ME543:
ME LAWS, CONTRACTS,
SPECIFICATIONS, AND ETHICS
Republic of the Philippines
Tarlac State University
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Romulo Blvd, Tarlac City, Tarlac
ARTICLE 1 AND ARTICLE 2
by Group No. 1:
NATIVIDAD, John Leonard
ESPIRITU, Macjorge Julio T.
ESTANISLAO, Egiel
Bachelor of Science in
Mechanical Engineering
ARTICLE 2
Article II known as the Board of Mechanical Engineering. We will be
discussing all about the Board of mechanical engineering and how it is
created and its composition. We will also tackle about the qualification of
members of the board. The term of office and how the compensation and
allowance of Board members are given. The supervision of the files and
records of the board. Also be seeing what are the duties and power that a
board have. There yearly report and how to remove any member of the
board. This are all here in the Laws of mechanical engineering article II
section 4 to 11.
In article II - Section 4. Creation and Composition of the Board of Mechanical Engineering.
◦ In this section it states the creation of the Board of mechanical Engineering.
This board of mechanical engineering consist of a CHAIRMAN and TWO
members to be selected by the President of our Country the Philippines. The
President will be selecting it from a list of three recommended for each
position. It is chosen and ranked the way that the Professional Regulation
Commission has order of preference, from a list of five nominee submitted by
the duly accredited association of mechanical engineers in the Philippines. The
Board shall be organized not later than six months from the affectivity of this
Act.
Section 5. Qualifications of Members of the Board.
In this section a member of the Board of Mechanical Engineer shall have possess the following qualifications at the time of his
appointment.
(a) Natural born citizen and resident of the Philippines;
(b) Must be at least thirty-five (35) years of age;
(c) Holder of the degree of Bachelor of Science in Mechanical 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 Professional Mechanical Engineer with a valid professional license and an active practitioner as such, for not less than ten
(10) years prior to his appointment;
(e) Must not, for a period of three (3) consecutive years prior to appointment, be a member of the faculty of any school,
academy, institute, college or university where a regular course in mechanical engineering is being taught, nor have 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 appointment, be connected with a review center or with 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.
Section 6. Term of Office
In this section six of article 2 focus on the term of office. It explains what has to be done concerning
your term. It said that the board shall hold office of a term 3 years from the day he or she is appointed or
until the new successor shall be qualified to be appointed. You can be reappointed for another 3 years but
no one can serve for more than 2 regular terms. The president of the Philippines can appoint any vacancy
if there has death, disability, resignation or conviction of any kind. and such member appointed shall serve
for the un expired portion of the term vacated without prejudice to serve for a maximum of two full terms.
If the appointee comes from the incumbent Board, he shall serve the remaining vacated term in addition to
the previous years he had already served and shall be qualified for reappointment in his new
position: Provided, his aggregate number of years of service shall not exceed two regular full terms. Each
member of the Board shall take his oath of office prior to the official performance of his duties.
Section 7. Compensation and Allowances of the Board Members.
This section 7 of article 2 shows that the compensation and allowances of board members are being
given that is comparable to the compensation and allowances being received by the chairman and
members of the board is being provided for in the general appropriations act. The General Appropriations
Act (GAA) is one of the most important legislations that Congress annually passes. It defines the annual
expenditure program of the national government and all of its instrumentalities.
Section 8. Supervision of the Board, Custodian of its Records, Secretariat and Support Services.
In this section 8 of article 2 states that the board shall be open for all the records. We can be sure that
the records are correct. And if there is a problem we can simply fix it because all the records are being
supervised. 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. All records of the Board, including
applications for examination, examination papers and results, minutes of deliberation, administrative
cases, and other investigative cases involving the profession shall be kept by the Commission.
Section 9. Power and Duties of the Board. – The Board shall exercise the following specific powers,
functions, duties and responsibilities:
(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 mechanical engineers in the Philippines;
(c) To administer oaths in connection with the successful examinees entering the practice of Mechanical Engineering;
(d) To issue the certificate of registration to successful examinees;
(e) To issue, suspend and/or revoke, after due process certificates of registration and issue, cancel and suspend
professional license or cancel special permits for the practice of mechanical engineering, for causes provided by law;
(f) To adopt an official seal of the Board;
(g) To look into the conditions affecting the practice of the mechanical 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 of Ethical and Professional Standards for the practice of the mechanical engineering
profession.
(i) To hear and try administrative cases involving violations of this Act, its Implementing Rules and Regulations, the Code of
Ethics for Mechanical Engineers, and for this purpose, to issue subpoena and subpoena duces tecum to secure the appearance
of witnesses and the production of documents in connection therewith;
(j) Prescribe guidelines in the Continuing Professional Education (CPE) program in coordination with accredited association of
mechanical engineers;
(k) Prepare, adopt, issue or amend the syllabi of the subjects for examinations;
(l) Approve, issue, limit or revoke temporary license to practice mechanical engineering; and
(m) Discharge such other duties and functions as may be deemed necessary for the enhancement of the mechanical
engineering profession and the upgrading, development and growth of mechanical engineering education in the Philippines.
Section 10. Annual Report.
In this section 10 of article 2 shows that every year the board needs to
submit its annual reports to the president of the Philippines by the means of
the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) that has 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 mechanical engineering in
the Philippines.
Section 11. Removal of Board Member.
In this section 11 of article 2 focus on how a removal of a board member is
done. The commission can recommend to the president and remove any
member of the board by looking to the following grounds such as neglect of
duty or incompetence, violation or tolerance of the violation of this Act or the
Code of Ethics for Mechanical Engineering, final judgment of crimes involving
moral turpitude, But the member that is being remove has an opportunity to
defend himself to the accusations in a proper administrative investigation.
ME543:
ME LAWS, CONTRACTS,
SPECIFICATIONS, AND ETHICS
