional licenses;

(O Issue special permits to individual foreign electrical engineers and
electricians for specific projects and for a specific duration of time;

(g) Look into the conditions affecting the practice of the electrical
engineering profession, adopt measures for the enhancement of the
profession and the maintenance of high professional, technical, and
ethical standards and conduct ocular inspection of places where
registrants practice their profession, such as, but not limited to: electric
plants, substations, switching stations, industrial plants or factories,


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commercial establishments, airports, seaports, institutional buildings,
watererafts, electric locomotives, engineering offices, repair shops,
electrical projects, new, and ongoing constructions and similar places to
determine and enforce compliance with this Act. The Board shall
authorize the duly integrated and accredited electrical engineering
association to render assistance in this function;

(h) Promulgate rules and regulations including a code of ethics,
administrative policies, orders and issuances to carry out the provisions of
this Act;

(i) Investigate violations of the Act and the rules and regulations, code
of ethics, administrative policies, orders and issuances promulgated by the
Board. The rules on administrative investigation promulgated by the
Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) shall govern in such
investigation;

G) Issue subpoena or subpoena duces tecum, to secure the attendance
of respondents or witnesses or the production of documents at and
relative to the investigation conducted by the Board;

(k) Delegate the investigation of the case to the chairman, a member
of the Board or a Professional Regulations Commission attorney (PRC
attorney). If the case concerns strictly the practice of the profession, the
investigation shall be presided by the chairman or a member of the Board
with the assistance of a PRC attorney;

() Render decision, order or resolution on preliminary investigation
or inquiry, on undocketed cases and on docketed administrative cases
against examinees or registrants which shall become final and executory
unless appealed with the PRC within fifteen (15) days from receipt of the
copy thereof. The decision of the Professional Regulation Commission
(PRC) may be appealed to the Court of Appeals in accordance with the
procedure provided in the Rules of Court;


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(m) After due notice and hearing, cancel examination papers and bar
any examinee from future examination; refuse or defer his registration;
reprimand the registrant with stern warning; suspend him from the
practice of his profession; revoke his certificate of registration; delist his
name from the roll of professional electrical engineers, registered
electrical engineers and registered master electricians for continuous
non-payment of annual registration fees and non- compliance with the
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements; reinstate or
reenroll his name in the said roll, reissue or return his certificate of
registration. A decision of suspension, revocation of the certificate of
registration, or delisting from the roll by the Board as provided herein,
may be appealed initially to the Professional Regulation Commission
(PRC) within fifteen (15) days from receipt thereof. The decision of the
PRC may be appealed to the Court of Appeals in accordance with the
procedure provided in the Rules of Court;

(n) Administer oaths in connection with the administration,

implementation, or enforcement of this Act;

(0) Submit an annual report on the proceedings and accomplishments
during the year and on recommendations of the Board to the Professional
Regulation Commission (PRC) after the close of each fiscal year;

(p) Prosecute or institute criminal action against any violator of the
Act or the rules and regulations of the Board;

(q) Adopt an official seal;
(1) Coordinate with the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC)
and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) in prescribing,

amending or revising the courses;

(8) Prescribe programs, guidelines and criteria on the Continuing
Professional Development program (CPD) for professional electrical


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engineers, registered electrical engineers and registered master
electricians and renew their professional licenses after compliance with
the CPD requirement;

(t) Perform such other functions and duties as may be necessary to
implement effectively this Act. The policies, resolutions, rules and
regulations, orders or decisions issued or promulgated by the Board shall
be subject to the review and approval by the Professional Regulation
Commission (PRC); however, the Board's decisions, resolutions or orders
which are not interlocutory, rendered in an administrative case, shall be
subject to review only if on appeal.

SECTION 6. Qualifications of Board Members. - Each Board
member must, at the time of his appointment:

(a) Be a natural-born Filipino citizen and a resident of the Philippines for
at least seven (7) consecutive years;

(b) Be at least thirty-five (35) years of age, of proven integrity with high
moral values in his personal as well as his professional conduct;

(c ) Be a person with no final conviction by the court of an offense
involving moral turpitude;

(a) Be a holder of the degree of Bachelor of Science in Electrical
Engineering (BSEE) from a university, school, college, academy or institute
duly constituted, recognized and accredited by the Philippine government;

(©) Be a professional electrical engineer with a valid certificate of
registration and a valid professional license duly qualified to practice electrical
engineering in the Philippines;

(® Have practiced electrical engineering for a period of not less than ten
(10) years prior to his appointment, with a sworn statement as such; and


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(g) Not be an official nor a member of the faculty of, nor have a pecuniary
interest in, any university, college, school or institution conferring a bachelor's
degree in electrical engineering for at least three (3) years prior to his
appointment, and is not connected with a review center or with any group or
association where review classes or lectures in preparation for the licensure
examinations are offered or conducted at the time of his appointment.

SECTION 7. Term of Office. - The members of the Board shall hold
office for a term of three (3) years from the date of appointment or until their
suecessors shall have been appointed and qualified. They may, however, be
reappointed for a second term. Each member shall qualify by taking an oath of
office before entering upon the performance of his duties.

Vacancies in the Board shall be filled by the President from the list of
recommendees by the Commissioner who were chosen from the list of
nominees submitted by the integrated and accredited association for the

unexpired term only.

SECTION 8. Removal of Board Members. - Any member of the
Board may be removed by the President of the Philippines, upon the
recommendation of the Commissioner for neglect of duty, in- competence,
malpractice, commission or tolerance of irregularities in the examinations, or
for unprofessional, unethical, or dishonorable conduct, after having been
given the opportunity to defend him- self in a proper administrative
investigation.

SECTION 9. Compensation of Chairman and the Board
Members. — The chairman and members of the Board shall receive a
monthly compensation as prescribed under existing laws: Provided, That such
compensation shall be increased or modified pursuant to the General
Appropriations Act.

SECTION 10. Executive Officer of the Board. - The Commissioner
shall be the executive officer of the Board and shall conduct the examination



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given by the Board and shall designate any subordinate officer of the
Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) to act as secretary and custodian
of all records including all examination papers and minutes of the
deliberations of the Board.

CHAPTER III
EXAMINATION AND REGISTRATION

SECTION 11. Examination Required. - All applicants for
registration for the practice of electrical engineering in the Philippines shall be
required to pass a technical examination as hereafter provided, except as
otherwise specifically allowed under this Act.

SECTION 12. Registration and License Required. — A valid
certificate of registration and a valid professional identification card from the
Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) are required before any person is
allowed to practice electrical engineering in the Philippines except as
otherwise allowed under this Act.

SECTION 13. Examination Fees. — All applications for professional
electrical engineer, registered electrical engineer, and registered master
electrician shall be subject to payment of fees prescribed by the Professional
Regulation Commission (PRC); Provided, That ninety percent (90%) of the
fees is to be treated as a special fund for the programs, projects and activities
of the PRC and the remaining ten percent (10%) shall be set aside as a trust
fund for the establishment and maintenance of the center for continuing

education and research.

SECTION 14. Registration Fees, License Fees and Fines. ~ All
applicants for registration and license to practice as professional electrical
engineer, registered electrical engineer and registered master electrician shall
be subject to the payment of registration fees, license fees, and fines in case of
violation of the pertinent rules and regulations for the amounts prescribed by
the Board and approved by the PRC: Provided, That fifty percent (50%) from


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these collections is to be treated as a special fund for programs, projects and
activities of the PRC and the other fifty percent (50%) shall be set up in a
separate special fund for the supervisory and regulatory functions of the
Board.

SECTION 15. Exemption from Examination and Registration.

(a) Examination and registration shall not be required for foreign
electrical engineers, erection/commissioning/guarantee engineers employed
as technical consultants by the Philippine government or by private firms, for
which the pertinent professional society certifies that no qualified Filipino
professional is available, or of foreign electrical installers for the erection and
installation of a special project or for any other specialized work, subject to the
following conditions:

1. That the abovementioned foreign professionals are legally qualified to
practice their profession in their own country in which the requirements and
qualifications for obtaining a license or certificate of registration are not lower
than those specified in this Act;

2. That the scope of work to be performed by said foreign professionals
shall be limited only to the particular work for which they were contracted;

3. That prior to commencing work, the foreign professional shall secure a
special permit from the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC);

4, That said foreign professional shall not engage in private practice on

their own account;

5. That for every foreign professional contracted pursuant to this section,
one Filipino understudy who is registered under the provisions of this Act
shall be employed by the private firm utilizing the services of such foreign
professional for at least the duration of the alien expert's tenure with said firm;

and


6. That the exemption herein granted shall be good only for twelve (12)
months, renewable at the discretion of the Board.

(b) No registration with the Board shall be required of the following:

1. Engineering students, apprentices and other persons employed or
acting as subordinates of, or undergoing training under a person holding a
valid certificate of registration and a valid professional license under this Act;
and

2. Persons in charge of or supervising the operation, tending and
maintenance of an electric generating set for private use employing voltages
not exceeding two hundred fifty volts (250 V) and capacity not exceeding fifty
kilovolt amperes (50 kVA): Provided, that the owner or operator shall be
required to have the electric generating set periodically inspected at intervals
of not more than one (1) year by a Professional Electrical Engineer, a
Registered Electrical Engineer on a national, city, provincial or municipal
government authority exercising legal jurisdiction over electrical installations.

SECTION 16. Holding of Examinations. - Examinations for the
practice of electrical engineering in the Philippines should be given twice a
year in the City of Manila and other places on dates that the Board may
recommend for determination of scheduling. The Board shall schedule the
interview or oral examination of every applicant for registration as
professional electrical engineer at the office of the Professional Regulation
Commission (PRC) or other government facilities that may be ap- proved by
the Commission.

SECTION 17. Qualifications of Applicant for Registration as
Professional Electrical Engineer. - Any person applying for registration
as professional electrical engineer shall establish to the satisfaction of the
Board that, on or before the date of registration, the applicant:

(a) Isa citizen of the Philippines;



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(b) Is of legal age;
(©) Is of good reputation with high moral values;

(@ Has not been finally convicted by the court of an offense involving
moral turpitude;

(e) Is a holder of the degree of Bachelor of Science in Electrical
Engineering (BSEE) from a university, school, college, academy or institute
duly constituted, recognized and accredited by the Philippine government;

(® Isa Registered Electrical Engineer with certificate of registration and
valid professional identification card and with seven (7) years or more of
qualified practice beginning from the date of his registration as a Registered
Electrical Engineer; and

(g) Is a member of good standing of the Professional Regulation
Commission (PRC) accredited professional organization for at least five (5)

years.
SECTION 18. Qualifications of Applicants for Registered
Electrical Engineer Examination. - Any person applying for admission
to the registered electrical engineering examination, as herein provided shall
establish to the satisfaction of the Board that, on or before the date of the
examination, the applicant:
(a) Isa citizen of the Philippines;

(b) Is of legal age;

(©) Is of good reputation with high moral values;


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(@) Has not been finally convicted by the court of an offense involving
moral turpitude; and

(©) Is a holder of the degree of Bachelor of Science in Electrical
Engineering (BSEE) from a university, school, college, academy or institute
duly constituted, recognized and accredited by the Philippine Government.

SECTION 19. Qualifications of Applicants for Registered
Master Electrician Examination. - Any person applying for
examinations for Registered Master Electrician as herein provided shall
establish, to the satisfaction of the Board, that on or before the date of the
examination, the applicant:

a) Isacitizen of the Philippines;
b) Isoflegal age;
©) Is of good reputation with high moral values;

d) Has not been finally convicted by the court of an offense involving
moral turpitude;

e) Has satisfied any of the following conditions:

1. Has completed at least three (3) years of a Bachelor of Science in
Electrical Engineering (BSEE) program or a course in electrical engineering
technology from an engineering school recognized by the Philippine
government and, in addition, has a subsequent specific record of one (1) year
practice in electrical wiring and installation, operation and maintenance of
utilization devices and equipment; or

2. Has completed a Certificate Course in Electrical Technology from a
school recognized by the Philippine government and, in addition, has a
subsequent specific track record of two (2) years experience in electrical



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wiring and equipment installation, operation and maintenance of power,
utilization devices and equipment; or power line installation and maintenance,
or substation installation, operation and maintenance;

3. Has completed High School under a Program with a track in Electrical
Technology from a school recognized by the Philippine government and, in
addition has a subsequent specific track record of five (5) years experience in
electrical wiring and equipment installation, operation and maintenance of
power, utilization devices and equipment; or power line installation and
maintenance, or substation installation, operation and maintenance;

4. Has completed secondary education and has completed a separate but
relevant technical education and skills training program with corresponding
certificate of competency.

Provided however, that the applicant has a specific track record of at least
seven (7) years of experience in electrical wiring and equipment installation,
operation and maintenance of power, utilization devices and equipment, or
power line installation and maintenance, or substation installation, operation

and maintenance.

SECTION 20. Scope of Examination. - As a prerequisite for
registration as Professional Electrical Engineer, Registered Electrical Engineer,
Registered Master Electrician, the applicant shall pass the examinations and
shall comply with the requirements thereto:

(a) Professional Electrical Engineer

For the purpose of confirming the service record and clarifying the
technical report submitted by the applicant for registration as a professional
electrical engineer, an oral examination or interview shall be conducted on the
following documents to be submitted to the Board:


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1. Certified experience record from the date applicant took oath as a
registered electrical engineer indicating the inclusive dates, companies worked
for, description of specific responsibilities, significant accomplishments as
well as the name and position of immediate supervisors to establish the
lessons learned and the impact to his practice as a professional;

2. Technical Engineering Report (TER) covering an evaluation, an
analysis, a study or a critical discussion of an electrical engineering project or
subject, on one or several technical aspects such as: design, construction,
installation, commissioning, testing, operation, maintenance, repair, re-
search and the like. The TER shall be supported by engineering principles and
data. Published or unpublished scientific paper or treatise on electrical
engineering theories and applications may be considered as complying with
the requirement;

3. Three (3) certifications signed by three (3) Professional Electrical
Engineers to the effect that the experience record submitted by the applicant
is factual and that the technical paper submitted was actually prepared by the
applicant.

The applicant must obtain passing marks on the experience record and on
the technical report in order to qualify for registration as a professional
electrical engineer.

(b) Registered Electrical Engineer

The applicant shall pass a written examination on different subjects or
group of subjects as follows:

1. Mathematics, such as: Calculus 1, Calculus 2, Engineering Data
Analysis, Differential Equations, and others. The weight is twenty five percent
(25%).



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2. Engineering sciences and allied subjects, such as Chemistry for
Engineers, Physics for Engineers, Computer-aided Drafting, Engineering
Mechanics, Engineering Economics, Technopreneurship 101, Fundamentals of
Deformable Bodies, Materials Science and Engineering, Electronic Circuits:
Devices and Analysis, Basic Thermodynamics, Industrial Electronics,
Electromagnetics, Fluid Mechanics, Fundamentals of Electronic
Communications, Logic Circuits and Switching Theory, Microprocessor
Systems, Computer Programming, Basic Occupational Safety and Health,
Environmental Science and Engineering, and others. The weight is thirty
percent (30%).

3. Electrical engineering professional subjects, such as numerical
methods and analysis, EE law, codes, and professional ethics, electrical
standards and practices, electrical circuits 1, electrical circuits 2, electrical
apparatus and devices, electrical machines 1, electrical machines 2, engineer-
ing mathematics for EE, electrical systems and illumination engineering
design, power system analysis, fundamentals of power plant engineering
design, distribution systems and substation de- sign, management of
engineering projects, research methods, research project or capstone design
project, instrumentation and control, feedback control systems and others.
The weight is forty five percent (45%).

The passing general weighted average rating shall be seventy percent (70%)
with no grade below fifty percent (50%) in any group of subjects listed above.

The examination questions on the foregoing subjects shall cover only basic
theories and principles, and shall exclude questions based on experience and
trade practices. The number of questions shall be such that the examination
can be finished in three (3) consecutive eight-hour days.

(c) Registered Master Electrician

The applicant for Registered Master electrician shall pass the
examinations and shall comply with the requirements thereto:


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1. Technical Subject: Ohm’s Law, basic calculations on direct and
alternating current circuits, single phase and three-phase circuits, basic
transmission and distribution circuits; basic theories in electrical equipment,
machines and apparatuses such as: motors, generators, transformers, wires
and cables, fuses, circuit breakers and safety switches; knowledge in motor
controllers as: basic magnetic starters, reversing controllers, star-delta,
reduced voltage controllers, programmable logic controllers, soft starters and
variable frequency drives; control circuits, schematic diagrams, and other
related subjects as may be prescribed by the Board.

2. Philippine Electrical Code and other relevant general requirements for
installation of wirings for lighting and power; approved wiring methods,
approved types of wiring materials and devices; installation of switchboards
and panel boards, installation principles for hazardous locations; methods in

creating electrical diagrams, reading and interpretation of drawing symbols
and plans; installation principles of power and distribution transformers,
substation components; application of standard structures, power line
construction, line hardware and devices; principles in banking single phase
transformers; installation practices of poles, towers and other structures;
principles and practices in operation and maintenance of electrical equipment
such as power circuit breakers, switchgears and outdoor power switching
equipment; safety practices and involving low, medium, high voltages; general
Knowledge in the Philippine Electrical Engineering Law, and other related
subjects as may be prescribed by the Board.

The number of test questions shall be such that the examinations can be
finished in one (1) eight-hour day.

The relative weights shall be fifty percent (50%) for technical subjects and
fifty percent (50%) for Philippine Electrical Code.

‘The passing general average rating shall be seventy percent (70%) with no
grade below fifty percent (50%) in any subject.


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SECTION 21. Report of Ratings. - The Board of Electrical
Engineering shall, within thirty (30) days after the date of completion of the
examinations, report the ratings obtained by each candidate to the
Professional Regulation Commission (PRC).

SECTION 22. Reexamination of Failed Subjects. - An applicant
shall be allowed to retake, any number of times, only the subject/s in which he
has obtained a grade below fifty percent (50%). When he shall obtained an
average grade of seventy percent (70%) in the subject/s repeated, he shall be
considered to have passed his licensure examination.

SECTION 23. Professional Oath. - All successful candidates in the
examination shall be required to take a professional oath before the Board or
any government official authorized to administer oaths prior to entering upon
the practice of professional electrical engineering, registered electrical
engineering, registered master electrician.

SECTION 24. Issuance of Certificates of Registration and
Professional Identifications. - The registration of a professional electrical
engineer, registered electrical engineer and registered master electrician
commences from the date the name of the professional is entered in the roll of
registrants or licensees for the profession. Every registrant who has
satisfactorily met all the requirements specified in this Act, upon payment of
the registration fee, shall be issued a certificate of registration and a
professional identification card as a Professional Electrical Engineer, a
Registered Electrical Engineer or a Registered Master Electrician that shows
the full name of the registrant and with registration number, signed by the
Commissioner and by the Chairman and members of the Board, stamped with
the official seal, as evidence that the person named therein is entitled to
practice the profession with all the rights and privileges appurtenant thereto.
‘The certificate shall remain in full force and effect until withdrawn, suspended,
or revoked in accordance with law.


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A professional identification card signed by the Commissioner and
bearing the registration number and date of issuance thereof and the month of
expiry or renewability shall likewise be issued to every registrant who has paid
the annual registration fees for three (3) consecutive years and has complied
with the requirements of the Continuing Professional Development (CPD),
unless exempted therefrom. This professional identification card will serve as
evidence that the licensee can lawfully practice his profession until the
expiration of its validity. Non-renewal of the professional identification card
will render the electrical engineering practitioner not authorized to practice
electrical engineering as prescribed in this Act.

SECTION 25. Continuing Professional Development Program
(CPD). - The CPD guidelines shall be prescribed and promulgated by the
Board subject to the approval of the Commission, after consultation with the
integrated and accredited electrical engineering associations, other
associations of the electrical engineering profession, and other concerned
sectors. The Board shall incorporate in the said guidelines the creation of a
CPD council that shall be composed of officers coming from the Board, the
Commission, the integrated and accredited electrical associations, and other
concerned sectors. It shall be vested with the functions, duties and
responsibilities to implement the guidelines and shall have the juridical

personality that is distinct and separate from and independent of the Board,
the Commission, the integrated and accredited electrical engineering
association, and other associations of the electrical engineering profession.

SECTION 26. Organization of Electrical Engineering
Practitioners. - There shall only be one national organization of electrical
engineering practitioners, which shall be recognized and accredited by the
Professional Regulation Commission (PRC). Every grade of electrical
engineering practitioners under this Act upon registration with the PRC as
such, shall ipso facto, become a member of the accredited national

organization.



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The Professional Electrical Engineer, Registered Electrical Engineer and
the Registered Master Electrician shall receive the benefits and privileges
appurtenant to this listed membership in the duly accredited electrical
engineering association only upon payment of the required membership fees
and dues.

SECTION 27. Seal of Professional Electrical Engineer. - All
licensed Professional Electrical Engineers may obtain a seal of a design
prescribed and certified by the Board bearing the registrant's name, the
certificate number and the legend “Professional Electrical Engineer.” Plans,
design, specifications, reports and other professional documents prepared by
or executed under the immediate supervision of, and issued by a licensee,
shall be stamped on every sheet with said seal when filed with government
authorities or when submitted or used professionally; Provided, however,
That it is unlawful for anyone to stamp or seal any document with said seal
after the registrant's name has been delisted from the roster of professional
electrical engineers or after the validity of his professional identification card
which bear the evidence that he is authorized to practice as mandated in this
Act, has expired.

The registrant shall be allowed again to use his seal or stamp in the
documents he prepares, signs or issues only after he is reinstated to the
practice of his profession and reissued a new professional identification card.

SECTION 28. Indication of Registration and Professional
License Number. - The Professional Electrical Engineer, Registered
Electrical Engineer and Registered Master Electrician shall be required to
indicate the registration and professional license number, the date registered,
and the date of its validity in the documents the engineer signs, uses or issues
in connection with the practice of profession.

SECTION 29. Refusal to Issue Certificates. - The Board of Electrical
Engineering shall not issue a certificate of registration to any person convicted
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guilty of immoral or dishonorable conduct or to any person of unsound mind.
In the event of refusal to issue certificates 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 records of the Board.

After no less than a year from the finality of the Board's decision, the
Board, out of equity and justice, may recommend to the Professional
Regulation Commission (PRC) the issuance of the certificate of registration to
the applicant.

SECTION 30. Revocation of Certificates of Registration and
Suspension from the Practice of the Profession. - The Board shall
have the power, upon proper notice and hearing, to revoke any certificate of
registration of any registrant, to suspend him from the practice of his
profession or to reprimand him for any cause specified in the preceding
section, or for the use of, perpetration of any fraud or deceit in obtaining a
certificate of registration, or for gross negligence or incompetence or for
unprofessional or dishonorable conduct; for violation of this Act, the rules and
regulations and other policies of the Board and the Code of Professional
Ethics.

It shall be sufficient ground for the revocation of a certificate issued to a
person under this Act, and his suspension from the practice of his profession
for unprofessional or dishonorable conduct, if:

a) Being a professional electrical engineer, he has signed and affixed his
seal on any plan, design, technical reports, valuation, estimate, specification
or other similar document or work not prepared by him or not executed under

his immediate supervision;

b) He has represented himself as having taken charge of or supervised:
any electrical construction or installation; operation, tending and
maintenance of any electric plant; manufacture or repair of electrical
equipment, teaching of electrical engineering subjects; sale or distribution of


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any electric supply or utilization equipment requiring engineering calculations
or application of engineering principles and data, without actually having
done so.

The decision of the board shall be final and executory unless it is appealed
by the respondent to the Commission within fifteen (15) days from the receipt
of such decision. The Board's or Commission’s decision is appealable by the
respondent to the Court of Appeals in accordance with the procedure provided
under the Rules of Court.

Any person, firm, association or corporation may file charges in
accordance with the provisions of this section against any licensee, or the
Board may, on its own initiative (motu propio), investigate and/or take
cognizance of acts and practices constituting cause for suspension or
revocation of the certificate of registration by proper resolution or order, such
charges shall be in writing and shall be sworn to by the person making them
and shall be filed with the Board.

The rules and regulations of the Commission on administrative
investigation shall govern the procedure and conduct of administrative
investigation before the Board.

SECTION 31. Re-issuance of Revoked Certificates or
Replacement of Lost Certificates.

(a) Subject to the approval of the Professional Regulation Commission
(PRC), the Board may re-issue a certificate, for reasons it may deem sufficient,
entertain an application for a new certificate in the same manner as
application for an original one. It may exempt the applicant from the necessity

of undergoing an examination.

(b) A new certificate of registration to replace any certificate that has been
lost, destroyed or mutilated may be issued, subject to the rules of the Board.


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CHAPTER IV
FIELD OF PRACTICE OF THE ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
PROFESSION

SECTION 32. Field of Practice. - The field of practice of responsible
character for Professional Electrical Engineers, Registered Electrical
Engineers, and Registered Master Electricians shall be as follows:

(a) The Professional Electrical Engineer's field covers the practice of the
electrical engineering profession in its full scope without limits as to voltage
levels or MVA capacities to include the sole authority to design electrical
systems, provided that such designs, plans and specifications related therein
shall bear his signature and seal as author of official documents appurtenant
thereto the responsibilities and accountabilities, as defined in this Act.

Further, that the Professional Electrical Engineer-of-Record with the
Office of the Building Official and Author of Electrical Documents submitted
shall bear his seal and signature and shall have full liability over these said
documents for a period of fifteen (15) years; unless his responsibility is
assumed by another Professional Electrical Engineer who made modification
to the electrical system under the new employ of the establishment owner or
management.

(b) Appointment of Professional Electrical Engineers in government -
Where a position in a government institution requires a master's degree
holder, a Professional Electrical Engineer shall be eligible for the position.

(c) Subject to the limitations as defined in this Act, a Registered Electrical
Engineer's field of practice covers the practice of the electrical engineering
profession in its full scope without limits as to voltage levels or MVA capacities
to include the authority to design electrical systems, provided that such
designs, plans and specifications related therein shall bear his signature
includes the taking charge and supervision of projects execution and
installation works; operation and maintenance of electrical systems in power


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plants, industrial plants, commercial buildings or complexes, water- crafts,
electric locomotives, and other electric systems; to include manufacture and
repair of electrical equipment and machines, switchboards, transformers,
generators, motors, electrical apparatuses; teaching of electrical engineering
subjects and allied sciences; and the sale and distribution of electrical
equipment requiring engineering calculations or application of engineering
data.

Further, that the Registered Electrical Engineer-of-Record with the Office
of the Building Official on electrical documents submitted bearing his name
and signature over the design or supervision of an electrical installation shall
have full civil liability over these said installations for a period of fifteen (15)
years; unless his responsibility is assumed by another Registered Electrical
Engineer who made modification to the electrical system under new employ of
the establishment owner or management.

d) Subject to the limitations as defined by this Act, a Registered Master
Electrician's field of practice includes the installation, erection, wiring of
electrical projects; operation, teach basic electrical technology subjects
maintenance and repair of electrical machinery, equipment and devices in an
electric system of residential, institutional, commercial and industrial plants,
in power plants, industrial sub-stations, watercrafts, electric locomotives, to
include installation of transmission, distribution and substation system
equipment; erection and installation of electric poles, towers and other related
structures, installation of line hardware, stringing of power lines, switching
equipment and devices; banking of transformers; to include but not limited to

operation, maintenance and repair thereat.

Provided, That if the scope of work, or the machinery, equipment or the
electrical system involved is rated in excess of five hundred kilovolt-amperes
(500 KVA), or not to exceed of six hundred volts (600 V), the Registered
Master Electrician shall be under the supervision of a Professional Electrical
Engineer or a Registered Electrical Engineer.


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Provided further, That the Registered Master Electrician-of-Record with
the Office of the Building Official on electrical documents submitted bearing
his name and signature or supervision of an electrical installation shall have
full civil liability over these said installations for a period of fifteen (15) years;
unless his responsibility is assumed by another Registered Master Electrician
(RME) who made modification to the electrical system under new employ of
the owner.

SECTION 33. Prohibitions in the Practice of Electrical
Engineering. —

(a) Practice or offer to practice electrical engineering in the Philippines
without having previously obtained a certificate of registration, professional
license and a valid identification (ID) issued by the Professional Regulation
Commission (PRC) qualifying him as an Licensed Electrical Practitioner as
defined in this Act, except as provided for in Section 15 hereof;

(b) Use, or attempt to use as his own, certificate of registration,
professional license or the seal of another;

(©) Give false or forged evidence of any kind to the Board or to any
member thereof in obtaining a certificate of registration or professional

license;
(@) Falsely impersonate any registrant of like or different name;

(e) Attempt to use a revoked or suspended Certificate of Registration or
an expired professional identification card;

(f) Use, in connection with the registrant’s name or otherwise assume,
use or advertise any title or description tending to convey the impression that
he is a Professional Electrical Engineer, Registered Electrical Engineer or
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Registration and a valid Professional Regulation Commission (PRC)
identification card;

(g) Sign a document involving electrical design, plan, technical
specification, valuation and the like on behalf of a professional electrical
engineer.

(h) Take responsible charge or supervise the preparation of plans, designs,
investigations, valuation, technical reports, specifications, project studies,
estimates or consultancy services or to be in the performance of other
electrical engineering services unless he is a duly authorized electrical
engineering practitioner as defined in this Act;

(i) Make offers, proposals, quotations, or enter or sign into a contract to
render Professional Design Services, installation works, execution of projects,
maintenance services or for the supply or fabrication of electrical equipment,
and other electrical services unless he is an authorized Electrical Practitioner
as defined in this Act;

@ Make use of electrical plans, designs, specifications, drawings and
electrical documents relative to the construction of a building or of any other
purposes without bearing the seal and signature of a Professional Electrical
Engineer as defined in this Act;

k) To duplicate or to make copies without the expressed written consent
of the author of an electrical document for use in the repetition of and for
other projects or buildings, whether executed partly or in whole;

() Take direct charge or responsible supervision of the construction,
erection, installation, alteration, testing, commissioning, operation, tending,
and maintenance of any electrical system, equipment, machinery or process;
or the performance of electrical engineering services in connection with the
manufacture, sale, supply, distribution, application of electrical equipment
and systems or of any electrical works for projects, either for himself or for


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others, unless he is a duly authorized electrical engineering practitioner as
defined in this Act;

(m) Order or otherwise cause the fabrication, manufacture, construction,
erection, installation or alteration of any electrical equipment, machinery or
process for any electrical works, pro- jects, or plants, unless the designs, plans,
layouts or specifications have been prepared by or under the direct
responsible charge of an authorized electrical engineering practitioner as
defined in this Act;

(n) Teach basic electrical engineering subjects and allied sciences unless
the person is a duly Registered Electrical Engineer or Professional Electrical
Engineer authorized to practice as defined by this Act; and

(0) Teach professional subjects in electrical engineering course unless the
person is an Professional Electrical Engineer; or an Registered Electrical
Engineer with a Masteral or Doctorate Degree related to electrical
engineering.

(p) To render, make offers or proposals, or enter into a contract to
provide electrical engineering services for any private persons, entities, clients
or projects, whether in personal capacities for any registered electrical
engineering practitioner who is an officer or employee of any local
government unit or agency charged with the enforcement of laws, ordinances
or regulations relating to the construction, inspection and approval of
electrical permits.

(q) To render, make offers or proposals, or enter into a contract to
provide electrical engineering services for any private persons, entities, clients
or projects, whether in personal capacities for any electrical engineering
practitioner who is an officer or employee of the Grid Opera- tor, Electric
Cooperatives (EC’s) and Distribution Utilities (DU’s) or any other
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SECTION 34. Signing of Electrical Plans, Specifications, and
Other Contract Documents. - It shall be unlawful for any licensed
electrical practitioner to sign his name, affix his seal, or use any other method
of signature on electrical plans, specifications, or other contract 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 Electrical-Engineer-of-record to sign for any branch of the work or
any function or electrical engineering practice, not actually performed by him.
The Electrical Engineer-of-record shall be fully responsible for all electrical
plans, specifications, and other documents issued under his seal or authorized
signature.

The Board shall make all the necessary rules and regulations with regard
to the signing and sealing of drawings, specifications, reports and other
documents.

SECTION 35. Ownership of Plans, Specifications, and Other
Contract Documents. - Plans, design and specifications and other contract
documents duly signed, stamped, or sealed, as instruments of service, are the
intellectual property and documents of the Licensed Electrical Practitioner,
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 any for other projects or buildings, whether executed
partly or in whole, without the written consent of Licensed Electrical
Practitioner or author of said documents.

All Licensed Electrical Practitioner shall incorporate this provision in all
contract documents and other instruments of service.

SECTION 36. Minimum Personnel Required. - Except as otherwise
provided in this Act, all electrical installations, undergoing construction,
operation and maintenance in every building or commercial complex,
industrial plant, power plant, locomotive, sea craft, VRE, factory,
manufacturing plant in an industrial complex or any electrical system or


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process in operation, shall have not less than the following complements of
authorized electrical engineering practitioners in accordance to capacity in
kVA or MVA as defined by the Professional Regulatory Board of Electrical
Engineering;

(a) For capacities of 150 KVA up to 300 kVA — one (1) resident Registered
Master Electrician;

(b) For capacities above 300 kVA up to 1000 kVA — one (1) resident
Registered Master Electrician and one (1) Registered Electrical Engineer;

(©) For capacities above 1000 KVA up to 5,000 kVA — Two (2) resident
Registered Master Electricians, and one (1) resident Registered Electrical
Engineer or Professional Electrical Engineer:

(@) For capacities above 5,000 kVA to 20,000 kVA - three (3) Registered
Master Electricians, one (1) Registered Electrical Engineer and one (1)
Professional Electrical Engineer as resident complement:

(e) For capacities above 20,000 KVA to 60,000 kVA — four (4) Registered
Master Electricians, two (2) Registered Electrical Engineers, and one (1)
Professional Electrical Engineer, as resident complement:

() For capacities above 60,000 kVA — five (5) Registered Master
Electricians, three (3) Registered Electrical Engineers, and one (1)
Professional Electrical Engineer, as resident complement:

(g) For single or cluster capacities of Manned Substations of Grid or
Distribution Utilities (DU’s) up to 75 MVA in specific inclusive area or location:
one (1) Registered Master Electrician, one (1) Registered Electrical Engineer
per shift, and one (1) Professional Electrical Engineer as Head or Managing
Electrical Engineer whose scope of responsibility includes overall operation

and maintenance;


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(h) For single or cluster capacities of Manned Substations of Grid or
Distribution Utilities (DU’s) above 75 MVA up to 200 MVA in an inclusive
area or location: two (2) Registered Master Electricians, one (1) Registered
Electrical Engineer per shift, and one (1) Professional Electrical Engineer as
Head or Managing Electrical Engineer whose scope of responsibility includes
overall operation and maintenance.

(® For single or cluster capacities of Manned Substations of Grid or
Distribution Utilities (DU’s) above 200 MVA in an inclusive area or location in
this category: three (3) Registered Master Electricians, two (2) Registered
Electrical Engineers per shift, one (1) Professional Electrical Engineer as Head
of Shift Operations, and one (1) Professional Electrical Engineer as Managing
Electrical Engineer whose scope of responsibility includes overall operation

and maintenance.

(i) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, all resident authorized
electrical practitioners in Grid System Operations shall have minimum
requirements of at least Registered Electrical Engineers or Professional
Electrical Engineers during shift operations and one Professional Electrical
Engineer as Head or Managing Electrical Engineer for every department,
division or section, as the case may be.

(&) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, all resident electrical
practitioners in Distribution System Operations shall have minimum
requirements of at least Registered Electrical Engineers or Professional
Electrical Engineers during shift operations, and one Professional Electrical
Engineer as Head or Managing Electrical Engineer for every department,
division or section as the case may be.

() For electrical works or projects of 150 KVA up to 1,000 kVA capacity:
One (1) Registered Master Electrician as Project Electrician-In-Charge, and
one (1) Registered Electrical Engineer as Project Engineer-In-Charge, and one
(a) Professional Electrical Engineer as Project Manager or Consultant.



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(m)For electrical works or projects of over 1,000 KVA up to 5,000 kVA
capacity: Two (2) Registered Master Electricians as Project
Electricians-In-Charge, and one (1) Registered Electrical Engineer as Project
Engineer-In-Charge, and one (1) Professional Electrical Engineer as Project
Manager or Consultant.

(n) For electrical works or projects under construction of over 5,000 kVA
capacity: Three (3) Registered Master Electricians as Project
Electricians-In-Charge; and two (2) Registered Electrical Engineers as Project
Engineers-In-Charge; and one (1) Professional Electrical Engineer as Project
Manager; and one (1) Professional Electrical Engineer as Consultant.

The Professional Regulatory Board of Electrical Engineering in
consultation with the industry stakeholders shall review and amend the
categories and classification in every three (3) years when necessary.

SECTION 37. Preparation of Plans, Supervision of Projects,
and Application of the Philippine Electrical Code. - It shall be
unlawful for any person not authorized under this Act to prepare plans,
designs, valuations or specifications for any electrical wiring, equipment or
system; and no installation thereof shall be undertaken unless the plans,
designs, valuations and specifications have been prepared by or under the
responsible charge of, and signed and sealed by a Professional Electrical
Engineer; and a construction permit for the execution thereof is first secured;
and unless the work is done in accordance with the Philippine Electrical Code
and other Philippine-recognized International Standards and is executed
under the responsible charge or supervision of a Professional Electrical
Engineer, a Registered Electrical Engineer, or a Registered Master Electrician
as the case may be, and the routinary fiscal, ministerial and technical
requirements of the government agency, if any, exercising jurisdiction over
the particular installation have been complied with.

SECTION 38. Practice Not Allowed for Firms and Corporations.
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which is based on individual and personal qualifications. Hence, no firm or
corporations may be registered or licensed as such for the practice of electrical
engineering.

However, persons properly qualified and licensed as professional
electrical engineers may, among themselves, form a partnership or association
and collectively render electrical engineering service. Individual members of
such partnerships or associations shall be responsible for their own respective
acts.

Provided, That in cases involving professional liability of an electrical
engineer employed within and representing the firm in present or past jobs,
and whether still or no longer working within the firm, the firm and the
engineer involved are jointly and severally liable to all obligations arising from

business transactions of the firm.

SECTION 39. Posting of Certificate of Compliance. - The owner,
manager or the person in charge of an electric plant, industrial plant or factory,
commercial establishment, institutional building, watercraft, or electric
locomotive shall post or cause to be posted in a conspicuous place within such
plant or establishment the certificate of registration of the engineers or
electricians employed in such plant or establishment, in a frame protected by

transparent glass or equivalent.

SECTION 40. Certificate of Specialty. - Certificates of specialty shall
be issued by the Board, subject to the approval of the Commission, to licensed
electrical practitioners who have been screened and recommended by the
integrated and accredited electrical engineering association. These are for
specific fields in which the applicants have specialized knowledge, training
and experience and have demonstrated their competence and expertise. The
Board shall, subject to the approval of the Commission, and after consultation
with the said association, prescribe and issue the necessary guidelines for the
issuance of these certificates in accordance with the prescribed structure of


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quality assurance system aligned to the PQF and applicable international
standards.

SECTION 41. Foreign Reciprocity. - No foreign engineer shall be
admitted to take a board ex- amination, be given a certificate of registration,
or be entitled to any of the rights and privileges under this Act unless the
country of which he is a subject or citizen specifically permits Filipino
engineers to practice within its territorial limits on the same basis as the
subjects or citizens of such country

SECTION 42. Enforcement of the Act by Officers of the Law. - It
shall be the duty of all constituted officers of the law of the national
government, or any provincial, city or municipal government or of any
political subdivision thereof to prosecute any person violating the provisions
of this Act. The Secretary of Justice or his assistant shall act as legal adviser of
the Board and render such legal assistance as may be necessary in carrying out
the provisions of this Act.

SECTION 43. Penalty Clause. - In addition to the administrative
sanctions imposed under this Act:

Any person, Filipino or Foreigner, who shall violate any of the provisions
of this Act shall be guilty of misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be
sentenced to a fine of not less than One hundred thousand pesos
(P100,000.00) nor more than One million pesos (P1,000,000.00) or
imprisonment for a period not less than six (6) months nor more than five (5)
years or both at the discretion of the court.

Further, any government agency or private firm or institution who violates
under this Act shall be punished by a fine of not less than One Million Pesos
(P 1,000,000.00) nor more than Five Million Pesos (P 5,000,000.00) at the
discretion of the court.


CHAPTER V
TRANSITORY PROVISIONS

SECTION 44. Terms of Office of Board Members. - Upon approval
of this Act, the incumbent chairperson and two (2) members of the Board
shall continue to serve until their terms of office expire or until their
replacements under this Act have been appointed by the President of the
Republic.

CHAPTER VI
FINAL PROVISIONS

SECTION 45. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - The Board
shall formulate and issue the implementing rules and regulations to carry out
the provisions of this Act.

SECTION 46. Funding Provisions. - Such sums as may be necessary
to carry out provisions of this Act shall be included in the General
Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into law and thereafter.

SECTION 47. Repealing Clause. - Republic Act No. 7920 is hereby
repealed. All other laws, decrees, executive orders, proclamations, rules and
regulations, or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are
hereby amended, repealed or modified accordingly.

SECTION 48. Separability Clause. — If any provision or part of this
‘Act is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the remaining parts or provisions
not affected shall remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 49. Effectivity Clause. — This Act shall take effect fifteen
(a5) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a national

newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,