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Laws are rules of conduct of any organized society, however simple or small, that are
enforced by threat of punishment if they are violated. Modern law has a wide sweep
and regulates many branches of conduct. (Encyclopedia, Columbia University Press).
Law, in its most general and comprehensive sense, signifies a rule of action; whether
animate or inanimate, rational or irrational. Thus we say, the laws of motion, of
gravitation, of optics, or mechanics, as well as the laws of nature and of nations. And
it is that rule of action, which is prescribed by some superior, and which the inferior is
bound to obey." (Jones' Blackstone, Bancroft-Whitney Co., 1915)
No one can say for sure. The Bible says the first laws were established between God
and Adam when God told Adam and Eve not to eat from the tree of knowledge. Most
people think this was a command that God laid down. They assume a sovereign
authority of God over his creation.
Law does not develop systematically until a state with a centralized police authority
has appeared. For this development a written language is not required, but
necessarily the earliest known legal codes are those of literate societies. Examples of
early law systems are to be found in the code of Hammurabi (Babylonia), the Laws of
Manu (India), and the Mosaic code (Palestine). These codes show what would seem to
be the universal tendency of the religious and ethical system of a society to produce
a legal order to enforce its ethical and social mandates.
Classification of Laws:
1. Moral Law
- Divine Law
- Ecclesiastical Law
2. Natural or Scientific Law
- Physical Sciences
- Natural Sciences
- Social Sciences
3. Law of art and literature
- Music
- Painting
- Poetry
4. International Law
- Private International Law
- Law of Nations or Public International Law
5. Governmental Law
- Constitutional Law
- Statute Law
- Common Law
- Equity
6. Laws without government sanctions
- Laws of games
- Laws of private associations and societies
The first Agricultural Engineering Law was enacted by the Fifth Congress of the
Philippines in 1964 and was embodied in Republic Act 3927.
Ethics is a branch of philosophy that defines what is good for the individual and the
society and establishes the nature of obligations, or duties, that people owe
themselves and to one another. The word ethics is derived from the Greek word
ethos, which means "character," and from the Latin word mores, which means
"customs." In modern society, it defines how individuals, business professionals, and
corporations choose to interact with one another.
The code of ethics is a written system of standards for ethical conduct. Since 1906
the discussions of professional ethics have resulted into the various codes of
ethics adopted by many different societies. Although the Codes do not presume
to define all of the duties and obligations of an individual toward life, however, it
could express as far and as clearly as practicable the principles which should
govern the professional relations of an agricultural engineer to his client or
employer, to the other professionals, and to the public.
Client- the person or entity, which retains an agricultural engineer that engaged in
the practice of agricultural engineering for the performance of professional
services.
Employer – the person or entity that employs and agricultural engineer for the
rendition of agricultural engineering and related services.
Enterprise – any person or entity whether organized for profit or not for which an
agricultural engineer renders professional services.
Duties – obligations of behavior or conduct in relation to others and to GOD who have
a stronger claim on a person than his self interest the work someone is expected
to do because of his vocation or profession.
Standards – includes engineering practices, and the data adopted by the Philippine
Society of Agricultural Engineers (PSAE), Inc. and the Board of Agricultural
Engineering. A model to be followed or initiated established by custom and
consent, a degree of quality, level of achievement, etc. desirable and necessary
for some purposes.
Section 2. They should uphold the honor and dignity of their profession and also
avoid connection with any enterprise of questionable character.
Section 3. It is their prime duty to interest self in public welfare, and to be ready to
apply his technical knowledge for the benefit of mankind.
Section 4. In their dealings with fellow engineers, he should be fair and tolerant.
Section 2. Registered Agricultural Engineer (RAE) should not advertise his work or
merit in self - laudatory manner and he should avoid any conduct or practice likely to
discredit and do injury to the dignity and honor of his profession.
Article IV. Registered Agricultural Engineer’s (RAE) Relation with the Public
Section 3. Registered Agricultural Engineer may express only such opinions as are
founded on adequate knowledge and honest conviction when serving as a witness
before a court, commission, or tribunal.
Section 2. Registered Agricultural Engineers should act with fairness and justice
between their clients or employers and the contractor when dealing in contracts.
Section 3. Registered Agricultural Engineers should make their positions clear to their
clients or employers before undertaking an engagement wherein they may be called
upon to decide on the use of inventions, apparatus, or any other thing in which they
have interest.
Section 4. Registered Agricultural Engineers should guard against conditions that are
dangerous or threatening to life, limb, or property on work for which they are
responsible, or if they are not responsible, should promptly bring such conditions to
the attention of those responsible therefore.
Section 5. Registered Agricultural Engineers should refrain from committing acts that
will injure or tend to injure the professional reputation, prospects, or practice with
their fellow engineers. However, if there are sufficient grounds to believe that
another engineer has committed unethical, illegal or unfair acts on the practice of
agricultural engineering profession, the former may bring the matter of the attention
of the Board of Agricultural Engineering or to the proper authorities for appropriate
action.
Section 6. Registered Agricultural Engineers should restrain from, if not avoid entirely
criticizing another’s work in public, bearing in mind the fact that the engineering
societies and engineering press provide the proper forum for technical discussions
and criticisms.
Section 7. Registered Agricultural Engineers should not take away from another
agricultural engineer a prospective employment after becoming aware that definite
steps have been taken by the latter toward its consumption.
Section 9. A Registered Agricultural Engineer should NOT USE advantage his salaried
position to compete unfairly with fellow engineers.
Section 10. Registered Agricultural Engineer should refrain from associating with
engineers who engage in unethical or illegal practices, and should refuse to share
responsibility for their work.
The code or any part thereof may be amended as needed and in response to the
advancement of science and technology by the Board of Agricultural Engineering in
consultation with the Philippine Society of Agricultural Engineers. In such
amendments shall become effective after 15 days following the completion of its
publication in the Official Gazette or in any newspaper of general circulation.
Section 1. Violation of any of the provision of this code which causes damage or
injury to another shall be punishable by a fine of not more than five thousand pesos
(P 5,000.00) or imprisonment of not more than two months, or both in the discretion
of the court.
Post Harvest 11 11 8 30
Machinery
Engineering 6 7 7 20
Materials
Agricultural 3 10 8 21
Structures
Total 35 25 22 21 17 120
A contract is a binding agreement that the courts will enforce. All contracts are
agreements but not all agreements are contracts. Agreements often impose merely a
social or moral obligation hence they are not legally enforceable by law.
In a day to day situation, almost all business transactions are expressed in a contract.
It is usually an agreement between two or more parties for certain work to be
performed or refrained which has enforceable legal effect. A contract is necessary
because it defines the commitment of each party involved in any transaction. It
establishes the rights and obligations of both parties and served as a basis for pricing
the work to be done. It also defines the completion criteria which has been agreed by
the parties involved. Contracts serve also as basis of settlement for any future
disputes between the parties involved.
According to Mead et al, 1956, contracts can be classified into six major categories as
follows:
1. As to origin
- Express contract
- Implied contract
- Quasi contract
2. As to obligation status
- Bilateral contract
- Unilateral contract
3. As to participants
- Two-party contract
- Joint contract
- Several contract
- Joint and Several contract
- Third party beneficiary contract
4. . As to form
- Contract under seal
- Contract of record
- Simple or parol contract
5. As to legal status
- Valid contract
- Void contract
- Voidable contract
- Unenforceable contract
6. As to completion status
- Executory contract
- Executed contract
There are essential elements to be considered in a contract. First, it must have two or
more contracting parties. A mutual agreement must be arrived at for both the
contracting parties which they fully understand and capable of performing. Moreover,
there must be a valuable consideration for each of the parties involved and they
must be treated equally. The obligations which the parties involved in the contract
must be of legal acts which are not contrary to public policies. Lastly, the contract
must be set forth based on form and manner of execution prescribed by laws.
For a contract to take place, there must be two or more parties involved, all of whom
are legally competent to enter into a contractual relations or must possess a
contractual capacity. A party’s competency may be questioned if it falls into any of
the following classifications:
1. Infants
3. Drunken persons
4. Persons under legal guardianship
5. Corporations
6. Convicts
7. Enemy aliens
8. Foreign countries and their Sovereigns
9. Professional persons who are required by law to register and to be licensed
1. The qualities and characteristics of the various materials to be used and the
practicable limits to which the qualities unnecessary for the work in question
should be restricted.
2. The usual and practicable methods of performing the work to be done in such
manner that it will be completed without unnecessary expense and be
satisfactory for the purpose which it is to fulfill.
Aside from the knowledge, the engineer must possess the ability to designate in
detail the composition or elements of the material or processes and the methods to
be used for their proper production and utilization or the ability to design in detail the
structure, machine, or plant contemplated. He must also have the experience which
will foresee the necessary materials and methods to be employed, difficulties to be
overcome, and contingencies to be met in performing the work.
As the design becomes more elaborate and the individual parts of a structure
become more numerous or complicated, it becomes more and more essential that
the materials and method of construction of each part shall be described in detail: for
with increased complications in design, greater uncertainties arise as to the materials
and methods of construction which must be used.
The specifications are intended to fix these details beyond question and to confine
the character of the materials, workmanship, and design with necessary limits. The
preparation of such specifications requires an extensive technical knowledge of:
1. materials
2. processes
3. designs
4. construction
5. cost
The more general the specifications, the greater responsibility of the engineer.
As details defined by the specifications, moral & legal responsibility is
decreased.
Standard tests are undertaken to guarantee and lessen the responsibility of
the engineer.
It is a technical drawing, that defines fully and clearly the requirements for
engineered items It is usually created in accordance with standardized conventions
for layout, nomenclature, interpretation, appearance (such as typefaces and line
styles), size, etc. In the olden times, it is often referred to as "blueprints" or
"bluelines" (printing process that yielded graphics on blue-colored paper or,
alternatively, of blue-lines on white paper but have been superseded by more
modern reproduction processes that yield black or multicolor lines on white paper).
The process of producing engineering drawings, and the skill of producing them, is
often referred to as technical drawing.
It is important that you follow some simple rules when producing an engineering drawing
which although may not be useful now, will be useful when working in industry.
All engineering drawings should feature an information box. An example is shown below.
Title
The title of the drawing.
Name
The name of the person who produced the drawing. This is important for
quality control so that problems with the drawing can be traced back to their
origin.
Checked by
In many engineering firms, drawings are checked by a second person before
they are sent to manufacture, so that any potential problems can be
identified early.
Version
Many drawings will get amended over the period of the parts life. Giving
each drawing a version number helps people identify if they are using the
most recent version of the drawing.
Date
The date the drawing was created or amended on.
Scale
The scale of the drawing. Large parts won't fit on paper so the scale
provides a quick guide to the final size of the product.
Projection System
The projection system used to create the drawing should be identified to
help people read the drawing. (Projection systems will be covered later).
Company Name
Many CAD drawings may be distributed outside the company so the
company name is usually added to identify the source.
Writing Specifications
FAIRNESS
1. Indefinite Specifications
2. Intermediate Specifications
3. Ambiguous/ unnecessary Specifications
4. Arbitrary Specifications
5. Unfair Specifications
CLEARNESS
Vaguely written specifications will give bidders who have access inside
information an unfair advantage over competitors who may be
perfectly capable of doing the work, but lack knowledge about some of
the details.
REFERENCES:
Republic Act No. 8559- The Philippine Agricultural Engineering Act of 1998 with
implementing rules and regulations and Code of Ethics for Agricultural Engineers.
AENG 90 (Agricultural Engineering Law, Specifications & Contracts and Ethics) Lecture
Notes. RCAmongo. 1st Semester 2006-2007. AMD, IAE, UP Los Banos.
Tenth Congress
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Wednesday, the eleventh day of February,
Nineteen hundred and ninety-eight
ARTICLE I
ARTICLE II
DEFINITION OF TERMS
SEC. 3. Definition of Terms - As used in this Act, the following terms shall
mean:
ARTICLE III
The Board shall be organized not later than six (6) months from the effectivity
of this Act.
(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 or 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 been 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 he 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.
The President may remove any member of the Board on the following
grounds:
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;
(e) To issue, suspend or revoke the license for the practice of agricultural
engineering profession;
(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 subpoena and
subpoena duces tecum to secure the appearance of witness and the
production of documents in connection therewith;
(m) To prepare, adopt, issue or amend the syllabi of the subjects for
examinations;
All policies, resolutions, rules and regulations of the Board shall be subjected to
the review and approval of the Commission.
The Commission shall designate the Secretary of the Board and shall provide
the secretariat and other support services to implement the provisions of this Act.
SEC. 11. 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
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. 14. Fraudulent Application - The Board may suspend or revoke any
certificate of registration obtained through misrepresentation made in the application
for examination.
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. 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.
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 licensee is
entitled to practice the profession with all the privileges appurtenant thereto until
the expiration of the validity of his license.
(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,
(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 engineer’s 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.
(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.
ARTICLE V
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.
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 association shall not be a bar membership in other
associations of agricultural engineers.
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.
violations of the Code of Ethics and Professional Standards of the profession and
persecute when so warranted.
SEC. 34. Repealing Clause - All laws, decrees, executive orders and other
administrative issuances and parts and parts thereof which are consistent with
the provisions of this Act are hereby modified or superseded. Republic Act. No.
3927 is hereby repealed.
SEC. 35. 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
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.
Resolution No. 01
Series of 1998
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
SECTION 1. Title. – This Resolution shall be known and cited as the “Rules and
Regulations Implementing the Philippine Agricultural Engineering Act of 1998.”
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
ARTICLE II
SEC. 4. Official Seal of the Board – The Board shall adopt its official seal.
ARTICLE III
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 he 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
SEC. 9. Duties and Functions of the Chairman – The Chairman shall be the
head 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. 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 businesses with the
Commission. The Chairman of the Board shall be spokesman in such meetings or
official businesses.
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 for action are ministerial in nature shall be acted
upon by the Chairman of the Board.
ARTICLE V
SEC. 16. Application. – The applicant for examination shall file a computerized
application form duly accomplished in the Application Division of the Commission
or in any of its Regional Offices which are also test centers, accompanied by
authentic or authenticated copies of the required documents.
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. 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. 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.
ARTICLE VI
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.
b. Incompetence;
c. Negligence;
The Board shall be assisted by the Legal and Investigation Division of the
Commission in performing this function.
ARTICLE VII
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
ARTICLE IX
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 examinations 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
ARTICLE XI
and subject to the approval of the Commission, shall adopt and promulgate a
Code of Ethics and Professional Standards for agricultural engineers.
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
ARTICLE XIII
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 alteration 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 Engineer’s 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.
ARTICLE XIV
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 9th day of January
1974 shall be applicable to the licensure and regulation of agricultural engineers.
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.
MAKMOD T. MENDING
Member
ATTESTED:
(Sgd.) CARLOS G. ALMELOR
Secretary, Professional Regulatory Boards
APRPOVED:
(Sgd.) HERMOGENES P. POBRE
Commissioner
Published in the Official Gazette: Vol. 94 Manila, Philippines, August 3, 1998. No. 35
pages 6087 to 6096.
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 functions 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 RESOVES, THAT:
Section 3. The herein resolution shall be effective after fifteen (15) days
following the full publication thereof in the Official Gazette or a newspaper of
general circulation.
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 Certificates 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, sorters, 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
4.2 All contracts pertinent to items 1.a to 1.b and farm development.
4.3 Bid proposals/ offers (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
14. Geologist
14.1 Geological reports, maps or works
16. Physician
16.1 Prescriptions, including dangerous drugs
19. Midwife
19.1 Birth Certificate
19.2 Still Birth Certificate
21. Nurse
21.1 Contract of Employment in Private Nursing Practice and other Services
21.2 Nurse’s 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
27. Veterinarian
27.1 Prescription, including dangerous drugs