IRR RA 9292 Rule V
IRR RA 9292 Rule V
IRR RA 9292 Rule V
SUNDRY PROVISIONS
SEC. 31. Continuing Professional Education (CPE)
and/or Development Programs.
– All registered PECEs, ECEs and ECTs shall comply with
pertinent rules and regulations already prescribed by and/or as
may be prescribed and promulgated by the Commission and/or
the Board, the APO and other government agencies, pursuant
to R.A. No. 9292, as well as other relevant laws, international
treaties, agreements and/or covenants to which the Philippines
is a signatory and has ratified, with respect to Continuing
Professional Education and/or Development (CPE/D) and/or
other similar/related programs;
Such CPE/D program shall be jointly developed by the
Board, the Commission, and the APO, in consultation with
any other affected or concerned agencies of the
government, and promulgated by the Board in accordance
with Section 7(n), Article II of R.A. No. 9292. The program
shall be continuously reviewed and updated to keep it
attuned to modern technology and technical standards,
latest developments, and current best practices
SECTION 32. Integrated and Accredited Professional
Organization.
– There shall be one (1) integrated and Accredited
Professional Organization of Professional Electronics
Engineers, electronics Engineers and Electronics
Technicians in the country, which shall be registered with
the Securities and Exchange Commission as a non-stock,
non-profit corporation and recognized by the Board, the
Commission and all government agencies as the one and
only integrated and accredited national organization for the
said professionals.
Every Professional Electronics Engineer, Electronics Engineer
and Electronics Technician, upon registration with the
Commission as such, shall ipso facto become a member of
this Accredited Professional Organization. Those who have
bee previously registered by the Board but are not members
of this Accredited Professional Organization at the time of
effectivity of R.A. No. 9292, shall be allowed to register as
members of this organization within three (3) years after the
effectivity of this Act . Membership in this Accredited
Professional Organization shall not be a bar to membership in
other association of the electronics engineering and
electronics technician professions.
An Accredited Professional Organization shall implement
the continuing professional education, accredit other
organizations or entities to provide continuing
professional education, and/or the Commission,
compliance with which shall be one of the requisites for
the maintenance of membership in good standing of the
professional in the Accredited Professional Organization.
All members of good standing of this Accredited
Professional Organization shall be issued a annual
membership card indicating the membership number and
validity period of the membership, which shall be affixed
to all plans, specifications and any document signed by
the member in the course of practice of his/her
profession. Failure to maintain membership in good
standing in the Accredited Professional Organization
shall be a cause for listing of the individual as delinquent
in the roster of professionals.
SEC. 33 . Foreign Reciprocity
- No foreigner shall be admitted for registration as PECE, ECE or ECT
with or without examination under the Act unless he/she proves in the
manner as provided by the Board that, by specific provisions of law,
the country, state or province of which he/she is a citizen, subject or
national, or in accordance with international treaties, agreements
and/or covenants to which their country, state or province is a
signatory, admits Filipino citizens to practice as PECE, ECE or ECT
after an examination or registration process on terms of strict and
absolute equality with the citizens, subjects or nationals of said
country, including the unconditional recognition of professional
licenses issued by the Board and/or the Commission and prerequisite
degrees/diplomas issued by institutions of learning duly recognized by
the government of the Philippines
The foreigner who applies for examination and/or registration under such case has
the burden of proving the existence of reciprocity in his/her country, state or
province.
A foreign citizen, whether he/she studies in the Philippines or not, who desires to
take the Board Licensure Examination for PECEs, ECEs, ECTs through reciprocity
shall initiate the establishment of reciprocity between his/her country/state and the
Philippines by presenting/submitting a letter or any document signed and under
official seal by the appropriate official of his/her country/state requesting the
Chairman of the Board to allow the foreign applicant to take the Board Licensure
Examination for Guidance Counselors that by express provision of the law of
his/her country/state, Filipino citizens shall be allowed to take the Licensure
Examination for PECEs, ECEs, ECTs and to register as PECEs, ECEs, ECTs in
his/her country/state on terms of strict and absolute equality with the citizens or
subjects of said country or state including the unconditional recognition of
prerequisite degrees issued by institutions of higher learning duly recognized or
established by the Government of the Republic of the Philippines
attaching/appending thereto an authentic or authenticated official copy of said law
officially translated in the English language.
If the letter/document and the copy of the law submitted
by the applicant is satisfactory to the Board, the
Board shall issue a Resolution allowing the foreign
applicant to take the Board Licensure Examination for
PECEs, ECEs, ECTs by requiring him/her to file an
application to take the Licensure Examination and by
submitting the following documents that shall
accompany the application.
– The original or certified copy of any official document issued
by the Bureau of Immigration and Deportation allowing the
applicant to enter and reside in the Philippines;
– Present his/her passport for examination and for
photocopying of pertinent information about the applicant;
– Original or authenticated copy of transcript of records or
equivalent document of the course for Licensure
Examination issued by the institution of higher learning
where he/she studied, duly authorized or accredited by
his/her country/state; and
– Other documents which may be required to be submitted by
the Board.
SEC. 34. Positions in Government Requiring the Services
of Registered and Licensed Professional Electronics
Engineers, Electronics Engineers and Electronics
Technicians.
- Within three (3) years from the effectivity of R.A. No. 9292, all
existing and proposed positions in the local and national government,
whether career, permanent, temporary or contractual and primarily
requiring the services of PECEs, ECEs or ECTs shall accordingly be
filled only by registered and licensed PECEs, ECEs or ECTs.
The Board shall coordinate with the concerned government
agency/ies regarding the procedure and requirements for the
implementation and strict compliance with Section 34, Article V of
R.A. No. 9292;