Republic of the Philippines

Congress of the Philippines

Metro Manila

Tenth Congress

Fourth Special Session

Begun and held in Metro Manila on Wednesday, the eleventh day of February, Nineteen hundred and ninety-eight

(REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8559)

AN ACT REGULATING THE PRACTICE OF

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING IN THE PHILIPPINES

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives

Of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

ARTICLE I

TITLE AND STATEMENT OF POLICY

SECTION 1. Title The Act shall be known as the Philippine Agricultural Engineering Act of 1998.

SECTION 2. Statement of Policy It is hereby declared a policy of the State of promote and upgrade the practice of
agricultural engineering profession in the Philippines by instituting measures that will result in relevant agricultural
engineering education and better career prospects for professional agricultural engineers.

Likewise, the State hereby guarantees the delivery of basic and technical services to accelerate agricultural modernization
through adequate and well-professional agricultural engineers throughout the country.

ARTICLE II

DEFINITION OF TERMS

SEC. 3. Definition of Terms As used in this Act, the following terms shall mean:

a. Practice of agricultural engineering shall refer to the profession requiring the application of the fundamental and known
principles of engineering to the peculiar condition and requirements of agriculture as an industry and as a field of science,
and shall include, but not limited to the following:
b.
1. Consultation, valuation, investigation and management services on agricultural engineering.

2. Management or supervision and the preparation of engineering designs, plans, specifications, project studies and
estimates for agricultural, aquaculture and fishery, and forest product machinery, agricultural buildings and
agricultural processing equipment, irrigation and soil conservation systems and facilities agricultural waste
utilization systems and facilities.

3. Conducting research and development, training and extension work, and consultancy services on agricultural
engineering facilities services, system and facilities.

4. Testing, evaluation and inspection of agricultural, fishery and forest product machinery and other related agricultural
engineering facilities and equipment.

5. Management, manufacturing and/ or marketing of agricultural machinery and other related agricultural engineering
facilities and equipment.

6. Teaching agricultural engineering subjects in institution of learning in the Philippines.

7. Employment with the government provided such item or position requires the knowledge and expertise of an
agricultural engineer.

c. Agricultural engineer An agricultural engineer is natural person who has been issued a certificate of registration by the
Board of Agricultural Engineering and has taken the oath of profession of agricultural engineers
 ARTICLE III

BOARD OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING

SEC. 4. Creation and Composition of the Board There is hereby created a Board of Agricultural Engineering hereinafter
called the Board to be composed of a chairman and two (2) members to be appointed by the President of the Philippines from a
list of three (3) recommendees for each position, chosen and ranked in the order of preference and submitted by the duly
accredited association of agricultural engineers in the Philippines.

The Board shall be organized not later than six (6) months from the effectivity of this Act.

SEC. 5. Qualifications of Members of the Board A member of the Board shall, at the time of their appointment, process
the following qualifications:

a. Must be a natural-born citizen and resident of the Philippines;

b. Must be at least thirty-five years of age;

c. Must be a holder of Bachelors Degree in Agricultural Engineering or its equivalent, conferred by a school academy,
college or university in the Philippines or abroad that is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED);

d. A registered agricultural engineer with a valid professional license and an active practitioner for not less than ten (10)
years prior to his appointment.

e. Must not, for a period of three (3) consecutive years prior to the appointment, be a member of the faculty of directly or
indirectly, in any school, academy, institute, college of university where a regular course in agricultural engineering is
being taught, nor have any pecuniary interest in or administrative supervision over any such institutions of learning.

f. Must not, for a period of three (3) consecutive years prior to the appointment, be connected with a review center or any
group or association where review classes or lectures in preparation for the licensure examination are offered or conducted
at the time of appointment; and

g. Has never been convicted of any offense involving moral turpitude.

SEC. 6. Term of Office The members of the Board shall hold office for a term of three (3) years and until their
successors shall have appointed and qualified. Of the members first appointed under this Act, one (1) member shall be
appointed and hold office for three (3) years; one (1) member for two (2) years; and one (1) member for one (1) year.

The chairman or a member of the Board may be reappointed for another term but in no case shall be serve continuously for
more than six (6) years. Each member of the Board shall qualify by taking the proper oath of office prior to entering upon the
performance of duty.

SEC 7. Compensation and allowances of the Board The chairman and members of the Board shall receive compensation
and allowances being received by the chairmen and members of existing regulatory boards with the Professional Regulation
Commission, hereinafter referred to as the Commission as provided for the General Appropriation Act.

SEC. 8. Vacancy and Removal of Board Members Any vacancy occurring in the Board within the term of a member shall
be filled for the unexpired portion of the term only.

The President may remove any member of the Board on the following grounds:

a. Neglect of duty;
b. Violation ( tolerance of the violation of this Act or the Code of Ethics for agricultural engineering.
c. Final judgement of crimes involving moral turpitude.

The member concerned shall be given due notice and hearing where his right to be heard and to defend himself,
assisted by counsel, shall be respected in the proper administrative investigation.

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

a. To promulgate and adopt the rules and regulations necessary for carrying out the provisions of this Act;

b. To supervise the registration, licensure and practice of professional agricultural engineers in the Philippines;

c. To administer oaths of successful examinees entering the practice of agricultural engineering;

d. To issue the certificate of registration to successful examinees;

 e. To issue , suspend or revoke the license for the practice of agricultural engineering profession;

f. To adopt an official seal of the Board;

g. To look into the conditions affecting the practice of the agricultural engineering profession and whenever
necessary; adopt such measures as may be deemed proper for the enhancement and maintenance of high
professional and ethical standards of the profession;

h. To prescribe and/or adopt a Code Ethical and Professional Standards for the practice of agricultural
engineering profession;

i. To hear and try administrative cases involving violations of this Act, its implementing rules and regulations,
the Code of Ethics for Professional Agricultural Engineers and for this purpose, to issue subpoema and
subpoena duces tecum to secure the appearance of witness and the production of documents in connection
therewith.

j. Prescribe guidelines with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) program in coordination with the
accredited association for professional agricultural engineers.

k. To insure, in coordination with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), that all educational
institutions offering agricultural engineering education comply with the policies, standards and requirements
of the course prescribed by CHED in the areas of curriculum, faculty, library and facilities.

l. To discharge such other duties and functions may be deemed necessary for the enhancement of the
agricultural engineering profession and the upgrading, development and growth of agricultural engineering
education in the Philippines;

m. To prepare adopt, issue or amend the syllabi of the subjects for examinations;

n. To approve, issue, limit or revoke temporary license to practice agricultural engineering.

All policies, resolutions, rules and regulations of the Board shall be subjected to the review and approval of the
Commission.

SEC. 10. Supervision of the Board, Custodian of its Records, Secretariat and Support Services The board shall be under
the administrative supervision of the Commission. All records of the Board, including applications for examination,
examination papers and results minutes of deliberation, administrative cases and other investigations involving agricultural
engineers shall be kept by the Commission.

The Commission shall designate the Secretary of the Board and shall provide the secretariat and other support services to
implement the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 11. Annual Report The Board shall, at the close of each calendar year, submit an annual report to the President
through the Professional Regulation Commission giving a detailed account of its proceedings and accomplishments during the
year and making recommendations for the adoption of measures that will upgrade and improve the conditions affecting the
practice of agricultural engineering in the Philippines.

ARTICLE IV

EXAMINATION, REGISTRATION AND LICENSE

SEC. 12. Examination Required All applicants for registration for the practice of agricultural engineering shall be required
to undergo and pass a written technical examination as provided for in this Act.

SEC. 13. Qualification of an Applicant for Examinations Every applicant for the examination for agricultural engineers
shall establish the following:

a. Be a citizen of the Philippines;

b. Be a graduate of Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering or its equivalent in a school academy, institute,
college or university duly recognized by the CHED.

SEC. 14. Fraudulent Application The Board may suspend or revoke any certificate of registration obtained
through misrepresentation made in the application for examination.

SEC. 15. Scope of Examination The examination for agricultural engineering shall basically cover the following subjects:

1. Agricultural mechanization, power, machinery and equipment.

2. Soil and water conservation irrigation and drainage; and

3. Rural electrification, agricultural processing and agricultural structures.

The said subjects and their syllabi may be amended by the Board so as to conform to technological changes brought
about by continuing trends in the profession.

SEC. 16. Rating in the Board Examinations To be qualified as having passed the Board examination for agricultural
engineers, a candidate must obtain a weighted general average of seventy percent (70%), with no grades lower than fifty-five
percent (55%) in any given subject. However, an examinee who obtains a weighted general average rating of seventy percent
(70%) or higher but obtains a rating below fifty-five percent (55%) in any given subject must take the examination in the
subject or subjects where he obtained a grade below fifty-five percent (55%).

SEC. 17. Report of Ratings The Board shall submit to the Commission the ratings obtained by each candidate within
twenty (20) days after the examination, unless extended for just cause. Upon the release of the results of the examination, the
Board shall send by mail the rating received by each examinee at his given address using the mailing envelope submitted
during the examination.

SEC. 18. Reexamination An applicant who fails to pass the examination for the third shall be allowed to take another
examination only after the lapse of one (1) year.

SEC. 19. Oath All successful candidates in the examination shall be required to take their oath before the Board or any
government official authorized to administer oaths, prior to entering upon the practice of the agricultural engineering
profession.

SEC. 20. Certificate of Registration and Professional License A certificate of registration shall be issued to applicants who
pass the examination for agricultural engineers subject to payment of registration fees.

The certificate of registration of a professional agricultural engineer shall bear the signatures of the chairman of the Board and
the chairman of the Professional Regulation Commission and stamped with the official seal of the Board indicating that the
person named therein is a registered agricultural engineer.
A professional license bearing the registration number, date of issue, expiry date, and duly signed by the chairman of the
Board, shall likewise be issued to every registrant upon payment of the professional fee. No person shall practice agricultural
engineering in this country unless such person has secured a license to practice agricultural engineering in the manner herein
provided. A license is entitled to practice the profession with all the privileges appurtenant thereto until the expiration of the
validity of his license.

SEC. 21. Seal and Use of Seal -

a. Each registrant shall, upon registration, obtain the seal of such design as the Board of Agricultural Engineering may
adopt. Plans and specifications prepared by or under the direct supervision of a registered agricultural engineer, shall
be stamped with the said seal during the validity of the professional license. No person shall stamp or seal any
document with the seal of registrant after his professional license has expired or lost its validity unless he has been
reinstated to the practice and/or unless his license has been renewed.

b. No officer or employee of the government, chartered cities, provinces and municipalities now or hereafter charged
with the enforcement of laws, ordinances or regulations relating to the construction or alteration of agricultural
structures, machineries and equipment, processes and system shall accept or endorse any plans or specifications which
have not been prepared and submitted in full accord with the provisions of this Act, nor shall payment be approved by
any such officer for any work, the plans and specifications of which have not been so prepared, signed and sealed by
a duly registered agricultural engineer.

c. No agricultural engineer shall sign his name, affix his seal or use any other method of signature of plans,
specifications or other documents made or under another agricultural engineers supervision unless the same is made
in such manner as to clearly indicate the part of such work actually performed by him, and no person, except the
agricultural engineer in charge shall sign for any branch of the work or any function of agricultural engineering
practice not actually performed by him. The agricultural engineer in charge shall be fully responsible for all plans,
specifications and other documents issued under his seal or authorized signature.

d. Drawings and specifications duly signed, stamped or sealed as instruments of service are the property and documents
of the agricultural engineer, whether the projects for which they were made is executed or not. No person without the
written consent of the agricultural engineer or author or said documents, shall duplicate or make copies of said
documents for use in the repetition of and for other projects or building whether executed partly or in whole.

e. All drawings, specifications and other documents to be used for the design, construction, test and evaluation of
agricultural structures, machineries, equipment, processes and systems shall be signed and sealed by a licensed
agricultural engineer.

Violation of any of the foregoing shall be ground for administrative and/or criminal action.
SEC. 22. Indication of License and Professional Tax Receipt The agricultural engineer shall be required to indicate his
Professional License Number, the duration and validity, including the professional tax receipt number on the documents he
signs, uses or issues in connection with the practice of his profession.

SEC 23. Grounds for Suspension and Revocation of License, Cancellation of Temporary/ Special Permit The Board shall
have the power, upon due notice and hearing to revoke or suspend the license of an agricultural engineer, or to cancel a
temporary/special permit for any cause specified in the preceding sections including, but not limited to the use or perpetuation
of any fraud or deceit in obtaining a certificate of registration or for incompetence, negligence or for abetting the illegal
practice of agricultural engineering, violation of the provisions of this Act. its implementing rules and regulations and/ or
violations of the policies of the Board including the Code of Ethics and Professional Standards for agricultural engineers:
Provided, however, that such action of the Board shall be subject to appeal to the Commission within fifteen (15) days from
written notice.

ARTICLE V

PRACTICE OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING

SEC. 24. Vested Rights: Automatic Registration of Practicing Agricultural Engineers All practicing agricultural engineers
who are registered at the time this Act takes effect, shall automatically be registered.

SEC. 25. Practice Not Allowed for Firms and Corporations The practice of agricultural engineering is a professional
service, admission to which shall be determined upon the basis of an individuals personal qualifications.

No firm, company, partnership, association or corporation may be registered or licensed as such for the practice of agricultural
engineering. Provided however, that persons properly registered and licensed as agricultural engineer may among themselves
or with a person or persons properly registered and licensed as an agricultural engineer may form or obtain registration with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of a firm, partnership or association using the term Agricultural Engineers. But
nobody shall be a member, partner or association unless he is duly registered and licensed agricultural engineer.

SEC. 26. Integration of Agricultural Engineers The agricultural engineering professional shall be integrated into one (1)
national organization which shall be recognized by the Board and by the Commission as the one and only integrated and
accredited association of agricultural engineers. An agricultural engineer duly registered with the Board shall automatically
become a member of the integrated and accredited association of agricultural engineers, and shall receive the benefits and
privileges appurtenant thereto upon payment of the required fees and dues. Membership in the integrated and accredited shall
not be a bar membership in other associations of agricultural engineers.

SEC. 27. Foreign Reciprocity No foreign agricultural engineer shall be issued a temporary license to practice the
agricultural engineering profession or consultancy thereof or be entitled to any of the rights and privileges under this Act unless
the country of which he is a subject or citizen specifically permits Filipino agricultural engineers to practice within its
territorial limits on the same basis as the subjects or citizens of such foreign state or country.

SEC. 28. Funding 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.

SEC. 29. Implementing Rules and Regulations Subject to the approval of the Commission, the Board shall adopt and
promulgate such rules and regulations, including the Code of Ethics and Professional Standards for Agricultural Engineers, to
carry out the provisions of this Act, which shall be effective after thirty (30) days following its publication in the Official
Gazette or in a major days newspaper of general circulation.

SEC. 30. Enforcement The professional Regulation Commission shall be the enforcement agency of the Board. As such the
Commission shall implement the concerned provision of this Act, enforce its implementing rules and regulations as adopted by
the Board conduct investigations on complaints including violations of the Code of Ethics and Professional Standards of the
profession and persecute when so warranted.

SEC. 31. Transitory Provision The existing Board of agricultural engineering shall continue to function in the interim such
time the new Board shall be constituted pursuant to this Act.

SEC. 32. Penalties In addition to the administrative sanctions imposed under this Act, any person who violates any of the
provisions of this Act shall, upon conviction, be penalized by a fine not less than fifty thousand pesos (P50,000.00) nor more
than two hundred thousand pesos (P200,000.00), or imprisonment of not less than six (6) months nor more than three (3) years,
or both fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the count.

SEC. 33. Separability Clause If any clause, provision, paragraph or part hereof shall be declared unconstitutional or invalid,
such judgement shall not effect, invalidate or impair any other part hereof; but such judgement shall be merely confined to the
clause, provisions, paragraph or part directly involved in the controversy in which such judgement has been rendered.

SEC 34. Effectivity This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following its publication in the Official Gazette or in a major
daily newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines, whichever comes first.
Approved:

(Sgd.) Neptali A. Gonzales

President of the Senate

(Sgd.) Jose De Venecia Jr.

Speaker of the House of Representatives

This act which is a consolidation of House Bill No. 10465 and Senate Bill No. 2393 was finally passed by the House of
Representatives and the Senate on February 13, 1998.

(Sgd.) Hezel P. Gacutan

Secretary of the Senate

(Sgd.) Roberto P. Nazareno

Secretary General
House of Representatives

Approved February 26, 1998

(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS

President of the Philippines

Republic of the Philippines

Congress of the Philippines
Metro Manila

BOARD OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING

Resolution No. 01
Series of 1998

RULES AND REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8559

Pursuant to Section 29, Article V of Republic Act No. 8559, otherwise known as the Philippine Agricultural Engineering Act
of 1998, the following rules and regulations is hereby adopted and promulgated to carry out the provisions of the Act.

ARTICLE I

TITLE, PURPOSES AND DEFINITION OF TERMS

SECTION 1. Title. This Resolution shall be known as the Rules and Regulations Implementing the Philippine
Agricultural Engineering Act of 1998.

SEC. 2. Purpose This Rules and Regulations is formulated and adopted to prescribe the procedures in carrying out the
provisions of R.A. No.8559 and:

a. To ensure an efficient administration of and a reliable and honest licensure examination for the registration of
agricultural engineers;

b. To effectively supervise and regular the practice of the agricultural engineering profession and;

c. To ensure, in coordination with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), that all institutions offering agricultural
engineers agricultural engineering education comply with the policies, standards and requirements of the course
prescribed by the CHED in the areas of curriculum, faculty, library and facilities.

SEC. 3. Definition of Terms Unless otherwise provided, the following terms shall mean:

a. Commission shall mean the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) created under P.D. No. 223, as amended.

b. Commissioner shall mean Chairman of the Professional Regulation Commission

c. Board shall mean the board of Agricultural Engineers

d. Practice of Agricultural Engineering shall refer to the application of the fundamental and known principles of
engineering to the peculiar condition and requirements of agriculture as an industry and as a field of science and shall
include, but not limited to the following:

1. Consultation, valuation, investigation, and management services on agricultural engineering.

2. Preparation of engineering designs, plans, specifications, project studies and estimates, and the supervision and other
management services on the construction, installation, operation and maintenance of agricultural, aquaculture and
fishery, and forest product machinery, agricultural buildings and structures, farm electrification and energy systems,
agricultural processing equipment, irrigation and soil conservation systems and facilities, and other agricultural
engineering facilities/ services, systems and technologies.

3. Conducting research and development, training and extension work, consultancy services on agricultural engineering
facilities services, system and technologies.

4. Testing, evaluation and inspection of agricultural, fishery and forest product machinery and other related agricultural
engineering facilities and equipment;

5. Management, manufacturing and/ or marketing of agricultural machinery an other related agricultural engineering
facilities, equipment, services systems and technologies;

6. Teaching agricultural engineering subjects in institutions of learning in the Philippines accredited by the
Commission on Higher Education.

7. Employment with the government provided such item or position requires the knowledge and expertise of an
agricultural engineer. Such item or position may include but not limited to Science Research Specialist. Planning
Officer, Project Development Officer, Manager and Director in accordance with the prescribed qualification
standards.

e. Agricultural Engineer License shall refer to the professional license issued by the Commission

f. Certificate of Registration shall refer to the certificate issued by the Board after passing the required examination and
upon completion of all requirement prescribed by the said Board

g. Syllabus shall refer to a table of specification containing the contents, systematically arranged by topics and subtopics, of
the subjects in the curriculum of the course to be covered in the Licensure Examination for Agricultural Engineers

h. Licensure Examination for Agricultural Engineers shall refer to the examination required to be taken and passed for
registration as Agricultural Engineer

i. Integration shall mean the unification or consolidation of existing organizations of Agricultural Engineers into one
national organization which shall be recognized by the Board and the Commission as the only integrated and accredited
association of Agricultural Engineers

j. Agricultural Engineer shall refer to a natural person who has been issued a certificate of registration by the Board of
Agricultural Engineers and has taken the oath of profession of Agricultural Engineers.

k. Agricultural Engineering Facilities, Services, System and Technologies shall refer to: (1) agricultural machinery,
equipment and power unit; (2) agricultural buildings and structures, (3) agricultural electrification and energy; (4)
agricultural processing and food engineering; (5) soil and water conservation, (6) irrigation and drainage and water
resources management; (7) agricultural waste disposal and utilization, and environmental management; (8) agricultural
information resources and technology; (9) agricultural instrumentation and control; (10) fishery and aquacultural resources
engineering and (11) forest product resource engineering.

l. Agricultural Machinery Equipment and Power Units shall consist of all farm power and equipment for the production
processing, storage, manufacturing, preserving, transporting and distribution of agricultural, fishery, aquaculture and
forestry products. It includes tractor and their attachment, power tillers seeders, transplanters, windmill, slaughtering
equipment, meat processing equipment, fishery and aquaculture and forest processing equipment, post-harvest machines
such as milling machine, dryer, thresher, etc., and agricultural transport machinery.

m. Agricultural Buildings and Structures shall include silos and its components, agricultural machinery and equipment
sheds, farm houses, green/ screen houses, poultry houses, piggery houses, slaughterhuses, farm to market roads, farm
bridges, agricultural products storage/ warehousse, buildings and structures for poultry, livestock and fishery production
and processing, agricultural processing, kiln drying and lumber treatment structure, farm equipment, farm supplies and
other structures shall as self feeders and soil and water conservation structures.

n. Agricultural Electrification and Energy shall embrace the design and installation of electric system for agriculture,
conservation equipment, micro-hydro-electric generators and motors for power on the farm, village level power plant
including the development and operation of conventional and non-conventional energy equipment and facilities for
agricultural purposes.
o. Agricultural Processing and Food Engineering- shall include local activity or series of activities to maintain or rise the
quality or change the form or characteristics of agricultural, fishery and forestry products. It also includes cleaning,
sorting, grading, treating, drying, dehydrating, grinding, mixing, milling, caning, dressing, slaughtering, freezing,
pasterizing, conditioning, packaging, repacking, ransporting, etc. of agricultural, fishery and forestry products.

p. Soil and Water Conservation shall consist of management practices for small farm reservoir, farm ponds, small water
impounding to include contour farming; terracing; use of erosion control structures; land conditioning, mulching, flood
control, agricultural planning and surveying and agricultural meteorology.

q. Irrigation and Drainage and Water Resources Management shall include the design, construction, installation, operation
and maintenance of irrigation and agricultural drainage systems, drip, sprinkler and other pressurized irrigation system;
hydro-meteorology; surface and ground water resource management, irrigation structures and facilities such as dams,
weirs, pump systems, conveyances, canals and flumes.

r. Agricultural Waste Disposal, Utilization and Environmental Management shall consist of the development of systems,
processes and equipment for agricultural waste disposal and utilization and environment-friendly technologies such as
compost plant, biogas plant, biomass utilization technologies systems and processes.

s. Agricultural Information Resources and Technologies shall include utilization of agricultural information systems,
databases and other information management tools for agricultural use, and the application of computers to agriculture.

t. Agricultural Instrumentation and Control shall include measuring instruments and control system for agricultural
applications such as moisture meters, weighing scale, other meteorology equipment and the like.

u. Fishery and Aquaculture Resource Engineering shall involve the design, construction, installation, operation,
maintenance and management of machinery, equipment and facilities for fishery and aquaculture production, processing,
transporting and marketing such as fish ponds, fish pens/ cages, aerators fish handling equipment and machinery an fish
storage.

v. Forest Products Resources Engineering shall involve the design, construction, installation operation, maintenance of
systems and facilities machinery and equipment for forest product and by-products processing, transporting and marketing.

ARTICLE II

OFFICIAL SEAL OF THE BOARD

SEC. 4. Official Seal of the Board The Board shall adopt its official seat.

ARTICLE III

COMPOSITION AND MEETINGS OF THE BOARD

SEC. 5. Composition. The Board of Agricultural Engineering shall be composed of a Chairman and two (2) members who
shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines from the list of three (3) recommendees for each position chosen by the
Commission from the list of nominees selected and submitted by the integrated and accredited association of agricultural
engineers.

SEC. 6. Term of Office. The members of the Board shall hold office for a term of three (3) years and until their successors
shall have been appointed and qualified. Of the members first appointed under R.A. No. 3559, the Chairman shall be
appointed and hold office for three (3) years; one (1) member for two (2) years; and one (1) member for one (1) year.

The Chairman or a member of the Board may be re-appointed for another term but in no case shall be serve continuously for
more than six (6) years.

SEC. 7. Board, a Collegial Body The Chairman and Members of the Board shall act as a collegial body in matters involving
the exercise of its powers and functions as well as the implementation of its policies. Official action on such matters by the
Board shall be effective only when approved by the Commission.

SEC. 8. Meetings The Board shall hold regular meetings at least once a month within the premises of the Commission or in
such other places as may be agreed upon and approved by the Commission. A special meeting may be called by the Chairman
or any two members.

The Chairman shall preside over the meetings of the Board. In the absence of the Chairman, the senior member, if any, or the
member designated by the Chairman shall act as Presiding Officer.

ARTICLE IV
 DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BOARD

SEC. 9. Duties and Functions of the Chairman The Chairman shall be the lead of the Board and, as such, he shall equitably
assign the subjects for the examination to the members of the Board in accordance with their expertise; designate members to
conduct investigations of administrative cases and designate members to undertake the visitorial powers of the Board. He shall
also be responsible for the assignment of other duties and responsibilities to the members and for the supervision and
management of their work. The chairman shall be the spokesman of the Board in the Commission.

SEC. 10. Enforcement and Implementation The Board, in the enforcement and implementation of the provision of
Republic Act No. 8559 and in the execution and performance of its powers, assisted, supported and or advised by the
Commission through its offices, divisions, sections and units.

SEC. 11. Promulgation of Decisions, Rules, Orders, etc. To promulgate a decision, resolution or order which is not
interlocutory in an administrative case, or a policy, rule or regulation and for the implementation of other provisions of R.A.
No. 8559, the Board shall meet en banc and vote personally. Both a quorum and a majority vote are required for the validity of
any of the foregoing actions. The presence of two (2) members shall constitute a majority vote.

An official action of the Board other than decision, resolution or order issued in an administrative case shall be valid,
enforceable, and effective only after it shall have been approved by the Commission and published in the Official Gazette or
newspaper of general circulation. Publication shall not be required of a Boards resolution, order, or other issuances, which are
internal or not penal or disciplinary in nature, and not affecting the public in general.

SEC. 12. Meetings and Official Business with the Commission Unless all members of the Board are required by the
Commission, the Chairman shall be the representative of the Board in all official meetings and business with the Commission.
The Chairman of the Board shall be spokesman in such meetings or official businesses.

SEC. 13. Action on papers, Communications and Other Documents. The Board shall act on all papers, communications,
certificates, cases or other documents within the premises of the Commission. Action on such documents outside the premises
of the Commission shall be with written consent of the Chairman of the Commission.

SEC. 14. Interpretation of the Provisions of R.A. No. 8559 and the Rules and Regulations and Code of Ethics and
Professional Standards Issued by the Board The Board may, at first instance, resolve issues arising from the implementation
of the provisions of R.A. No. 8559 in the form of opinions issued by the Board through its Chairman. It may also issue
opinions on questions arising from the implementation of its Rules and Regulations and Code of Ethics and Professional
Standards through its Chairman.

SEC. 15. Action and Ministerial Matters Ministerial matters arising from the implementation of the Rules and Regulations
issued by the Board or communications whose subject or action are ministerial in nature shall be acted upon the Chairman of
the Board.

ARTICLE V

APPLICATION AND EXAMINATION

SEC. 16. Application. The applicant for examination shall file a computerized application form duly accomplished in the
Application Division the Commission or in any of its Regional Offices which are also test centers accompanied by authentic or
authenticated copies of the required documents.

A Filipino citizen who graduated from a foreign educational institution desiring to take the license examination for agricultural
engineers shall be required to present an endorsement from the Commission on Higher Education in order that he will be
allowed to take the examination.

SEC. 17. Examination. All applicants for registration to the practice of the agricultural engineering profession shall be
required to take and pass the agricultural engineer license examination.

SEC. 18. Qualification of Applicant for Examination Every applicant for examination shall establish the following:

a. That he/she is a citizen of the Philippines;

b. That he/she is a graduate of Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering in a school, academy, institute, college or
university duly recognized by the CHED.

SEC. 19. Places and Dates of Examination The Agricultural Engineer Licensure Examination shall be held at least
once a year in the City of Manila and in such other places as determined by the Board and approved by the Commission. The
places/ venues and dates of examinations for the year shall be included in the Schedule of Professional Licensure Examination
issued by the Commission.
SEC. 20. Program of Examination The Board shall issue a program for every scheduled examination not later than twenty
(20) days before the first day of examination which contain the subjects for examination with their corresponding percentage
weights, the date/s, time and place of examination. The program shall include the instructions to the examinees and the names
and signatures of the Chairman and members of the Board.

SEC. 21. Publication of Examination. The dates, time and venues of the licensure examination shall be published in a
newspaper of general circulation or disseminated to prospective examinees through schools, colleges, and universities offering
agricultural engineering courses at least one (1) month prior to the first day of examination.

SEC. 22. Licensure Examination Requirements Each applicant for examination shall comply with accomplish all
requirements prescribed by the Board and the Commission.

SEC. 23. Scope of Examination. The Examination for agricultural engineering shall cover the following subjects:

1. Agricultural mechanization, power, machinery and equipment;

2. Soil and water conservation, irrigation and drainage; and
3. Rural electrification, agricultural processing and agricultural structures.

SEC. 24. Re-examination. An applicant who fails to pass the examination for the third time shall be allowed to
take another examination only after the lapse of one year from the last examination taken; Provided, that the first examination
and the removal examination, if he fails, shall be considered as one failure.

SEC. 25. Formulation of Syllabus. The Board shall formulate and adopt a syllabus for each of the licensure examination
subjects. Test questions that will be prepared and encoded in the computers shall be within the scope of the syllabus.

SEC. 26. Full Computerization of Examination. The licensure examinations shall be fully computerized. New members
of the Board assigned a particular subject shall prepare at least five hundred (500) questions in each of the subjects he is
assigned. These questions shall be inputted in the item bank from which the questions to be given in a particular licensure
examination shall be extracted at random. The Test Questions Bank for a particular subject shall be replenished within sixty
(60) days from the release of the results of the examination with at least three hundred (300) questions every after examination
until the bank has 2,000 questions in which case the replenishment shall be equal to the number of questions extracted. The
correction of the answer sheets of the examinees shall be done by the computers.

ARTICLE VI

REGISTRATION AND CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION

SEC. 27. Automatic Registration. All practicing agricultural engineers who are registered with the Professional Regulation
Commission in accordance with R.A. No. 3927 are hereby automatically registered and authorized to practice the agricultural
engineering profession.

Those agricultural engineers registered with the Professional Regulation Commission in accordance with the same Act who are
not practicing their profession at the time R.A. No. 8559 took effect shall be registered upon filling an application. There
should be no deadline for the filling of such application.

SEC. 28. Registration of Successful Examinees - All those who passed the licensure examination shall, unless specifically
deferred for cause by the Board, be registered after taking the oath of a professional before the Board or any person authorized
by law to administer oath and payment of the prescribed fees.

SEC. 29. Issuance of Certificate of Registration and Professional License. Upon compliance with the requirements for
registration, the name of the Agricultural Engineer shall be entered in the Roll of agricultural Engineers and he/ she shall be
issued a certificate of registration and the corresponding professional license.

SEC. 30. Renewal of the Professional License. The professional license issued to an agricultural engineer shall be valid for
three (3) years on the birth month of the agricultural engineer upon presentation of the required. Continuing Professional
Education (CPE) credit units earned and payment of the fees for the period under license.

SEC. 31. Temporary Removal from the Roll of Agricultural Engineers. An agricultural engineer who has been delinquent
in the payment of his annual license fees for five (5) consecutive years since his last payment of said fees shall after due
process has been observed be dropped from the Roll of Agricultural Engineers.

SEC. 32. Lifting of Deferment of Registration If the disciplinary action imposed upon a successful examinee in a decision
rendered by the Board or the Commission is not the cancellation of examination papers and/ or prohibition from taking future
examinations, the respondent-examinee who passed the said licensure examinations may be allowed by the Board to register if
such is provided in the decision.
A duplicate certificate of registration to replace any certificate lost or destroyed may be issued upon application and payment of
the prescribed fees.

SEC. 33. Grounds for the Revocation or Suspension of Professional License. The Board, after due notice and hearing, may
suspend or revoke the license of an agricultural engineer, or cancel temporary/ special permit issued to foreign agricultural
engineers allowed to practice engineering in the Philippines if he is found to have committed any of the following:

a. Use or perpetuation of any fraud or deceit in obtaining a certificate of registration;

b. Incompetence;
c. Negligence;
d. Abetting the illegal practice of agricultural engineering and
e. Violations of any provisions of R.A. 8559, its Implementing Rules and Regulations, Code of Ethics and Professional
Standards for Agricultural Engineers, and the policies adopted by the Board.

The Board shall be assisted by the Legal and Investigation Division of the Commission in performing this function.

ARTICLE VII

REGISTRATION WITH OR WITHOUT EXAMINATION AND/ OR ISSUANCE

OF TEMPORARY SPECIAL PERMIT TO FOREIGNERS
OR FOREIGN PROFESSIONALS

SEC. 34. Applicability of the Guidelines Promulgated by the Commission. The Guidelines for the Registration of Foreign
Professionals Allowed by the Laws to Practice the Regulated Professions in the Philippines, as amended, promulgated by the
Professional Regulation Commission on January 20,1998 shall be applicable to foreign agricultural engineers allowed by laws
to practice the profession in the Philippines.

The Board of Agricultural Engineering shall issue Rules and Regulations providing for the procedure for the registration with
or without examination of or issuance of temporary special permits to foreigners or foreign professional allowed by the various
laws to practice the regulated profession in the Philippines.

ARTICLE VIII

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS

SEC. 35. Administrative Investigation The conduct and procedures of an investigation initiated by the Board against an
applicant/ examinee for licensure examination or a registered agricultural engineer shall be governed by the provisions of the
Rules and Registrations Governing the Regulation and Practice of Professionals, as amended, issued by the Commission.
The pertinent provisions of the Revised Rules of Court shall be supplementary to the said rules.

ARTICLE IX

REPORT ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CANDIDATES OF SCHOOLS,

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN LICENSURE EXAMINATIONS

SEC. 36. Report of the Board The Board shall, with assistance of the Public Information and Statistics Section of the
Professional Regulation Commission, prepare a report on the performance of the examinees of schools, colleges or universities
in the licensure examinations. The Board may recommend to the Commission on Higher Education: (1) the monitoring of the
schools, colleges or universities, whether public or private, whose successful examinees in three (3) consecutive licensure
examination is less than 5% of the total number of candidates who took the said licensure examinations; (2) the publication of
the names of schools, colleges or universities whose successful examinees in five (5) successive licensure examinations is less
than 5% of the total number of examinees in each of the licensure examinations taken; and (3) the closure of the course/
program.

ARTICLE X

SEAL AND USE OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERS

SEC. 37. Seal of Licensed Agricultural Engineer. Every agricultural engineer shall obtain a seal whose design shall be
adopted by the Board Plans and specifications repaired by or under the direct supervision of a registered agricultural engineer
shall be stamped with his seal during the validity of his professional license. The Agricultural Engineers shall likewise
indicate his Professional License Number, the duration of its validity, including the privilege (professional) tax receipt number
on all documents he signs, uses or issues and affixes his seal in connection with the practice of his profession.
SEC. 38. Documents to be Signed and Sealed. The documents to be signed and sealed by an agricultural engineer shall be
those listed in Annex A: of PRC Resolution No.270 Series of 1993. The Board may also add other documents to be signed
and sealed by an agricultural engineer.

ARTICLE XI

CODE OF ETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS

SEC. 39. Code of Ethics and Professional Standards. The Board, in consultation with the Integrated Accredited
Association of Agricultural Engineers and subject to the approval of the Commission, shall adopt and promulgate a Code of
Ethics and Professional Standards for agricultural engineers.

SEC. 40. Code of Technical Standards of Agricultural Engineering The Board, in collaboration and consultation with the
integrated and Accredited Association of Agricultural Engineers and concerned agencies, government and private, shall
immediately prepare, develop and promulgate a Code of Technical Standards of Agricultural Engineering which shall contain,
among others, standard design and test procedures, materials and process specification of agricultural, aquaculture and fishery
machinery, structures, processes and other agricultural engineering system. The Code of Technical Standards shall serve as
reference of the agricultural engineer in the practice of his profession.

The Board and the Integrated and Accredited Association of Agricultural Engineers with the assistance of the Commission
shall work for the incorporation of the Code of Technical Standards of Agricultural Engineering by the Secretary of Public
Works and Highways as part of the National Building Code.

ARTICLE XII

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE PRACTICE OF

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING

SEC. 41. Employment of Agricultural Engineer. Firms, companies, partnerships or associations which are engaged in the
installation, construction, manufacture or sale of agricultural machinery, facilities and other agricultural engineering processes,
shall hire or engage the services of at least one licensed agricultural engineer.

The proprietor or manager of a firm, partnership or association which employs a licensed agricultural engineer shall post or
cause to be posted in a conspicuous place within the place of business of the firm, partnership or association, the certificate of
registration of the agricultural engineer.

SEC. 42. Agricultural Engineering Practice. The Board shall make representations with firms, partnerships or associations
and government agencies and instrumentalities, including government owned and controlled corporations, educational
institutions, local governments to hire, employ or engage the services of licensed agricultural engineers to perform the acts and
functions constituting the practice of agricultural engineering in their respective offices, undertakings or projects which involve
the design, installation, construction, operation and maintenance, manufacture or sale of agricultural and fishery machinery,
facilities and other agricultural engineering systems and processes.

ARTICLE XIII

PROHIBITIONS, ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES

SEC. 43. Prohibitions. (1) No person shall stamp or seal any document with the seal of an Agricultural Engineer
after his professional license has expired or lost its validity.
(2) No officer or employee of the government, chartered cities, provinces and municipalities now or hereafter charged with the
enforcement of laws, ordinances or regulations relating to the construction or alternation of agricultural structures, machinery
and equipment, processes and systems shall accept or endorse any plans or specifications which have not been prepared and
submitted in full accord with the provisions of R.A. No. 8559, nor shall any payment be approved by any such officer for any
work, the plans and specifications of which have not been prepared, signed and sealed by a duly registered Agricultural
Engineer.
(3) No Agricultural Engineer shall sign his name, affix his seal or use any other method of signature of plans, specifications or
other documents made by or under another Agricultural Engineers supervision unless the same is made in such manner as to
clearly indicate the fact of such work actually performed by him.
(4) No person, except the Agricultural Engineer in charge, shall sign for any branch of the work or any function
of Agricultural Engineering practice actually performed by him.
(5) No person without the written consent of the Agricultural Engineer or author of drawings and specifications
duly signed, stamped or sealed by him, shall duplicate or make copies of said documents for the use in the repetition of and for
other projects or building whether executed partly or in whole.
 (6) No person shall practice Agricultural Engineering unless such person has secured a license to practice
Agricultural Engineering.
(7) No firm, company, partnership, association or corporation may be registered or licensed as such for the
practice of Agricultural Engineering.

SEC. 44. Enforcement. The Professional Regulation Commission through its various offices, division, sections and
units shall implement the provisions of R.A. No. 8559, enforce the Boards implementing rules and regulations and conduct,
through its Legal and Investigations Division, investigations and complains arising from violations of the provisions of R.A.
No. 8559, the implementing Rules and Regulations including the Code of Ethics and Professional Standards and prosecute the
violators if so warranted by the evidence.

SEC. 45. Penalties Any person who violates any provisions of R.A. No. 8559, upon conviction, shall, in addition to
administrative sanctions, be penalized by a fine not less than Fifty Thousand (P50,000.00) Pesos not more than Two Hundred
Thousand (P200,000.00) Pesos, or imprisonment of not less than six (6) months not more than three (3) years, or both fine and
imprisonment at the discretion of the court.

ARTICLE XIV

APPLICABILITY OF RULES AND REGULATIONS

PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING
PD NO. 223, AS AMENDED

SEC. 46. Applicability of the Rules and Regulations The Rules and Regulations Governing the Regulation and Practice of
Professionals, as amended, promulgated by the Professional Regulation Commission on the 9 th day of January 1974 shall be
applicable to the licensure and regulation of agricultural engineers.

SEC. 47. Separability Clause. If any section, provision or paragraph hereof shall be declared unconstitutional or invalid, such
judgement shall not affect, invalidate or impair any other part hereof, but such judgement shall be merely confined to the
clause, provision or paragraph directly involved in the controversy in which such judgement has been rendered.

ARTICLE XV

EFFECTIVITY

SEC. 48. Effectivity This Rules and Regulations shall take effect after thirty (30) days following the completion of its
publication in a newspaper of general circulation or in the Official Gazette, whichever comes earlier.

Done in the City of Manila this 3rd day of August, 1998.

(Sgd.) GEORGE Q. CANAPI

Chairman

(Sgd.) CRESTITUTO C. MANGAOANG

Member

MAKMOD T. MENDING
Member

ATTESTED:

(Sgd.) CARLOS G. ALMELOR

Secretary, Professional Regulatory Boards

APPROVED:
(Sgd.) HERMOGENES P. POBRE
Commissioner

(Sgd.) ALFONSO G. ABAD

Associate Commissioner

(Sgd.) AVELINA DE LA REA-TAN

Associate Commissioner

Published in the Official Gazette: Vol. 94 Manila, Philippines, August 3, 1998, No. 35 pages 6087 to 6096.
Republic of the Philippines
Professional Regulation Commission
Manila

Resolution No. 270

Series of 1993

REQUIRING THE INDICATION OF THE

REGISTRATION/PROFESSIONAL LICENSE NUMBER
AND EXPIRY O ITS VALIDITY ON THE DOCUMENTS
EXECUTED BY A PROFESSIONAL

WHEREAS the indication of the Registration/Professional License Number with the date of its issuance in the document that a
professional signs, issues, and/or uses in the practice of his profession certifies that the holder thereof is a registered
professional;

WHEREAS the statement of the period of validity of the Professional License in the same document declares the payment of
the annual registration fees for three (3) years and/or compliance with the Continuing Professional Education (CPE)
and the validity of the Certificate of Registration.

WHEREAS the Registration/Professional License Number, the date of its issuance, and the period of its validity are vital
information that will facilitate and expedite the tracing of bona-fide registration and updated renewal of Professional
License and;

WHEREAS under Sec 5 ( c) of P.D. 223, as amended by P.D. 457, the Commission has the function and duties as maybe
necessary to carry out effectively the various provision of the professional regulatory laws, decrees or orders.

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of Sec. 5 (a), (b) and (c) of P.D. 223, as amended, the Commission hereby RESOLVED, as it
so RESOLVES. THAT:

Section 1. A registered professional shall state or indicate his Registration/Professional License Number with its date of
issuance and the period of validity of his Professional License in any of the documents in ANNEX A that he signs, uses,
and/or issues.

Section 2. A registered professional shall be administratively and/or criminally held liable for any of the hereunder acts, to
wit:

1. Non-compliance with Section 1

2. Using or stating false Registration/Professional License Number in any of the documents in ANNEX A that he signs,
uses, and/or issues.
3. Using or stating the Number of a Certificate of Registration that has been revoked or suspended through violation of the
law or rule/regulation or through deleting of name from the Roster of Professionals: or the Number of a Professional
License that has expired or lost its validity in any of the documents in ANNEX A, that he signs, uses, and/or issues.

Section 3. The herein resolution shall be effective after fifteen (15) days following the full publication thereof in the
Official Gazette or a news paper of general circulation.

Done in the City of Manila, this 3rd day of May 1993.

(SGD) HERMOGENES P. POBRE

Commissioner

(SGD) MARIANO MENDIETA (SGD) ARMANDO C. PASCUAL

Associate Commissioner Associate Commissioner

DOCUMENTS SIGNED ANDUSED BY

REGISTERED PROFESSIONALS

1. Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

1.1 Audit Reports
1.2 Financial Statements: Balance Sheets, Income Statements, Cash Flow, Funds Flow or Changes in Financial Positions,
Government Trial Balance and Government Vouchers

2. Aeronautical Engineer
2.1 Plans
2.2 Structural Designs and Analysis
 2.3 Drawings and Specifications
2.4 Technical Reports and Studies
2.5 Aerodynamics Analysis
2.6 Professional Evaluation and Recommendations
2.7 Static Test
2.8 Certificates of Conformity
2.9 Certificate of Major Repairs, Alterations and Modifications

3. Architect
3.1 Plans for GSIS, SSS, Pag-ibig Loans and other government or private lending institutions and other regulatory bodies
(permit purpose), e.g., HLURB, etc
3.2 Bill of Materials and Cost Estimates
3.3 Project Studies
3.4 Structural Computations
3.5 Specifications
3.6 Building Permit
3.7 Form 104 (PRC)

4. Agricultural Engineer
4.1 Engineering plans, designs, specifications and cost estimates on:
4.1.a. Farm Buildings and Structures such as: silos and its components, warehouses, farm machinery sheds, farmer
houses, green/screen houses, poultry and livestock houses, slaughter houses, bulk handling systems,
agricultural equipment sheds, and all related appurtenances, etc.
4.1.b. Agricultural processing facilities, cold storage, dryers, threshers, shelters, mills (rice, corn peanut, feed, etc.).
seed processing plant, storage, graders, sorter, packaging, labeling, baling, caning, etc.
4.1.c. Agricultural power and machinery such as power tillers, seeders, transplanters, weeders, strippers, balers, fads
and aerators, pest control equipment, windmill, etc.
4.1.d. Soil and Water conservation project, technology, structures and systems like drip irrigation, small impounding
project, irrigation, contour farming, small farm reservoir, drainage system, sloping agrometeorological
devices, water management, water and land development.
4.1.c. Farm electrification such as wiring, lighting, electric generators and motors, village type power plant including
development of non-conventional energy equipment, and facilities for agricultural purposes.

4.1.d. Soil and Water conservation project, technology, structures and systems like drip irrigation, small impounding
project, irrigation, contour farming, small farm reservoir, drainage system, sloping agrometeorological
devices, water management, water and land development.

4.1.e. Farm electrification such as wiring, lighting, electric generators and motors, village type power plant including
development of non-conventional energy equipment, and facilities for agricultural purposes.

4.2 All contracts pertinent to items 1.a to 1.b and farm development.
4.3 Bib proposals/ officers (agricultural machinery and equipment, post harvest facilities, feasibility studies)
4.4 Technical reports and studies (Evaluation reports, valuation, appraisal, and testing and evaluation of agricultural
machinery, equipment and facilities.
4.5 Certifications (patents, copyright, etc.)
4.6 Area development planning pertinent to agriculture development, physical development plans and farm subdivision,
etc.
4.7 Feasibility studies, programs, project proposals on agricultural engineering field intended for financing and other
purposes.
4.8 (Agricultural) Resources surveys, assessments and mapping such as water resource inventory for irrigation and farm
households use, farming systems, land evaluations, agrometeorological assessment, land use surveys and planning,
soil surveys, etc. for rural agricultural development purposes.

5. Chemical Engineer
5.1 Plans for process/flow schemes, detailed engineering drawings of industrial plants or parts thereof
5.2 Designs of Process Equipment for individual plants
5.3 Technical Reports
5.4 Valuations
5.5 Estimates

6. Chemist
6.1 Technical Reports

7. Civil Engineer
7.1 Engineering Plans and Specifications
7.2 Engineering Designs and Analysis
7.3 Quantity and Cost Estimates
7.4 Technical Reports and Studies
7.5 Bid Proposals
7.6 Contract Documents
 7.7 Professional Evaluations and Recommendations
7.8 Project Logbooks
7.9 Project/ Instructions for implementation

8. Criminologists
8.1 Reports (Questioned Documents)
8.2 Firearm Identification (Ballistics)
8.3 Photographic, Polygraph, and Dactyloscopic, Examination

9. Dentist
9.1 Referrals to Specialist
9.2 Prescriptions
9.3 Account Slips
9.4 Work Authorization to Dental Laboratories
9.5 Special or Official Receipts
9.6 Post Medication Instruction to Patients

10. Electrical Engineers (Professional)

10.1 Plans
10.2 Specifications
10.3 Reports
10.4 Permits
10.5 Completion
10.6 Estimates
10.7 Certifications
10.8 Vouchers for Experiences

11. Electronics and Communications Engineer

11.1 Plans
11.2 Technical Descriptions
11.3 Correspondences Communications
11.4 Specifications
11.5 Drawings
11.6 Proposal/ Offers
11.7 Studies/ Reports

12. Foresters
12.1 Plans (Development plan and feasibility studies on the Wood-based and Non-Timber based industries, Industrial Tree
Plantation, Forest Land Management Agreements, Forest Management, Reforestation, Range and Grazing, Watershed
and Mangrove Rehabilitation, Integrated Social Forestry Projects (ISF), Community Forestry Program (CFP) and
other upland projects. Integrated Operations Plans of logging companies and other wood processing plants).
12.2 Reports (forestry consultancy series, annual accomplishment of logging companies and wood processing plants, log
and lumber grading, scaling of forest products, major and minor forest products resources inventory, monitoring and
evaluation of contract activities on reforestation. CFP, ISF, Watershed and Mangrove Rehabilitation and other upland
development projects; administration and supervision contracts in reforestation, CFP, ISF, and other upland
development projects);
12.3 Contracts (survey, mapping and planning of reforestation, Industrial Tree Plantations, Logging Operations, CFP, ISF,
Mangrove Rehabilitation and other upland development projects, comprehensive reforestation activities, monitoring
and evaluation, administration and supervision of reforestation, CFP, ISF, watershed and mangrove rehabilitation and
other development projects, establishment of logging and access roads and trails and other infrastructures);
12.4 References (forest maps, statistics and surveys);
12.5 Certifications (status of land classification)

13. Geodetic Engineer

13.1 Survey Returns
13.2 Plans/Maps
13.3 Technical Descriptions
13.4 Certifications
13.5 Technical Studies and Reports
13.6 Expert Opinions
13.7 Proposals
13.8 Survey Designs and Specifications

14. Geologist
14.1 Geological reports, maps or works

15. Mechanical Engineer (Professional)

15.1 Reports (consultations investigations, valuations and technical)
15.2 Designs, plans, specifications
15.3 Estimates, designs, layouts of mechanical equipment, machinery, process works (project or plant)
16. Physicianca
16.1 Prescriptions, including dangerous drugs

17. Metallurgical Engineer

17.1 Documents of reports on consultation, investigations, valuations, planning and designing
17.2 Metallurgical Tests/Analysis

18. Mining Engineer

18.1 Technical Reports
18.2 Estimates (mine, valuation, mineral ore)

19. Midwife
19.1 Birth Certificate
19.2 Still Birth Certificate

20. Naval Architect and Marine Engineer

20.1 Plans, designs and specifications
20.2 Reports, layouts, estimates

21. Nurse
21.1 Contract of Employment in Private Nursing Practice and other Services
21.2 Nurses Notes, orders in client/patients clinical charts

22. Optometrist
22.1 Prescriptions

23. Pharmacist
23.1 Applications for BFD permit to operate as company pharmacist
23.2 Laboratory reports for submission to BFD
23.3 Documents for submission to BFD for registration of new products
23.4 Dangerous drugs accountability documents for submission to DDB

24. Physical Therapist and Occupational Therapist

24.1 Medical charts
24.2 Treatment/Dialogue summary
24.3 Working contract
24.4 Treatment plans
24.5 Referrals
24.6 Progress Notes
24.7 Evaluation reports

25. Master Plumber

25.1 Application
25.2 Application for Water and Sewer Connection
25.3 Final Plumbing or Occupancy Permit
25.4 Renovation or Alteration for Projects
25.5 PRC Application for Examination Form (validation and/or certification)

26. Sanitary Engineer

26.1 Plans, specifications, designs, report (investigation, valuation, technical)
26.2 Layouts

27. Veterinarian
27.1 Prescription, including dangerous drugs

28. Interior Designers

28.1 Plans, drawings, specifications, permits
28.2 Contract Document, Proposals Estimates

29. Landscape Architecture

29.1 Plans, drawings, specifications, permits

30. Social Workers

30.1 Social Case Study Report
30.2 Social Development plan

31. Desk Officers

31.1 Certificate of Service (PRC form)
32. Engine Officers
32.1 Certificate of Service (PRC form)