5 : CHEMENG LAWS Flashcards
“AN ACT REGULATING THE PRACTICE
OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AND
REPEALING FOR THIS PURPOSE
REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THREE
HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN (R. A. NO.
318), OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “THE
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING LAW”
Republic Act 9297 of 2004
Republic Act 9297 of 2004 date and people
May 13, 2004 , Signed by Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “THE
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING LAW”
(R. A. NO.318)
It is hereby declared the policy of the State **to supervise and regulate the
practice **of chemical engineering vital to national development, upgrade
chemical engineering education in order to ensure that our chemical
engineers are at par with the best in the world, and to reserve the practice
of such profession to Filipino citizens.
Article I.
Section 1. Title
Section 2. Statement of Policy
shall mean the rendering or offering of professional chemical
engineering service for a fee, salary, reward or compensation,
paid to him or through another person, or even without such
reward or compensation. The term shall be synonymous with
the term “rendering chemical engineering service.”
Practice of Chemical Engineering
Article I.Section 3 of Republic Act No. 9297 of 2004
Definition of Terms
shall mean any plant in which a unit process
and/or operations are involved, including the related pollution
control and abatement processes or operations
Industrial plant
shall mean the chemical change which is involved in the
manufacture of industrial or consumer products or the
treatment of industrial or chemical wastes
Unit process
shall mean the physical operation by which a
desired step in an industrial process is conducted
or controlled. This includes, but is not limited to;
storage of gases, liquids, solids, heat transfer,
evaporation; mass transfer, i.e. distillation,
absorption, drying, humidification, extraction,
leaching, mixing and dispersion, separation, i.e.,
filtration, screening, molecular sieving and
coalescing.
Unit Operation
shall mean any of the following and similar
chemical engineering topics: chemical
engineering thermodynamics; chemical
engineering calculations; physical and chemical
principles; industrial processes; momentum
transfer; heat transfer; mass transfer; industrial
wastes management and control; process
equipment and plant design; and biochemical
engineering and bio-engineering;
Professional engineering subject
shall mean a person duly registered and holder of
a valid Certificate of Registration and Professional
Identification Card issued by the Board of
Chemical Engineering and the Professional
Regulation Commission.
Chemical engineering
Article I.Section 4 of Republic Act No. 9297 of 2004
Scope of
Practice
Professional chemical engineering service shall embrace the following similar
services in relation to industrial plants:
(1) Consultation requiring chemical engineering knowledge, skill and proficiency;
(2) Investigation;
(3) Estimation and/or valuation;
(4) Planning;
(5) Preparation of feasibility studies;
(6) Designing;
(7) Preparation of specifications;
(8) Supervision of installation;
(9) Operation, including quality management; but excluding chemical analysis
and operation of the chemical laboratory; and
(10) The teaching, lecturing and reviewing of professional chemical engineering
subjects in the curriculum of the Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering
degree or a subject in the Chemical Engineering licensure examination given in
any school, college, university or any other educational institution shall be
considered a professional chemical engineering service.
Article II. Of Republic Act No. 9297 of 2004
CREATION OF THE PROFESSIONAL
REGULATORY BOARD FOR CHEMICAL
ENGINEERS
There shall be created a Board of Chemical Engineering, hereinafter
referred to as the Board, under the administrative control and supervision
of the Professional Regulation Commission, hereinafter called
Commission, composed of a Chairman and two (2) members to be
appointed by the President of the Philippines from among those
recommended by the Commission from the nominees of the duly
integrated and accredited national organization of chemical engineers.
Section 6. Composition of the
Board
The Chairman and Members of the Board must, at the time of the appointment
shall be;
(a) A natural-born Filipino citizen and resident of the Philippines;
(b) At least a holder of a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering or its
equivalent, as conferred by an engineering school of good standing, recognized
and accredited by the Government;
(c) A registered chemical engineer who has been in active practice for at least ten
(10) years;
(d) A member of good standing of the integrated and duly accredited national
chemical engineering profession; and
(e) A person who does not have any pecuniary interest, directly or indirectly in
any university, college, school or institution conferring an academic degree
necessary for admission to the practice of chemical engineering or where review
classes in preparation for the licensure examination are being offered or
conducted; nor shall he be a member of the faculty or of the administration
thereof at the time of his appointment to the Board.
Section 7 Article II Of Republic Act No. 9297 of 2004
Qualifications of the
Board Chairman and Members
Article III.
Section 16 Republic Act No. 9297 of 2004
Qualifications for
Examination
Any person applying for admission to the chemical engineering
examination must have the following qualifications:
(a) That he/she is a citizen of the Philippines;
(b) That he/she is of good moral character;
(c) That he/she is a graduate of a school, institute, college or
university recognized by the Government and has been
conferred the degree of Bachelor of Science in Chemical
Engineering or its equivalent; and
(d) That he/she has not been convicted of an offense involving
moral turpitude by a court of competent jurisdiction.
Section 23. Republic Act No. 9297 of 2004 Article III
Suspension or Revocation of
Certificate of Registration and Certification
of Compliance
Any of the following shall be sufficient ground for the suspension
or revocation of a Certificate of Registration:
(a) Any act of misrepresentation in connection with an alleged
performance of chemical engineering devices;
(b) Acts inimical to the chemical engineering profession; and
(c) Gross immorality or commission of any act involving moral
turpitude.
Article IV of Republic Act No. 9297 of 2004
Practice of Chemical
Engineering
Article IV. Practice of Chemical
Engineering
Section 27.
Prohibitions in the Practice of
Chemical Engineerig
No person shall practice chemical engineering or render chemical
engineering service without a valid certificate of registration and a valid
professional identification card.
Section 27. Prohibitions in the practice of Chemical Engineering
