Chrissa Mea B. Padolina Engr. Danilo M.

Miranda

BSECESEP-4A-T January 20,2024

[REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9292]

ARTICLE I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

SECTION 1. Short Title. — This Act shall be known as the “Electronics Engineering Law of 2004.”

SEC 2. Statement of Policy. — The State recognizes the importance of electronics engineering in nation
building and development. The State shall therefore develop and nurture competent, virtuous,
productive, and well-rounded Professional Electronics Engineers, Electronics Engineers and Electronics
Technicians whose standards of practice and service shall be excellent, qualitative, world-class and
globally competitive, through inviolable, honest, effective and credible licensure examinations and
through regulatory measures, programs and activities that foster their integrity, continuing professional
education, development and growth.

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

(a) Electronics — the science dealing with the development and application of devices and systems
involving the flow of electrons or other carriers of electric charge, in a vacuum, in gaseous media, in
plasma, in semiconductors, in solid-state and/or in similar devices, including, but not limited to,
applications involving optical, electromagnetic and other energy forms when transduced or converted
into electronic signals.

(b) Professional Electronics Engineer — a person who is qualified to hold himself/herself out as a duly
registered/licensed Professional Electronics Engineer under this Act and to affix to his/her name the
letters “PECE.”

(c) Electronics Engineer — a person who is qualified to hold himself/herself out as a duly
registered/licensed Electronics Engineer under this Act and to affix to his/her name the letters “ECE.”

(d) Electronics Technician — a person who is qualified to hold himself/herself out as a duly
registered/licensed Electronics Technician under this Act and to affix to his/her name the letters “ECT”
(e) Electronics and Communications Engineer — a person who is qualified to hold himself/herself out as
a duly-registered/licensed Electronics and Communications Engineer under Republic Act No. 5734.

(f) Computer — any of a variety of electronic devices that is capable of accepting data, programs and/or
instructions, executing the programs and/or instructions to process the data and presenting the results.

(g) Information and Communications Technology — the acquisition, production, transformation, storage
and transmission/reception of data and information by electronic means in forms such as vocal, pictorial,
textual, numeric or the like; also refers to the theoretical and practical applications and processes
utilizing such data and information.

(h) Communications — the process of sending and/or receiving information, data, signals and/or
messages between two (2) or more points by radio, cable, optical wave guides or other devices and
wired or wireless medium.

(i) Telecommunications — any transmission, emission or reception of voice, data, electronic messages,
text, written or printed matter, fixed or moving pictures or images, words, music or visible or audible
signals or sounds, or any information, intelligence and/or control signals of any design/format and for
any purpose, by wire, radio, spectral, visual/optical/light, or other electronic, electromagnetic and
technological means.

(j) Broadcast, Broadcasting — an undertaking the object of which is to transmit audio, video, text, images
or other signals or messages for reception of a broad audience in a geographical area via wired or
wireless means.

(k) Industrial Plant — includes all manufacturing establishments and other business endeavors where
electronic or electronically-controlled machinery or equipment are installed and/or are being used, sold,
maintained, assembled, manufactured or operated.

(l) Commercial Establishment — shall include but not limited to office buildings, hotels, motels, hospitals,
condominiums, stores, apartments, supermarkets, schools, studios, stadia, parking areas, memorial
chapels/parks, watercraft and aircraft used for business or profit, and any other building/s or area/s for
business purposes, where electronic or electronically-controlled machinery or equipment are installed
and/or are being used, sold, maintained, assembled, manufactured or operated.

(m) Consulting Services — as used in this Act, shall include services requiring adequate technical
expertise, experience and professional capability in undertaking advisory and review, pre-investment or
feasibility studies, design, planning, construction, supervision, management and related services, and
other technical studies or special studies in the field of electronics engineering.

(n) Accredited Professional Organization — the integrated and accredited national organization of
Professional Electronics Engineers, Electronics Engineers and Electronics Technicians.
SEC 4. Categories of Practice. — The following shall be the engineering and technician categories
covered by this Act:

(a) Professional Electronics Engineer (PECE)

(b) Electronics Engineer (ECE)

(c) Electronics Technician (ECT)

SEC 5. Nature and Scope of Practice of Electronics Engineering and Electronics Technician Professions

(a) The scope and nature of practice of Electronics Engineer shall embrace and consist of any work or
activity relating to the application of engineering sciences and/or principles to the investigation, analysis,
synthesis, planning, design, specification, research and development, provision, procurement, marketing
and sales, manufacture and production, construction and installation, tests/measurements/control,
operation, repair, servicing, technical support and maintenance of electronic components, devices,
products, apparatus, instruments, equipment, systems, networks, operations and processes in the fields
of electronics, including communications and/or telecommunications, information and communications
technology (ICT), computers and their networking and hardware/firmware/software development and
applications, broadcast/broadcasting, cable and wireless television, consumer and industrial electronics,
electro-optics/photonics/opto-electronics, electro-magnetics, avionics, aerospace, navigational and
military applications, medical electronics, robotics, cybernetics, biometrics and all other related and
convergent fields; it also includes the administration, management, supervision and regulatory aspects
of such works and activities; similarly included are those teaching and training activities which develop
the ability to use electronic engineering fundamentals and related advanced knowledge in electronics
engineering, including lecturing and teaching of technical and professional subjects given in the
electronics engineering and electronics technician curriculum, and licensure examinations.

(b) The scope and nature of practice of the Professional Electronics Engineer shall embrace and consist
of all of the above plus the sole authority to provide consulting services as defined in this Act and to sign
and seal electronics plans, drawings, permit applications, specifications, reports and other technical
documents prepared by himself/herself and/or under his direct supervision.

(c) The scope and nature of practice of the Electronics Technician profession shall embrace and consist of
any non-engineering work or activity relating to the installation, construction, operation, control, test
and measurements, diagnosis, repair and maintenance, manufacture and production, sales and
marketing of any electronic component/s, device/s, products, apparatus, instruments, equipment,
system/s, network/s, operations and processes located on land, watercraft, aircraft, industrial plants or
commercial establishments, including the teaching and training of technical and professional subjects
given in the electronics technician curriculum and licensure examinations.
 ARTICLE II

PROFESSIONAL REGULATORY BOARD OF ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

SEC 6. Composition of the Board. — There is hereby created a Professional Regulatory Board of
Electronics Engineering, hereinafter referred to as the Board, under the administrative control and
supervision of the Professional Regulation Commission, hereinafter referred to as the Commission,
composed of a chairman and two (2) members who shall be appointed by the President of the
Philippines from the three (3) recommendees per position chosen and ranked by the Commission, which
recommendees shall in turn be chosen from the five (5) nominees for each position submitted by the
accredited professional organization, in accordance with rules and regulations presently in existence or
that may be promulgated for such purpose.

SEC 7. Powers and Functions of the Board. — The Board is vested with the authority to:

(a) Administer/Implement the provisions of this Act;

(b) Administer oaths in connection with the administration of this Act;

(c) Adopt an official seal of the Board;

(d) Issue, suspend or revoke Certificates of Registration and accordingly the Professional Identification
Cards of Professional Electronics Engineers, Electronics Engineers or Electronics Technicians, or
otherwise suspend the holder thereof from the practice of his/her profession, for any justifiable cause
and after due process;

(e) Maintain a roster of Professional Electronics Engineers, Electronics Engineers and Electronics
Technicians;

(f) Issue, suspend and/or cancel special permits to foreign Professional Electronics Engineers, Electronics
Engineers or Electronics Technicians in accordance with the provisions of this Act;

(g) Prescribe, amend or revise the requirements for licensing of Professional Electronics Engineers, and
prepare, adopt and issue the syllabi of the subjects for the licensure examination for Electronics
Engineers and Electronics Technicians, and prepare the questions therefore, in strict conformance with
the scope of the syllabi;

(h) Adopt a program for the full computerization of the licensure examination;

(i) Grant registration without examination, subject to review and approval by the Commission, in
accordance with the provisions of this Act;

(j) Study, examine and recommend, in coordination with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED)
and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), and in consultation with other
concerned government entities and the accredited professional organization, the essential requirements
as to curricula and facilities of schools, colleges or universities, seeking permission to open courses or
programs or already offering courses or programs in electronics engineering, electronics technician and
related courses or programs and to see to it that these requirements, including employment of qualified
faculty members, are properly complied with: Provided, That within three (3) years after the effectivity
of this Act, the Board shall, in coordination with the CHED, TESDA and in consultation with other
concerned government entities and the accredited professional organization, review and define/re-
define the curricula for electronics engineering, electronics technician and/or allied courses or programs
for the purpose of re-aligning, revising and/or consolidating the same and/or otherwise defining the
minimum requirements by means of which graduates of related or allied courses or programs can qualify
to take the Electronics Engineer and Electronics Technician licensure examinations;

(k) Inspect educational institutions and based on their findings thereon, recommend to the CHED and/or
the TESDA and/or other government entities concerned with the granting of school permits or
authorization, the opening, improvement/upgrading or closure of colleges or schools and universities
offering electronics engineering and electronics technician courses or programs;

(l) Adopt and administer a Code of Ethics and a Code of Technical Standards of Practice for Professional
Electronics Engineers, Electronics Engineers and Electronics Technicians in the Philippines;

(m) Promulgate rules and regulations on the scope of practice of Professional Electronics Engineers,
Electronics Engineers and Electronics Technicians;

(n) Promulgate a program for continuing professional education and/or development of Professional
Electronics Engineers, Electronics Engineers and Electronics Technicians;

(o) Prescribe the minimum manning and manpower requirements for Professional Electronics Engineers,
Electronics Engineers and Electronics Technicians in industrial plants and commercial establishments for
purposes of ensuring compliance with the provisions of this Act and all other ordinances, laws, rules and
regulations that may be enacted hereinafter;

(p) Formulate, prescribe and adopt such rules and regulations for electronics installations in industrial
plants, commercial establishments and other buildings or structures covered by the National Building
Code of the Philippines, in coordination with the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH),
other concerned government agencies, representatives of industry and the Accredited Professional
Organization;

(q) Study the conditions affecting the Professional Electronics Engineering, Electronics Engineering and
Electronics Technician Professions in the Philippines, and whenever necessary, exercise the powers
conferred by this and other Acts, and adopt such measures as may be deemed proper for the
enhancement and advancement of the professions and/or the maintenance of high professional, ethical
and technical standards, and for this purpose, the Board may personally or through subordinate
employees of the Commission or member/s of the Accredited Professional Organization, duly authorized
by the Board and approved by the Commission, conduct ocular inspection or visit industrial plants and
commercial establishments where Professional Electronics Engineers, Electronics Engineers and
Electronics Technicians are employed for the purpose of determining compliance with the provisions of
law relative thereto, in accordance with established policies promulgated by the Commission;
(r) Hear and decide violations of this Act, its implementing rules and regulations, the Code of Ethics and
the Code of Technical Standards of Practice for the profession, and for this purpose, issue subpoena ad
testificandum and/or subpoena duces tecum to secure attendance of witnesses and the production of
documents in connection with the charges presented to and/or any investigation pending before the
Board;

(s) Delegate the hearing or investigation of administrative cases filed before it to authorized officers of
the Commission, except in cases where the issue involved strictly concerns the practice of the
Professional Electronics Engineering, Electronics Engineering and Electronics Technician Professions, in
which case the hearing shall be presided over by at least one (1) member of the Board assisted by a Legal
or Hearing Officer of the Commission;

(t) Promulgate resolutions, orders and/or decisions on such administrative cases: Provided, That such
resolutions, orders and/or decisions shall be subject to appeal within fifteen (15) days from receipt
thereof with the Commission, which may affirm or reverse the same, dismiss the case, deny the appeal
or remand the case to the Board for further, action or proceeding: Provided, further, That if after fifteen
(15) days from the receipt of such decision no appeal is taken therefrom to the Commission, the same
shall become final and immediately enforceable;

(u) Submit an annual action plan and corresponding report at the beginning and close of each fiscal year
on the activities, proceedings and accomplishments of the Board for the year, incorporating therein any
recommendation to the Commission; and

(v) Discharge such other powers and functions as the Board and the Commission may deem necessary
for the practice of the profession and the upgrading, enhancement, development and growth of the
Professional Electronics Engineer, Electronics Engineer and Electronics Technician professions in the
Philippines. Except those in administrative cases, all resolutions embodying rules and regulations and
other policies and measures issued and/or promulgated by the Board shall be subject to the review and
approval by the Commission.

SEC 8. Qualifications of Board Members. — The chairman and members of the Board must possess the
following qualifications at the time of their appointment:

(a) Be a citizen and a resident of the Philippines for at least five (5) consecutive years prior to his/her
appointment;

(b) Be of good moral character and integrity;

(c) Be a holder of a valid Certificate of Registration and a valid Professional Identification Card as a
Professional Electronics Engineer, duly qualified to practice as a Professional Engineer in the Philippines;

(d) Be a member of good standing of the Accredited Professional Organization;

(e) Be in active practice of the electronics engineering profession for at least ten (10) years prior to his
appointment, either in self practice, or employment in government service and/or in the private sector;
(t) Must not have any pecuniary interest, directly or indirectly in any school, academy, college, university
or institution conferring an academic degree and/or certification/accreditation necessary for admission
to the practice of Electronics Engineering and/or Electronics Technician or where review classes in
preparation for the licensure examination are being offered or conducted nor shall he/she be a member
of the faculty or of the administration thereof prior to taking his/her oath of office; and

(g) Must not have been convicted of an offense involving moral turpitude.

SEC 9. Term of Office. — The members of the Board shall hold office for a term of three (3) years from
date of appointment or until their successors shall have been appointed and qualified and may be re-
appointed once for another term. Any vacancy occurring within the term of a member shall be filled for
the unexpired portion of the term only: Provided, That the member appointed to serve the unexpired
term may be re-appointed more than once for as long as his/her continuous tenure shall not exceed six
(6) years. Each member of the Board shall take the proper oath prior to the assumption of office.

SEC 10. Compensation and Allowances of the Board. — The Chairman and members of the Board shall
receive compensation and allowances comparable to that being received by the Chairman and members
of existing regulatory boards under the Commission as provided for in the General Appropriations Act.

SEC 11. Removal of Board Members. — The President of the Philippines, upon recommendation of the
Commission, may suspend or remove any member of the Board for neglect of duty, incompetence,
manipulation or rigging of the licensure examination results, disclosure of secret information or the
examination questions prior to the conduct of the said examination, or tampering of the grades therein,
for unprofessional or unethical conduct, or for any final judgment or conviction of any criminal offense
by the Courts, after having given the member concerned an opportunity to be heard and/or defend
himself/herself in a proper administrative investigation.

SEC 12. Custodian of Board Records, Secretariat and Support Services. — All records of the Board,
including applications for examination, administrative cases involving Professional Electronics Engineers,
Electronics Engineers and Electronics Technicians 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.

Reference:

Republic Act No. 9292. (n.d.). https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2004/ra_9292_2004.html