Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS,
First Regular Session

6314

HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by Hon. Julienne “Jam” L. Baronda

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

EXPLANATORY NOTE

For many Filipinos, life would grind to a halt without lights, charged gadgets, TV sets,
refrigerators, and microwave ovens.

Homes, hospitals, and offices are reliant on electricity and, on a grand scale, our
country’s macroeconomic growth and development is dependent on the effective and safe
transmission of energy throughout industries and our communities.

It is apparent that the chain from power generation to electrical installation needs to be
supported, monitored, and held up to rigorous standards of quality and reliability.

While a current regulatory framework is in place for electrical practitioners in the
country, elevating the standards of the profession and ensuring that our Filipino electrical
practitioners can build a promising career in the Philippines.

With the Philippine Electric Engineering Bill, we hope to enhance learning, licensing,
testing, and practicing in the field of electrical engineering.

This proposal also endeavors to bridge the gap between education and employment by
strengthening the relationship between the academe and the industry to make certain that our
graduates are well equipped for the jobs available in the market.

‘As we go about our lives enjoying the convenience technology and industries provide,
let us not forget the men and women that make this accessible.

Let us reaffirm the value of our Filipino electrical practitioners by empowering them
with education and skills development at par with global standards and assuring them of a
fulfilling career,


Let us continue to reboot and recharge the country with bright, committed engineers
that will help build our beloved nation.

In view of the foregoing, the approval of this bill is earnes
JULIEN! [AM” L. BARONDA

Representative
Lone District of Iloilo City.


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 631d

Introduced by Hon. Julienne “Jam” L. Baronda

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

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress
assembled:
ARTICLE
TITLE AND DEFINITION OF TERMS

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

SEC. 2. Declaration of 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.

SEC. 3. Definition of Terms. — As used in this Act:

a) 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, 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,


b) Practice of Electrical Engineering refers to the professional act in responsible
character of performing electrical engineering services in the form of:

1) Electrical Consultancy Service in the form of authoritative assessments,
investigation, examination, appraisal of electrical system designs or existing systems,
specifications and construction processes; providing oral or written advice and direction
on technical issues; decisions and recommendation or evaluation on technical audits, in-
depth system analyses; and other services requiring expert electrical engineering
knowledge, engineering calculations, and application of engineering data and principles;

2) Professional Design Service refers to the preparation of electrical plans,
calculations, designs, studies, specifications and estimates for electrical systems as:
generating plants including conventional and renewable, transmission and distribution
systems, power substations, electrical equipment and machinery, network system
protection, switchboards and switchgears; electrical systems of dwellings or residences,
buildings, facilities, industrial plants and factories, industrial parks, commercial
complexes, mining operations, airports, seaports, economic zones, watercrafts, electric
locomotives, and other related electrical works, processes or projects;

Professional Design Service encompasses the performance of the processes in the
creation or production of:

(i) schematic or conceptual design phase,

(ii) design development phase,

(iii) procurement specifications and tender documents,

(iv) construction planning details,

(v) consultancy services in actual construction as owner’s representative;
to include the preparation of preliminary, technical, economic and financial studies of a
project; preparation of electrical work performance parameters, materials and equipment
specifications, scopes of work, technical terms of reference, bill of materials, cost
estimates, bidding and tender documents, construction and project management,
providing responsible direction or management over the construction, erection,
expansion, demolition, renovation, remodeling, alteration, restoration of all electrical
systems as defined in this Act,

3) Management, supervision or taking charge of the construction, erection,

installation, alteration, testing and commissioning of projects involving all kinds of
electrical systems.


4) Management, supervision or taking charge of the tending, operation,
maintenance and control of electrical systems of electric power plants, grid systems,
switchyards, transmission and distribution systems, network protection and monitoring
systems, electric utilities, watercrafts, electric locomotives, factories 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 or taking charge of the manufacture, fabrication,
repair, testing and commissioning of clectrical components, equipment and devices
including switchgears, switchboards, control-gears, transformers, generators, electric
motors, controllers, appliances, lighting fixtures, apparatuses and other related
processes;

6) Management, supervision or 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;

7) 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;

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.

©) Electrical Practice of Responsible Character ~ refers to the high level of experience,

confidence and a sound understanding of accountability over the practitioner’s work whether

design, execution or implementation of projects or operation and maintenance, as guaranteed

safe to lives and the preservation of properties to include the responsibility over the safety

and well-being of the personnel under the practitioner's supervision.

4) Authorized Electrical Engineering Practitioner refers to a person professionally and

academically qualified, registered and licensed to practice electrical engineering as defined in

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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

e) Consulting Electrical Engineer refers to a highly-experienced, academically
qualified, recognized by a professional organization, licensed and authorized Professional
Electrical Engineer, with outstanding proficiency in specialized fields of Electrical
Engineering, provides expert Consultancy services as defined in this Act;

f) Electrical System Designer refers to the authorized Professional Electrical Engineer
having a Service Agreement with a Client as defined in this Act, who is directly responsible
for the authorship of plans and designs of the Electrical System of a Project-on-Record with
the Office of the Building Official and who shall assume the civil liability for the plans,
specifications and contract documents bearing his signature and seal;

g) Electrical Practitioner-In-Charge refers to the authorized Electrical Engineering
Practitioner registered and licensed to practice Electrical Engineering, who is directly
responsible for the supervision or taking charge of the operation, tending and maintenance of
electric plants, electric power transmission and distribution systems, substations and
switching stations, industrial plants and complexes, commercial buildings and complexes,
electric locomotives and watercrafts, and other facilities involving electrical systems subject
to limitations as defined in this Act;

h) Electrical Project-In-Charge refers to the authorized Electrical Engineering
Practitioner registered and licensed to practice Electrical Engineering, who is directly and
professionally responsible in the supervision of electrical construction in faithful compliance
of the design plans-on-record of a Project-on-Record with the Office of the Building Official
(OBO), and who shall be liable and accountable for the civil liability over the quality
workmanship of the installation process;

i) Electrical System refers to a facility or structure or process composing of an
arrangement of sets, arrays or assemblage of electrical machinery, equipment, devices;
interconnected, interdependent and integrated in combination with each other that are
configured to carry out an electrical function or operation such as generating, supplying,
transmitting, distributing, conveying, or transforming power in providing or utilizing electric
energy services.

For purposes of this Act, electrical systems cover the following:


(i) Electrical System for Dwellings and Residences — includes service entrance
conductors, service equipment, feeders and sub-feeders, distribution panelboards, circuit
conductors, grounding conductors, utilization devices, appliances, lighting fixtures,
wirings and accessories, branch circuit protection, back-up generating facilities and
control system; and other related system components within a dwelling or residence;

(ii) Electrical Systems of Buildings and Commercial Complexes — includes the
customer-owned and operated primary substations, vaults, power centers or secondary
substations, on-site generation facilities, distribution switchgears, switchboards,
distribution boards; interconnections with other buildings within a complex; feeders, sub-
feeders, system protection, motor control centers, control centers, power factor
compensation equipment, metering and sub-metering, grounding systems, lightning
protection, indoor and outdoor lighting and illumination; uninterrupted power supplies,
programmable logic controllers, building electronic/electrical control systems; electrical
processes for: ventilating and air-conditioning systems, personnel conveyance systems,
materials conveying systems; power supply, distribution boards, power panels and branch
circuits for communication, telecommunications, telephone, fire alarms, building
management systems, in-building direct current (DC) systems and other facilities
involving electrical processes;

(iii) Electrical Systems of Factories and Industrial Complexes — includes the
customer-owned and operated primary substations, vaults, secondary substations or
power centers, on-site generation facilities, control and data acquisition centers,
distribution switchgears, switchboards, distribution centers, control centers, feeders, sub-
feeders, system protection, lighting and illumination, electrical sub-systems for
ventilating and air-conditioning, personnel conveyance systems, materials handling and
conveying systems; interconnections with other buildings or plants within a complex,
grounding systems, lightning protection systems, electrical sub-systems for process
equipment and machincries to include but not limited to: uninterrupted power supplies,
programmable controllers, industrial electronic/electrical control systems, instrumentation
and automation systems, power electronics and industrial robotics; distribution boards,
power panels, panelboards and branch circuits for communication, telecommunications,
telephone, fire alarm, inter-building management systems, and other facilities involving
electrical processes;

(iv) Electrical Systems of Power Plants — includes the array or assemblage of
power generators (conventional and renewable), their control systems and protection,

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take-off substations, power centers, supervisory control and data acquisition centers,
distribution switchgears, switchboards, in-plant direct current (DC) systems, power circuit
breakers, motors and motor control centers, interconnections with other power plants, or
with the grid, short circuit abatement systems, system protection, interconnection to
auxiliaries, grounding systems, lightning protection systems; industrial electronics control
systems, instrumentation and automation systems, distribution boards, sub-systems for
lighting and illumination, ventilating and air-conditioning, materials handling and
conveying systems; distribution boards and branch circuits for communication, telephone,
fire alarm, building management systems, and other facilities involving electrical
systems;

(v) Power Transmission System — refers to an electrical process so arranged,
schemed and functioning to carry out the conveyance and delivery of bulk power over
short, medium or long spans of distances through a series of structure arrangement of
towers, or steel poles with assemblages of high voltage (HV), extra high voltage (EHV),
and high voltage direct current transmission (HVDC), electrical equipment that include
but not limited to power substations, switching, or power factor compensating stations; all
containing power switches, disconnects, circuit breakers, transformers, regulators, power
capacitors, short-circuit current abatement equipment, direct current (DC) systems,
switchgears, switchboards, control systems, supervisory; control and data acquisition
centers; with power lines installed whether overhead, underground or underwater, in
alternating or direct current form, auxiliaries and accessories inter-connected,
interdependent and in combination with each other;

(vi) Power Distribution System - refers to an electrical process so arranged,
schemed and functioning to carry out delivery of power over short or medium spans of
distances near or at the load centers through a series of structure arrangement of steel,
concrete or wooden poles, with assemblages of medium (MV) or low voltage (LV)
equipment and components that include but not limited to power substations all
containing power switches, disconnects, power centers, circuit breakers, power
transformers, regulators, power factor compensation equipment, direct current (DC)
systems, short-circuit current abatement equipment, control systems, supervisory control
and data acquisition centers, feeders, sub-feeders, distribution centers; with power lines
whether installed overhead, underground or underwater; auxiliaries and accessories inter-
connected, interdependent and in combination with each other,


(vii) Electrical Systems for Watercrafts - includes electric propulsion system,
power generators and their control systems and protection, supervisory control and data
acquisition centers, distribution switchgears, switchboards, direct current (DC) systems,
power circuit breakers, motors and motor control centers, system protection,
interconnection to auxiliaries, grounding systems, lightning protection systems,
instrumentation and automation systems, distribution boards, sub-systems for lighting and
illumination, ventilating and air-conditioning, electric cranes, materials handling and
conveying systems; panelboards and branch circuits for communication, telephone, fire
alarm, building management systems, and other facilities involving electrical systems
within the watercraft;

(viii) Electrical Systems for Electric Locomotives - includes power generators and
their control systems and protection, supervisory control and data acquisition centers,
distribution switchgears, switchboards, direct current (DC) systems, power circuit
breakers, motors and motor control centers, system protection, interconnection to
auxiliaries, grounding systems, lightning protection systems, instrumentation and
automation systems, distribution boards, sub-systems for lighting and illumination,
ventilating and air-conditioning, electric cranes, materials handling and conveying
systems; panelboards and branch circuits for communication, telephone, fire alarm,
building management systems, and other facilities involving electrical systems within the
electric locomotive;
|) Electrical System Design refers to the professional design service of conceptualizing,

creating and developing plans and designs for electrical systems involving engineering

calculations to include the choice of system configurations: fault and load flow analysis,
sizing, arc flash, harmonics and voltage drop. It includes selection and specifications of
equipment, system protection and grounding systems, detailing of the requirements for
control systems, protective device discrimination and other related processes in accordance
with Philippine-recognized Codes and Standards applied into the design of Electrical

Systems.

k) Service Agreement means a duly notarized written contract or equivalent public
instrument stipulating the scope of services of an electrical work or project to be rendered by
the authorized electrical engineering practitioner for a client, guaranteeing compensation of
such services.

1) Electrical Works or Projects refers to the development of engineering plans, drawings
and designs or the actual construction, installation, erection and execution of electrical

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projects in progress, testing and commissioning to include alteration and expansion of power
and electrical systems and other electrical structures.

m) Electrical Equipment or Machinery includes all power equipment and components
such as electric generators (conventional and renewable), power substations, transmission and
distribution system equipment and accessories, control centers, electric drive motors and
control systems, power electronics, industrial robotics and automation systems to include
industrial programmable controllers, as accessories for generators, furnaces, heat exchangers,
manufacturing processes, materials handling processes, heating, air-conditioning, ventilating,
and refrigeration systems, pollution abatement and environmental control system, pressure
vessels, printing machines, electrical equipment of all kinds of mills, mining operations,
shops, factories, shipyards, drydocks, electric locomotives and other systems or processes
utilizing electrical power whether installed on land, underground, or on board watercrafts;

n) Electric supply equipment refers to any equipment which produces, modifies,
regulates, or controls the supply of electric power to include but not limited to generators,
transformers, voltage regulators, uninterruptible power supply equipment, and the like;

©) Utilization Equipment refers to power-consuming equipment as motors, heaters,
furnaces, light sources and other devices which use electric power for any productive
purposes;

p) Electric Power Plant refers to an industrial facility or establishment for the
production of electric power comprised of a system of generators, ancillary and auxiliary
equipment and machines altogether interconnected, interdependent and in combination with
each other for generation, conversion or modification of energy derived from steam, internal
combustion engines, pumping stations, compressed gas, hydraulic, geothermal, dendro-
thermal, nuclear, ocean thermal energy, biomass, waste heat, wind, gas, water, solar heat,
ocean waves and tides, and other energy sources. An electric power plant is also referred to as,
power station, generating station, power plant, electric plant, powerhouse or generating plant;

q) Industrial Plant or Factory or Manufacturing Plant refers to an industrial building,
facility or establishment containing production-processing equipment and machines where
discrete and continuous goods or products are manufactured to include but not limited to
mineral processing plants, machine shops, shipyards, drydocks and other related industries;

1) Industrial Complex refers to a cluster of several inter-connected industrial plants or
factories producing several different goods or products under common ownership, control or
general management,

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s) Electrical Equipment Manufacturing Plant refers to an industrial plant engaged in
designing, fabrication, manufacturing and production of electrical products as transformers,
motors, generator, switchgears, switchboards, control-gears, control panels, power panels,
panelboards other related engineered products;

t) Commercial Establishment refers to a an edifice or building or structure that is used
for business or commercial purposes that includes office buildings, hotels, condominiums,
restaurants, resorts, entertainment centers, parking buildings, warehouses, retail stores,
department stores, specialty shops, shopping malls, markets, supermarkets, theaters,
stadiums, convention centers, airports, seaports and the like;

u) Commercial Complex refers to a cluster of several inter-related commercial
establishments for business or commercial use under common ownership or general
management;

v) Institutional Buildings refer to school buildings, libraries, hospitals, churches,
religious buildings, museums, cultural centers, government buildings and the like;

w)Capacity of Industrial Plant, Commercial Establishment, Process Work or Project
refers to the rated capacity in Kilovolt-Amperes (kVA) or Megavolt-Amperes (MVA) of
electrical works or projects, or industrial or commercial establishments for the purpose of this
Act shall be the Total Kilovolt-Ampere (kVA) or Total Megavolt-Ampere (MVA) rating of
all generators and transformers installed for use as electric supply equipment in such works,
projects or plants, or establishments whether in operation or not, and without regard to the
connected loads requiring power from power sources;

x) Capacity of Electric Power Plant refers to the aggregate or total rated capacity in
Kilovolt-Amperes (kVA) or Megavolt-Amperes (MVA) of all generators within the plant to
include the capacities of transformer tie-ups with other power sources that are owned,
operated and controlled by the plant which are installed whether in operation or not;

y) Power Grid or Grid refers to the interconnected network of synchronized power
plants or power providers through a maze of transmission, sub-transmission, distribution
systems, manned or unmanned switching stations and substations carrying power from near
or distant sources to wholesale demand load centers and is controlled and operated by one or
more system operation control centers;

2) Grid System Operation and Control refers to the round-the-clock management,
supervision, monitoring, data acquisition and operational control over the processes of power
grids, substations, generator control stations and load dispatch centers ensuring real time
moment-to-moment power balance, load flow transactions, load scheduling and dispatching

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in facilitating inter-player transactions, while maintaining the security and stability of the
interconnected systems therein;

aa) Distribution System Operation and Control refers to the round-the-clock
supervision, data acquisition, monitoring and operational control over the distribution
processes of a distribution utility involving manned or unmanned substations and load
dispatch centers ensuring real time moment-to-moment power balance, load flow
transactions, load scheduling and power delivery;

bb) Substation refers to a room, or a building, or an outdoor structure containing a
combination of power switches, disconnects, circuit breakers, power transformers, power
rectifiers and inverters, voltage regulators, system protection devices, power factor
compensation equipment, short-circuit current abatement equipment, switchgears, control-
gears, metering equipment and other related equipment interconnected with each other to
alternating or direct current power lines so arranged, schemed and functioning to transform,
modify, regulate and/or control the supply of electric energy;

ec) 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. —

dd) KVA or MVA refers to the capacity of an electric plant or ratings of supply
equipment expressed 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;

ee) KW or MW refers to the capacity of an electric plant or ratings of supply
equipment expressed in kilowatts or mega watts. kW or MW is also referred to as the
connected load of industrial plants, commercial edifices, institutional buildings, watercrafts
and other establishments expressed in kilowatts or megawatts,

ff) Watercraft refers to any waterborne units which is designed and built to have an
electric propulsion, electric generating plant and a distribution system;

gg) Electric Locomotive refers to the power plant and distribution system mounted.
on wheels as used in rail transportation industry and industrial locomotive operation;

hh) 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 Intemational Standards;

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ii) Unsafe 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;

id) 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;

kk) Electrical 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.

Il) 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;

mm) Office of the Building Official (OBO) refers to the office forming part of the
local government unit (LGU) but under the administrative control of the appropriate
government agency whose primarily role is to oversee the full implementation of the National
Building Code and its Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations, to include various
Referral Codes and all other relevant laws;

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mn) Certified Electrical System Inspector refers to a Registered Master Electrician,
or Registered Electrical Engineer or a Professional Electrical Engineer authorized to practice
in this Act, who is officially employed by a Local Government Unit or under Service-
Contract such as: city, municipality, province or of any government office in-charge of the
‘enforcement of laws, ordinances or regulations on public safety relating to the construction,
approval of electrical permits for buildings or for any other purposes who is trained, qualified
and certified to conduct inspection, checking, assessment, identify fire hazards arising from
the installations and physical review over the electrical system or process as it proceeds under
different stages of construction, to make sure that the materials, methods, workmanships and
implementation are in compliance with approved plans and designs and to make sure that the
Philippine Electrical Code requirements and other Philippine-recognized International
Standards are complied with;

00) Certified Electrical Plans Examiner refers to a Registered Electrical Engineer
or a Professional Electrical Engineer authorized to practice in this Act, officially employed
by a Local Government Unit or under Service-Contract such as: city, municipality, province
or of any government offices in-charge of the enforcement of laws, ordinances or regulations
on public safety relating to the construction, approval of electrical permits for buildings or for
any other purposes; and who is trained, qualified and certified to assess and corroborate
electrical plans, verify calculations, identify violations to standards, identify alteration needs,
organize comments lists for plans and specifications identified as potential safety failures;
processes and recommends approval of electrical permits, and to make sure that the
Philippine Electrical Code and other related standards whether local, national or other
Philippine-recognized International Standards are complied with;

pp) 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;

qq) Electric Cooperative or EC refers to a cooperative or corporation
authorized to provide electric services pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 269;

rr) Electrical 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;

ss) Continuing Professional Development (CPD) refers to a sustaining and
progressive Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) driven learning program or process

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that maintains, enhances, or increases the knowledge and continuing ability of electrical
engineers;
ARTICLE IL
BOARD OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

SEC. 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 chairperson 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 PRC shall be chosen from the
nominees of the integrated and accredited association of electrical engineers.

SEC. 5. Powers 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;

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

©) 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 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 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;

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f) Issue special permits to individual foreign electrical engineers for specific
projects and for a specific duration of time;

2) Establish guidelines, qualification or examination requirements, processes or
procedures in collaboration and consultation with the PRC accredited electrical professional
organization in the issuance of special certifications to Electrical Plans Examiners, Electrical
Systems Inspectors and conferment to other fields of specialization as embodied in this Act;

h) 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, commercial establishments,
airports, seaports, institutional buildings, watercrafts, electric locomotives, engineering
offices, Office of the Building Officials (OBO), repair shops, electrical projects undergoing
construction 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;

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

j) __ 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 PRC shall govern in such investigation

k) 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;

1) Delegate the investigation of the case to the chairperson, a member of the
Board or a 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;

m) 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 PRC may be appealed to the Court
of Appeals in accordance with the procedure provided in the Rules of Court;

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n) 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 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,

0) Administer oaths in connection with the administration, implementation, or
enforcement of this Act;

p) Submit an annual report on the proceedings and accomplishments during the
year and on recommendations of the Board to the PRC after the close of each fiscal year;

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

1) ‘Adopt an official seal:

s) Coordinate with the PRC and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED)
in prescribing, amending or revising the courses;

ny Prescribe programs, guidelines and criteria on the Continuing Professional
Development program (CPD) for professional electrical engineers, registered electrical
engineers and registered master _ electricians and renew their professional licenses after
‘compliance with the CPD requirement;

u) 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 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.

SEC. 6. Qualifications of Board Members. - Each Board member must, at the time of
his appointment:
a) Bea natural-born Filipino citizen and a resident of the Philippines for at least
ten (10) consecutive years;

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b) Be at least forty (40) years of age, of proven integrity with high moral values
in his personal as well as his professional conduct;

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

d) Bea 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;

¢) Bea professional electrical engineer for ten (10) years prior to his appointment
with a valid certificate of registration and a valid PRC identification card;

f) Have practiced electrical engineering for a period of not less than fifteen (15)
years prior to his appointment, with a sworm statement as such;

2) 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.

h) Have an expertise in any two (2) or more of the following major electrical
engineering fields as:

1) Operation and Maintenance of Power Plants

2) Operation and Maintenance of Utility Electrical Systems

3) Operation and Maintenance of Industrial Plants

4) Electrical Engineering Technical Services

5) Planning, Designing and Construction of Electrical Systems
6) Power Systems Consultancy Services

7) Teaching of Professional Electrical Engineering Subjects

i) Have a record of service with the accredited and recognized electrical
engineering association as an officer for a period of at least five (5) years.

SEC. 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 successors shall have been
qualified and appointed. They may, however, be reappointed for a second term and shall
serve in the Board for a maximum of six (6) years. Each member shall qualify by taking an
oath of office before entering upon the performance of his duties.

‘The Board shall function as a collegial body of three members at any given time. Any
vacancies shall be filled immediately from the pool of pre-qualified list of recommendees

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provided by the Commissioner of the PRC: Provided, that vacancy for the Chairmanship of
the Board shall be filled in and appointed from among the most senior members of the Board.-
Provided, further, that vacancies in the Board shall be filled by the President of the
Philippines from the list of pre-qualified recommendees selected by the Commissioner who
were chosen from the list of nominees submitted by the integrated and accredited association
and shall serve for a fresh three-year term of office.

SEC. 8, Removal of Board Members. — Any member of the Board may be removed
by the President of the Philippines, upon the recommendation of the Commissioners en banc
for graft and corruption, neglect of duty, incompetence, malpractice, commission or tolerance
of irregularities in the examinations, or for unprofessional, unethical, or dishonorable conduct
such as facilitating examinees to pass the examinations by preparing, training, teaching
related board subjects through seminars or sessions among other ignoble acts; after having
been given the opportunity to defend himself in a proper administrative investigation

SEC. 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 of the year: Provided, further, That they shall receive other
benefits that may be provided for by law.

SEC. 10, Executive Officer of the Board. — The Commissioner shall be the executive
officer of the Board and shall conduct the examination given by the Board and shall designate
any subordinate officer of the PRC to act as secretary and custodian of all records including
all examination papers and minutes of the deliberations of the Board.

ARTICLE III
EXAMINATION AND REGISTRATION

SEC. 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.

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

Certificates of Registration for the practice of electrical engineering shall be of three
(3) grades or categories as follows
a) Professional Electrical Engineer,

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'b) Registered Electrical Engineer;

c) Registered Master Electrician

SEC. 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 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.

SEC. 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 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.

SEC. 15. Exemption from Examination. —

a) Examination shall not be required of foreign electrical engineers, erection,
commissioning or guarantee engineers employed as technical consultants by the Philippine
government or by private firms, 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 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

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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;

6. That the exemption herein granted shall be good only for six (6) months,
renewable for another six (6) months at the discretion of the Board; and

7. That the special authorization herein granted shall only cover special projects
and does not apply to holding and/or performing line functions in operation and
maintenance: Provided, That in case the foreign professional ceases to be employed in
accordance with this section and engages in an occupation requiring registration as
electrical engineer, such professionals have to be registered under the provisions of this
Act.

b) Examination and registration shall not be required of foreign electrical engineers
from signatory countries under the charters or frameworks of International Integration or
Mutual Recognition Arrangements or of any other similar international accords of which the
Philippine government is a party of, subject to the following conditions:

1. That such engineers are on valid record in the Registry of recognized
international engineers and are bound to the limitations of practice as defined by such
Charter or Accord or Mutual Arrangement;

2. That prior to commencing work, the foreign professional shall secure a special
permit or authorization from the PRC;

3. That the special authorization herein granted shall be good only for a specific
period of time, bound by a specific project, renewable thereafter at the discretion of the
Board as approved by the Commissioner;

4. That the practice of such foreign professional shall be subject to the prevailing
laws as well as the provisions of this Act, and shall be bound by local codes of
professional ethics or conduct in accordance with the provisions as specified in this Act;

5. That the authorization granted to these foreign professionals under the
framework mutual accord or agreement shall not be a scope as an independent practice,
but in collaboration with the designated local professional engineers subject to the
domestic laws and regulations governing the practice of electrical engineering.

SEC. 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

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professional electrical engineer at the office of the PRC or other government facilities that
may be approved by the Commission.

SEC. 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) Is a citizen of the Philippines;

b) Is of legal age;

c) 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;

f) Is a Registered Electrical Engineer with certificate of registration and valid
professional identification card and with five (5) years or more of active practice
beginning from the date of his registration as a Registered Electrical Engineer.

g) Is a member of good standing of the PRC accredited professional organization for
at least five (5) years.

SEC. 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) Is acitizen of the Philippines;

) Is of legal age;

c) Is of good reputation with high moral values;

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

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.

SEC. 19. Qualifications of Applicants for Registered Master Electricians
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:

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a) Is a citizen of the Philippines;

b) Is of legal age;

c) Is of good reputation with high moral values;

d) Has not been finally convicted by the court of an offense involving moral turpitude;
¢) Has satisfied any of the following conditions:

1) Has completed a four-year course in Bachelor of Science in Engineering
Technology or Industrial Technology Major in Electrical Technology from a school
recognized by the Philippine government and, in addition has a subsequent specific
track record of one (1) year 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;

2 Has completed at least four (4) years of a five-year Bachelor of Science in
Electrical Engineering (BSE) program from an engineering school recognized by the
Philippine government and, in addition has a subsequent specific track record of one (1)
year 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;

+) Has completed a three-year 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 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;

) Has completed a Senior High School under the K-12 Program majoring 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;

5) 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

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

SEC. 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 ~

@ An itemized list or any other relevant references deemed appropriate by the
Board of the specific works experienced on a particular equipment, machines, systems or
processes citing background and surrounding facts, lessons learned and the impact to his
practice as a professional;

( Submittal of a Technical Report or Dissertation 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, testing,
commissioning, operation, maintenance, research and the like. The technical paper 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; Provided further, That three (3) duly notarized
certifications signed by three (3) professional electrical engineers to the effect that the
technical paper submitted was actually prepared by the applicant;

Gi) The applicant must pass the oral examination or interview conducted by the
Board,

G The applicant must obtain passing marks on the following factors: Technical
Report [forty percent (40%)], Interview or Oral Examinations {thirty percent (30%)] and,
Relevant Experience [thirty percent (30% )]

«The passing general weighted average rating shall be seventy percent (70%)
with no grade below sixty percent (60%) in any group of subjects listed above.

b) Registered Electrical Engineer ~ The applicant shall pass a written examination on
different subjects or group of subjects as follows:

1. Mathematics including algebra, trigonometry, analytic geometry, differential

calculus, integral calculus, differential equations, engineering mechanics, strength of

materials; complex numbers, probability and statistics, advanced engineering
mathematics including matrices, power series, Fourier analysis, Laplace transforms,

and others. The weight is twenty five percent (25%).

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2. Engineering sciences and allied subjects, including general chemistry, college
physics, computer fundamentals, engineering materials, fluid _ mechanics,
thermodynamics, equipment foundations, power line construction, electrical system
automation, computer applications, electrical engineering law, engineering
economics, engineering management, contracts and specifications, code of
professional ethics, Philippine Electrical Code and Intemational Standards, and
others, The weight is thirty percent (30%).
3. Electrical engineering professional subjects, including electric circuits, electronic
theory and circuits, energy conversion, power plants, substations, power transmission
and distribution, power system analysis, fault analysis, instrumentation and
measurements, circuit and line protection, control systems, electrical machines and
electrical equipment, components and devices, electric systems, electronic power
equipment and others. The weight is forty five percent (45%)
4. The examination questions on the foregoing subjects shall cover theories and
principles, and shall include questions on applications. The number of questions shall
be such that the examinations can be finished in two (2) consecutive eight-hour days.
5. The passing general weighted average rating shall be seventy percent (70%) with
no grade below sixty percent (60%) in any group of subjects listed above.

©) Registered Master Electrician ~ the applicant for Registered Master electrician shall

pass the examinations and shall comply with the requirements thereto:

1) An itemized list or any other relevant references deemed appropriate by the
Board of the specific works experienced on a particular equipment, machines, systems
or processes citing background or surrounding facts, lessons learned and the impact to
his practice as an industrial or line electrician.

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

(i) 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, and schematic diagrams.

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(ii) Philippine Electrical Code and Trade Practice: 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
hardwares 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; and general knowledge in the Philippine
Electrical Engineering Law.

(iii) The number of test questions shall be such that the examinations can be
finished in two (2) consecutive eight-hour days. The relative weights shall be forty
percent (40%) for Technical Subjects and forty percent (40%) for Philippine
Electrical Codes and Trade Practices, and 20% for Experience. The passing general
average rating shall be seventy percent (70%) with no grade below sixty percent
(60%) in any subject.

SEC. 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 PRC.

SEC. 22. Reexamination of Failed Subjects. — An applicant shall be allowed to
retake, any number of times, only on the subject/s in which the applicant has obtained a grade
below sixty percent (60%). When the applicant has obtained an average grade of seventy
percent (70%) in the subject or subjects repeated, the applicant shall be considered to have
passed the licensure examination.

SEC. 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.

SEC. 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

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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 serial 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.

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.

SEC. 25. Continuing Professional Development Program (CPD). — The CPD
guidelines shall be prescribed and promulgated by the Professional Regulation Commission
through the Board of Electrical Engineering, in collaboration with the accredited electrical
engineering association. The PRC shall incorporate in the said guidelines the creation of a
CPD council that shall be composed of officers coming from the Board, the PRC, the
integrated and accredited electrical associations and other parties as maybe provided for by
law.

SEC. 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 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. Those who have been registered with the Board but are not members of
the said organization at the time of the effectivity of this Act shall be allowed to register as
members of the said accredited organization within three (3) years after the effectivity of this
Act.

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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.

SEC. 27. Seal of Professional Electrical Engineer. — All licensed professional
electrical engineers may obtain a seal of a design prescribed by the Board bearing the
registrant's name, the certificate number and the legend “Professional Electrical Engineer.”
Plans, 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.

SEC. 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 expiry in the documents the engineer signs, uses or issues
in connection with the practice of profession.

SEC. 29. Refusal to Issue Certificates. - The Board of Electrical Engineering shall
not issue a certificate of registration to any person convicted by the court of any criminal
offense involving moral turpitude or to any person 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 PRC the issuance of the certificate of registration
to the applicant.

SEC. 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 the registrant

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from the practice of profession or to reprimand the registrant 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 suspension from the practice of profession for unprofessional or dishonorable
conduct, if:

a) Being a Professional Electrical Engineer, the registrant has signed and affixed
the registrants’ seal on any plan, design, technical report, valuation, estimate,
specification or other similar document or work not prepared by him or not executed
under his immediate supervision;

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

c) The registrant has violated any of the applicable provisions of this act.

4) 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 proprio) investigate and 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.

e) The rules and regulations of the PRC on administrative investigation shall
govern the procedure and conduct of administrative investigation before the Board.
Further, that the respondent shall have the right to a speedy and public hearing and to
confront and cross-examine witnesses against him.

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

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

‘a. Subject to the approval of the 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.

ARTICLE IV
SUNDRY PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO THE PRACTICE OF THE ELECTRICAL
ENGINEERING PROFESSION
SEC. 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 bearing his seal and
signature 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.

Further, that a Professional Electrical Engineer shall be eligible for any position that
requires a Master’s Degree holder in a government or private institution, including teaching
professional subjects in electrical engineering course whether in public or private schools.

b) Subject to the limitations as defined in this Act, a Registered Electrical
Engineer's field of practice includes the taking charge and supervision of projects execution
and installation works; operation and maintenance of electrical systems in power plants,
industrial plants, commercial buildings or complexes, watercrafts, electric locomotives, and
other electric systems; to include manufacture and repair of electrical equipment and
machines, switchboards, transformers, generators, motors, electrical apparatuses; teaching of

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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 documents issued bearing his name and signature over the 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.

©) 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 substations, 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 hardwares, 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 seven hundred fifty kilovolt-amperes (750 kVA), or in
excess 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.

SEC. 33. Prohibitions in the Practice of Electrical Engineering. —\t shall be unlawful
for any person to:

a) Practice or offer to practice electrical engineering in the Philippines without
having previously obtained a certificate of registration, professional license and a valid ID
issued by the PRC qualifying him as an Authorized Electrical Engineering Practitioner as
defined in this Act, except as provided for in Section 15 hercof,

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

c) Give false or forged evidence of any kind to the Board of Electrical Engineering
in obtaining a Certificate of Registration or Professional License;

d) — Falsely impersonate any registrant of like or different name;

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

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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 Registered Master Electrician without
holding a valid Certificate of Registration and a valid 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 Professional Electrical Engineer as defined in this Act: Provided, however,
That if the electrical work or project does not involve professional design services, signing
and sealing of electrical plans and does not exceed 5,000 kVA and 25,000 volts, the
authorized Registered Electrical Engineer may enter into a contract for installation works,
project execution or maintenance scope;

j) 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 duly authorized to practice
electrical engineering under 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;

1) 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 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

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works, projects, 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, and duly signed and sealed by a Professional Electrical Engineer;

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 authorized Professional Electrical Engineer; or an authorized Registered Electrical
Engineer with a Masteral or Doctorate Degree related to electrical engineering

p) Torender, 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) _ Torender, 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 Operator and Distribution Utilities (DU’s) or any other practitioners similarly situated.

SEC. 34. Prohibitions Relative to the Practice of Electrical Engineering. -

a) It shall be unlawful for any local government unit or agency charged with the
enforcement of laws, ordinances or regulations on public safety relating to the construction,
inspection and approval of electrical permits for buildings, or for any other purposes unless,
same office or agency has in its employ a complement of permanent and regular authorized
electrical engineering practitioners assigned in any Electrical Section or Division of said
offices;

Further, that these authorized electrical engineering practitioners under the employ of
these government offices shall be Certified Electrical System Inspectors, and Certified
Electrical Plans Examiners with official conferment by the Board of Electrical Engineering in
consultation with the PRC accredited professional organization after having passed the
examinations and other qualification requirements for specialization as recognized under this
Act.

b) It shall be unlawful and conflict of interest as an entity for any Distribution
Utilities (DU’s) that has a franchise to operate an electric distribution system to render, make

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offers, pr ls, or enter into a contract to provide electrical engineering services for any
private persons, companies, entities, clients or projects;

©) | It shall be unlawful for any owner-employer or management of power plant,
industrial or commercial establishment, watercraft, seaport, airport, whether public or
privately-owned, including but not limited to any government-owned and controlled
corporation, electrical grid operator, distribution utility and other entities to operate business
or for any other purpose unless, the entity has in its employ the complement of permanent
and regular authorized electrical engineering practitioners as defined under this Act,

4) | It shall be unlawful for any owner-employer or management of power plant,
industrial Or commercial establishment, watercraft, seaport, airport, whether public or
privately-owned, and other related entities operating businesses who have in its employ
Professional Electrical Engineers for operation and maintenance management purposes under
the scopes under this Act, to have these professional electrical engineers affix their signatures
and seals on company plans, designs and documents carrying civil liabilities for fifteen (15)
years unless he is compensated separately;

¢) | It shall be jointly unlawful for any electrical contractor and owner of buildings,
edifices, industrial plants, commercial establishments, or any electrical works or projects
under construction to proceed the implementation of said construction unless, the project has
in its employ complement of authorized electrical engineering practitioners as defined under
this Act; |

f) | It shall be unlawful for any electrical manufacturing plant to fabricate,
manufacture and market electrical products of dubious quality for and in the interest of public
use, and where safety risks to lives and properties are involved; unless such products are
certified to be safe and fit for use by a government approving agency or by government
accredited testing laboratories: Provided, further, That it is unlawful for any vendor, store or
commercial establishments to sell, market and endorse electrical products of dubious origin,
fake products, products of questionable and/or substandard quality unless, such products are
stamped approved by a government approving bureau or by government accredited testing
Inboratories or by Philippine recognized international standardization body.

SEC. 35. Minimum Personnel Required for Industrial and Commercial
Complexes. - Except as otherwise provided in this Act, every building or commercial
complex, industrial plant, factory, manufacturing plant in an industrial complex or any
electrical system or process in operation, shall have not less than the following complement

of authorized electrical engineering practitioners:


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

Provided, That every factory or manufacturing plant in this category operating in
more than one shift in every twenty-four hours, shall have one (1) Registered Master
Electrician per shift;

b) For capacities above 300 kVA up to 750 KVA — one (1) resident Registered
Master Electrician;

Provided, That every factory, building or commercial complex in this category
operating in more than one shift in every twenty-four hours, shall have at least one (1)
Registered Master Electrician per shift, and one (1) Registered Master Electrician or
Registered Electrical Engineer as Head whose scope of responsibility includes operation
and maintenance;

c) For capacities above 750 kVA up to 5,000 kVA — Two (2) resident Registered
Master Electricians, and one (1) resident Registered Electrical Engineer or Professional
Electrical Engineer:

Provided, That every factory, building or commercial complex in this category
‘operating in more than one shift every twenty-four (24) hours shall have at least two (2)
Registered Master Electricians per shift, and one (1) Registered Electrical Engineer or
Professional Electrical Engineer in-Charge as Managing Electrical Engineer whose scope
of responsibility includes over-all operation and maintenance;

d) 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:

Provided, That every factory, building or commercial complex in this category
operating in more than one shift every twenty-four (24) hours shall have at least three (3)
Registered Master Electricians, one (1) Registered Electrical Engineer per shift; and one
(1) Professional Electrical Engineer as Managing Electrical Engineer whose scope of
responsibility includes overall operation and maintenance;

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:

Provided, That every factory, building or commercial complex in this category
‘operating in more than one shift every twenty-four (24) hours shall have at least four (4)
Registered Master Electricians, two (2) Registered Electrical Engineers per shift, and one

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(1) Professional Electrical Engineer as Managing Electrical Engineer whose scope of
responsibility includes overall operation and maintenance; and

f) 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:

Provided, That every factory, building or commercial complex in this category
operating in more than one shift every twenty-four (24) hours shall have at least five (5)
Registered Master Electricians, three (3) Registered Electrical Engineers per shift, and one
(1) Professional Electrical Engineer as Managing Electrical Engineer whose scope of
responsibility includes overall operation and maintenance.

SEC. 36. Minimum Personnel Required for Electric Power Plants. — Except as
otherwise provided in this Act, any Electric Power Plant in operation shall have not less than
the following complement of resident authorized electrical engineering practitioners:

a) For every Power Plant capacities of up to 20,000 kVA in this category
operating in more than one shift every twenty-four (24) hours: at least one (1) Registered
Master Electrician, one (1) Registered Electrical Engineer as Shift 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;

b) For Power Plant capacities of above 20,000 kVA up to 60,000 kVA in this
category operating in more than one shift every twenty-four (24) hours: at least two (2)
Registered Master Electricians, one (1) Registered Electrical Engineer as Shift 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,

c) For Power Plant capacities above 60,000 kVA up to 200,000 kVA in this
category operating in more than one shift every twenty-four (24) hours: at least four (4)
Registered Master Electricians, two (2) Registered Electrical Engineers as Shift Electrical
Engineers, one (1) Professional Electrical Engineer as Head of Shift Operations per shift;
and one (1) Professional Electrical Engineer as Managing Electrical Engineer whose scope
of responsibility includes overall operation and maintenance; and

d) For Power Plant capacities above 200,000 kVA in this category operating in
more than one shift every twenty-four (24) hours: at least six (6) Registered Master
Electricians, three (3) Registered Electrical Engineers as Shift Electrical Engineers, one (1)
Professional Electrical Engineer as Head of Shift Operations per shift; and one (1)

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Professional Electrical Engineer as Managing Electrical Engineer whose scope of
responsibility includes overall operation and maintenance.

SEC. 37. Minimum Personnel Required for Power Substation of Grid and
Distribution Utilities. - Except as otherwise provided in this Act, Power Substations of Grid
and Distribution Utilities shall have not less than the following complement of resident
authorized electrical engineering practitioners:

a) 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;

b) _ 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.

c) 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.

SEC. 38. Minimum Personnel Required for Grid System Operation. — 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.

Further, that additional qualified personnel shall be employed to ensure safe operation
and safeguard public welfare, commensurate to the size and complexity of operation

SEC. 39. Minimum Personnel Required for Distribution System Operation. —
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

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Flectrical Engineer as Head or Managing Electrical Engineer for every department, division
or section as the case may be.

Further, that additional qualified personnel shall be employed to ensure safe operation
and safeguard public welfare, commensurate to the size and complexity of operation.

SEC. 40. Minimum Personnel Required in Electrical Construction Works or
Projects. — For electrical works or projects under construction the installation, erection,
wiring, in an electric system in residential, institutional, commercial and industrial buildings,
power plants, substations, shipbuilding and other electrical projects shall have the following
complement of authorized electrical engineering practitioners:

a) For electrical works or projects of 150 kVA up to 750 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 (1) Professional Electrical
Engineer as Project Manager or Consultant.

b) For electrical works or projects of over 750 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.

c) 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.

SEC. 41. Minimum Personnel Required for an Electrical Equipment
Manufacturing Plant. -

a) The minimum personnel requirement for this type of plant shall be covered
under Section 35 of this Act;

b) Provided, however, That full-time Professional Electrical Engineers shall be
mandatory for the designing section of the plant overseeing, supervising and ensuring
over the design of special equipment as transformers, motors, switchgears,
switchboards, control-gears, motor control centers, power panels and panelboards,
and the like.

SEC. 42. Minimum Personnel Required in Watercrafts and Electric Locomotives. —

Watercrafts or electric locomotives operating with installed generating capacity up to the


maximum size and voltage available for these units - shall have the following complement of
authorized electrical engineering practitioners:

a) For capacities up to 750 kVA with voltages not exceeding 600 volts — one (1)
Registered Master Electrician;

b) For capacities above 750 kVA up to 5,000 kVA ~ one (1) Registered Master
Electrician and one (1) Registered Electrical Engineer;

c) For capacities above 5,000 kVA — two (2) Registered Master Electricians and
one (1) Registered Electrical Engineer and one (1) Professional Electrical Engineer as
Head or Managing Electrical Engineer.

SEC. 43. Other Provisions for Complement of Electrical Practitioners. —

a) The case of clusters of buildings, factories or facilities, Grid or Distribution
Utilities substations or switching stations where physical presence and supervision of the
minimum personnel required is impossible for reasons of geography, distance or density of
electrical equipment, additional qualified personnel shall be employed to ensure safe
operation and maintenance of the electrical system and to safeguard public welfare, lives
and properties;

b) Provided, further, That in the case of operation, maintenance or construction

projects:

1)A_ Registered Master Electrician can technically supervise the activities of
fellow Registered Master Electrician or non-licensed personnel but assumes the full
responsibilities and accountabilities as to the scope and limitations mandated in this
Act,

2) A Registered Electrical Engineer can technically supervise fellow Registered
Electrical Engineers, Registered Master Electricians or non-licensed personnel but
assumes the full responsibilities and accountabilities as to the scope and limitations
mandated in this Act,

3) A. Professional Electrical Engineer can technically supervise fellow
Professional Electrical Engineers, Registered Electrical Engineers, Registered
Master Electricians or non-licensed personnel but assumes the full responsibilities
and accountabilities as to the scope and limitations mandated in this Act.

c) This section on required minimum personnel, shall not apply to any
installation which has a connected capacity of less than 150 kVA and employs voltages of
not more than two hundred fifty volts (250 V) and for installations that do not require
resident personnel for their safe operation: Provided, however, That for every change,

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alteration, revision, addition, and ‘as-built plans’ of any parts of the electrical system, the
plans and designs shall bear the signature and seal of an authorized Professional Electrical
Engineer: Provided, further, that a yearly assessment will be conducted and certified to be
ina safe operating condition by a Professional Electrical Engineer, a Registered Electrical
Engineer or a Registered Master Electrician.

SEC. 44. Preparation of Plans, Supervision of Projects and Application of the
Philippine Electrical Code. — \t 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.

SEC. 45. Practice Not Allowed for Firms and Corporations. - The practice of
electrical engineering is a professional service admission to which is based on individual and
personal qualifications. Hence, no firm or corporation shall be registered or licensed as such
for the practice of electrical engineering.

However, persons properly authorized in this Act as electrical engineering
practitioners may, among themselves, form a partnership or corporation and collectively
render electrical engineering service. Individual members of such partnerships or
corporations responsible for specific projects or activities shall be responsible for their own
respective acts as practicing electrical engineers as provided in this Act.

Provided, that the Board of Directors or Officers of such partnership or corporation
shall be consisting of at least sixty percent (60%) authorized electrical engincering
practitioners of any grade and shall have at least one (1) Professional Electrical Engineer
among the firm’s officers as active and full-time managing partner or director of the firm.

Provided, further, that for multi-disciplinary corporations, wherein part of the scope is
electrical engineering, this Act requires at least one (1) authorized Professional Electrical
Engineer sitting as director and as active and full-time managing partner of the firm
responsible for the over-all electrical engineering scope.

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Provided, finally, 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.

SEC. 46. Posting of Certificate of Compliance — The owner, manager or the person in
charge of an electric plant, industrial plant or factory, electrical fabrication or manufacturing
plant, commercial establishment, institutional building, or structure building under
construction, watercraft, or electric locomotive and others shall post or cause to be posted in a
conspicuous place within such plant, establishment, buildings, and construction areas the
certificate of compliance issued by PRC in a frame protected by transparent glass or
equivalent suited for the purpose.

SEC. 47. Certificate of Specialty. -

a) The PRC, through the Board of Electrical Engineering, shall institute the creation
of an Electrical Specialty Council that shall be composed of a member coming
from the Board of Electrical Engineering and four (4) members from the PRC-
accredited electrical organization who as a collegial body establishes the specific
fields of specialization and issue guidelines for the issuance of these Specialty
Certificates.

b)

The Electrical Specialty Council shall endorse to PRC the issuance of certificate
of specialty to Professional Electrical Engineers who have been screened, selected
and recommended for having demonstrated their training, competence, specialized
knowledge and outstanding experience in specific fields of expertise
©) The PRC shall issue the certificate of Specialty upon recommendation from
the Electrical Specialty Council to Licensed Electrical Practitioners who have been trained,
screened, have passed the written and oral examinations by the PRC accredited electrical
engineering organization, and who have been declared as qualified for conferment as:
1 Certified Electrical System Inspector; and
2. Certified Electrical Plans Examiner.
SEC. 48. Enforcement of the Act by Officers of the Law. ~ The Professional Regulation
Commission shall be the enforcement agency of the Board. As such, the Commission shall
implement the concerned provisions of this Act, enforce its implementing rules and
regulations as adopted by the Board, conduct investigations on complaints including
violations of the Code of Conduct of the profession and prosecute when so warranted. It shall
be the duty of all duly constituted authorities through the officers of the law of the national
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government, or any provincial, city, or municipal government or any political subdivision
thereof, to enforce the provisions of this Act and to prosecute any person violating the same.

SEC. 49, Penalty Clause. — In addition to the administrative sanctions imposed under
this Act:

a) Any person whether private or public, 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 Fifty Thousand Pesos (P 50,000.00) nor
more than Three Hundred Thousand Pesos (P 300,000.00) or imprisonment for a period
not less than three (3) years nor more than six (6) years or both at the discretion of the
court.

b) Any person in the roster of licensed electrical practitioners of the PRC who
shall violate any of the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of misdemeanor and shall
upon conviction, be removed from the Registry, the licensed revoked and shall be
sentenced to a fine of not less than Five Thousand Pesos (P 5,000.00) nor more than
Thirty Thousand Pesos (P 30,000.00) or imprisonment for a period not less than six (6)
months nor more than three (3) years or both at the discretion of the court.

c) Any government agency or private firm or institution who violates under this
Act shall be punished by a fine of not less than Fifty Thousand Pesos (P50,000.00) nor
more than Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (P500,000.00) at the discretion of the court.

d) The PRC through the Board, shall impose a minimum fine of One Hundred
Thousand Pesos (P 100,000.00) annually to any government office or agency, private
company, establishment, operator who deliberately and repetitively violates the
provisions of this Act until such time that the Act have been complied with: Provided,
‘That for purposes of the application of the fines, the Board shall prepare a system of
penalties based on the violator’s ability to pay, degree of willfulness, degree of
negligence, history of non-compliance and degree of recalcitrance: Provided, further,
That in the case of negligence with mitigating circumstances, the first time offender, to
the discretion of the Board, may only be imposed a stern warning.

ARTICLE V
TRANSITORY PROVISIONS
SEC. 50. 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 have been appointed by the President of the
Republic.
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SEC. 51. Transitory Provision for Complement of Electrical Engineers. — The Board
may allow retainership under rules and limitations the Board may establish as a response to
any shortage of authorized electrical practitioners in compliance to the provisions on the
required minimum engineering complement for establishments under this Act, until such
proper time, at the discretion of the Board, that this transitory provision may be lifted.

SEC. 52. Deletion from the Rosters of Electrical Engineers under the Old Law. —
Associate Electrical Engineers, Assistant Electrical Engineers and Master Electricians with
certificates of registration under Republic Act No. 184 who have not renewed their
certificates of registration under Republic Act No. 7920 shall be deleted from the roster of
electrical engineers and master electricians and shall be barred from practicing any form of
electrical engineering.

ARTICLE VI
FINAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 53. Implementing Rules and Regulations, — The Board shall formulate and issue
the implementing rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 53. 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.

SEC. 55. 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.

SEC. 56. 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.

SEC. 57. Effectivity Clause. — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in the Official Gazette or in a national newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,

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