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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS

Second Regular Session
House Bill No,_ 8785

Introduced by
Representative Presley C. De Jesus, Philreca Party-List
Representative Sergio C. Dagooc, APEC Party-List
Representative Adriano A. Ebeas, Ako Padayon Pilipino Party-List
Representative Godofredo N. Guya, RECOBODA Party-List

EXPLANATORY NOTE

One of the salient roles of law is to be a harbinger of ever-changing demands
brought by swift changes in a society. In this case, RA 7920, which regulates the field
of Electric Engineering for the past 25 years, have seen to be outpaced by exponential
modernization. The industry of electrical engineering has expanded and became more
competitive. Thus, a revision of its regulatory law must also be updated in concurrence
with the exigency of times.

This bill seeks to revise the said law with the following salient features:

1. Uplifting the proficiency and quality of the field of electrical engineering as part
of the State policy;

2. Wider definition of terms used a reference for regulating the practice of the
electrical profession;

3. Additional substantive provisions for the field of practice for responsible
character of electrical practitioners;

4. A clear mandate on who are authorized to practice electrical technology and
electrical engineering profession;

5. Setting minimum requirements on who are authorized to teach EE courses in
Colleges and Universities; and

6. Increasing the employment base amongst licensed electrical practitioners by
setting a number of mandated licensed practitioners in the power plants,
industrial plants, distribution systems, etc.

‘These are few out of many salient provisions that are enclosed in this proposed
measure to ensure that the future pool of electrical practitioners is of the highest


standards demanded in the increasingly competitive field, and correspondingly, to
ensure the quality and safety standards of the entire industry.

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

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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

House Bill No. 8785

Introduced by
Representative Presley C. De Jesus, Philreca Party-List
Representative Sergio C. Dagooe, APEC Party-List
Representative Adriano A. Ebcas, Ako Padayon Pilipino Party-List
Representative Godofredo N. Guya, RECOBODA Party-List

AN ACT
STRENGTHENING THE PRACTICE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING IN
THE PHILIPPINES AND INSTITUTING FOR THE PURPOSE 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:
ARTICLET
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
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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:

) 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,

Gi) 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,

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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 electrical 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 roboties,
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 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;

£) 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, electrie 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:

@_ 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;

Gi) Hlectrical 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;


ii) 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 machineries 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, 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
cover 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,

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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,

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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;

j) 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 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;

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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;

0) 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 plants 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;

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;

+) 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;

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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 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
palance, load flow transactions, load scheduling and power delivery;

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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;

cc) 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;

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

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

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

i) 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;

7) 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

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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.

I) 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;

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

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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;

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

1) 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 that maintains, enhances, or increases the knowledge and continuing ability
of electrical engineers;

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ARTICLE IL
BOARD OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

SEC. 4. Composition of the Board. —The Board of Flectrical 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 four (4)
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. Provided, That there
shall be at least one (1) representative from the Electric Distribution Utilities (DUs).

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;

a) 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;

©) _ Register successful applicants for professional electrical engineers and
applicants who have passed the licensure examinations for registered electrical

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engineers or registered master electricians and issue the corresponding certificates of
registration and professional licenses;

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

g) 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
funetion;

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

i) _ Investigate violations of the Act and the rules and regulations, code of
ethics, administrative policies, orders and issuances promulgated by the Board. The
rules on administrative investigation promulgated by the 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;

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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;

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;

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

Pp) 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;

@ __ 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;

t) Prescribe programs, guidelines and criteria on the Continuing
Professional Development program (CPD) for professional electrical engineers,
registered clectrical engineers and registered master clectricians 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

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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) Beanatural-born Filipino citizen and a resident of the Philippines for at
least ten (10) consecutive years;

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;

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

d) Beaholder 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;

e) Be a 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 Jess than fifteen
(15) years prior to his appointment, with a sworn 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

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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 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.

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ARTICLE II
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;

b) Registered Electrical Engineer;

) 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

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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 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 clectrical
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}

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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 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) Isa citizen of the Philippines;

b) Is of legal age;

©)Is of good reputation with high moral values;

4) 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;

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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 a citizen of the Philippines;

b)Is of legal age;

¢) 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:

a) Isa citizen of the Philippines;

b) Is of legal age;

©) Is of good reputation with high moral values;

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

turpitude;

e) Has satisfied any of the following conditions:

2» 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;

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2) Has completed at least four (4) years of a five-year Bachelor of Science in
Electrical Engineering (BSEE) 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;

4) 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;

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

Provided, however, that the applicant has a specific track record of at least

seven (7) years of experience in electrical wiring and equipment installation,

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

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 —
@ — Anitemized list or any other relevant references deemed appropriate by
the Board of the specific works experienced on a particular equipment, machines,

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systems or processes citing background and surrounding facts, lessons learned and
the impact to his practice as a professional;

Gi 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;

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

@ The applicant must obtain passing marks prescribed by the Board,
Provided, That the prescribed passing rate must be is in accordance with
internationally accepted standards.

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.
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 International
Standards, and others.
3. Electrical engineering professional subjects, including electric circuits,
electronic theory and circuits, energy conversion, power plants, substations,

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power transmission and distribution, power system analysis, fault analysis,
instrumentation and measurements, circuit and line protection, control
systems, clectrical machines and electrical equipment, components and
devices, electric systems, electronic power equipment and others.

4. The applicant must obtain passing marks prescribed by the the Board,
Provided, That the prescribed passing rate must be is in accordance with
internationally accepted standards.

c) 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:

(@ 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.

(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;

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principles and practices in operation and maintenance of electrical
equipment such as power cireuit 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 applicant must obtain passing marks prescribed by the the Board,
Provided, That the prescribed passing rate must be is in accordance with
internationally accepted standards.

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. 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. 23. Issuance of Certificates of Registration and Professional
Identifications. — The registration of a professional electrical engineer, registered
electrical engineer and registered master electrician commences from the date the
name of the professional is entered in the roll of registrants or licensees for the
profession, Every registrant who has satisfactorily met all the requirements specified
in this Act, upon payment of the registration fee, shall be issued a certificate of
registration and a professional identification card as a Professional Electrical
Engineer, a Registered Electrical Engineer or a Registered Master Electrician that
shows the full name of the registrant and with 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

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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. 24. 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. 25. 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.

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. 26. 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

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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. 27. 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, 28. 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. 29. 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 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:

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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,

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

d) 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
tothe Court of Appeals in accordance with the procedure provided under the Rules
of Court.

SEC. 30. 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. Anew certificate of registration to replace any certificate that has been lost,
destroyed or mutilated may be issued, subject to the rules of the Board.

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ARTICLE IV
SUNDRY PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO THE PRACTICE OF THE
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING PROFESSION

SEC. 31. 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 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 electrical engineering subjects and allied sciences;
and the sale and distribution of electrical equipment requiring engineering
calculations or application of engineering data.

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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. The registered
Electrical Engineer, with at least five (5) years electric design experience, shall be
allowed to sign and seal electrical plans with the main circuit breaker up 60
Amperesand 600 Volts. Provided, That the said Registered Electrical Engineer is
certified and accredited by the Board of Electrical Engineering.

13) 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 af 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. The registered
master electricians, with at least seven (7) years electric design experience, shall be
allowed to sign and seal all single-phase electrical plans with a main circuit breaker
rating of Thirty (30) Amperes and voltage level of Four hundred and forty (440) Volts.
Provided, That the said Registered Master Electrician is duly certified and accredited
by the Board of Electrical Engineering.

SEC. 32. Prohibitions in the Practice of Electrical Engineering. — It
shall be unlawful for any person to:

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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 hereof;

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;

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

f) Use, in connection with the registrant’s name or otherwise assume, use or
advertise any title or description tending to convey the impression that he is a
Professional Electrical Engineer, Registered Electrical Engineer or 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;

hh) 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

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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 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

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

q) To render, make offers or proposals, or enter into a contract to provide
electrical engineering services for any private persons, entities, clients or projects,
whether in personal capacities for any electrical engineering practitioner who is an

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officer or employee of the Grid Operator and Distribution Utilities (DU’s) or any other
practitioners similarly situated.

SEC. 33. 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) Itshall 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 offers, proposals, 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;

@) 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

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documents carrying civil liabilities for fifteen (15) years unless he is compensated
separately;

e) 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 laboratories or by Philippine
recognized international standardization body.

SEC. 34. 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
(a) 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;

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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;

@ 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 (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.

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SEC. 35. Minimum Personnel Required for Electrie Power Plants. —
Except as otherwise provided in this Act, any Electric Power Plant in operation shall
have not Jess 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;

©) 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

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

SEC. 36. 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:

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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
(a) 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.

©) 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. 37. 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. 38. 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 Electrical Engineer as Head or Managing
Electrical Engineer for every department, division or section as the case may be.

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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 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. 40. 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. 41. Minimum Personnel Required in Watercrafts and Electric
Locomotives. — Watercrafts or electric locomotives operating with installed

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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;

) 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. 42. 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.
©) This section on required minimum personnel, shall not apply to any

installation which has a connected capacity of less than 150 kVA and employs

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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, 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 in a safe operating condition by a
Professional Electrical Engineer, a Registered Electrical Engineer or a Registered
Master Electrician.

SEC. 43. Preparation of Plans, Supervision of Projects and
Application of the Philippine Electrical Code. — It shall be unlawful for any
person not authorized under this Act to prepare plans, designs, valuations or
Specifications for any electrical wiring, equipment or system; and no installation
thereof shall be undertaken unless the plans, designs, valuations and specifications
have been prepared by or under the responsible charge of, and signed and sealed by a
Professional Electrical Engineer; and a construction permit for the execution thereof
is first secured; and unless the work is done in accordance with the Philippine
Electrical Code and other Philippine-recognized International Standards and is
executed under the responsible charge or supervision of a Professional Electrical
Engineer, a Registered Electrical Engineer, or a Registered Master Electrician as the
case may be, and the routinary fiscal, ministerial and technical requirements of the
government agency, if any, exercising jurisdiction over the particular installation have
been complied with.

SEC. 44. 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

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engineering 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
scopeis 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.

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. 45- 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 PRCin a frame protected by transparent glass or equivalent suited for the purpose.

SEC. 46. 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

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accredited electrical engineering organization, and who have been declared as

qualified for conferment as:
L Certified Electrical System Inspector; and
2. Certified Electrical Plans Examiner.

SEC. 47. 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 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. 48. 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
Jess than six (6) months nor more than three (3) years or both at the discretion of
the court.

©) Anygovernment 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.

ad 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

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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. 49. 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.

SEC. 50. 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. 51. 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. 52. 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.

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SEC. 54. 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.55.  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. 56. —_Efectivity 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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