ME LAWS

ME2636
PRELIMS EXAMINATIONS REVIEWER

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HVAC and refrigeration equipment and
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8495 machinery
AN ACT REGULATING THE PRACTICE OF MECHANICAL - Piping system with a working pressure of
ENGINEERING IN THE PHILIPPINES not less than 70 kPa
- Fired and unfired pressure vessel, printing
ARTICLE I machine
- Mechanical working machines (for metal
TITLE, STATEMENT OF POLICY, AND DEFINITION OF
and non-metals)
TERMS
- Mechanical equipment and machinery,
1. TITLE whether installed on land, underground, or
onboard watercraft
• Philippine Mechanical Engineering Act of 1998 C. Mechanical Processes, Works, Projects, or
Plants
2. STATE OF POLICY
- Power plants, all kinds of mills, shops,
The state shall develop and nurture competent,
factories, shipyards, dry docks, HVAC, and
virtuous, productive, and well-rounded Mechanical
refrigeration plants
Engineers whose standard of professional practice and
D. Capacity of Process Works, Projects, or Plant-
service shall be excellent.
related Capacity
3. DEFINITION OF TERMS - Total kilowatt ratings of all engines, motors,
A. Practice of Mechanical Engineering boilers, turbines, or other prime movers
- Consultation, valuation, investigation, and installed for use in such works, projects, or
management services plants, whether in operation or not, and
- Engineering design, preparation of plans, without regard to the number of capacities
specification of project studies or estimates of the mechanical equipment, machinery, or
for mechanical equipment processes receiving power or intended to be
- Management or supervision of the erection, driven by such prime movers
installation, alteration, testing, and
commissioning of mechanical equipment ARTICLE II
- Management, supervision, operation, BOARD OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
tending, or maintenance of any mechanical
4. CREATION AND COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD
equipment
OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
- Management or supervision of the
- A chairman and two (2) members to be
manufacture, sale, supply, or distribution of
appointed by the president of the
mechanical equipment
Philippines from (3) recommended ranked
- Teaching of mechanical engineering
in order of preference by the PRC.
professional subjects
- The 3 recommended are chosen from the 5
- Employment in government as a PME, RME,
nominees submitted by the association of
or CPM if the nature and character of his
ME.
work are in line with his profession,
requiring professional knowledge of the 5. QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD
science of Mechanical Engineering - Natural born citizen and resident of PH
B. Mechanical Equipment of Machinery - At least 35 y/o
- Includes all prime movers, steam - Holder of BSME in PH or abroad that is
generators, material handling equipment accredited by CHED PME with a valid license

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of not less than 10 years prior to - The commission shall designate the
appointment secretary of the board and shall provide the
- Must not, for a period of three (3) secretariat and other support services
consecutive years prior to appointment, be
9. POWER AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD
connected with a review center
- Has never been convicted of any offense - To spread and adopt the rules and
involving moral turpitude regulations necessary for carrying out the
provisions of this act
6. TERMS OF OFFICE - To supervise the registration, licensure, and
- Member of the board shall hold office for a practice of ME
term of 3 years unless that member is re- - To administer oaths in connection with
appointed for another 3-year term successful examinees
- No member of the board shall serve for - To issue, suspend and/or revoke, after due
more than two (2) regular terms process certificates of registration and issue,
- Any vacancy occurring within the term of a cancel, and suspend professional
member due to resignation or conviction of license/special permits
any kind shall be filled by appointment by - To adopt an official seal of the board
the president of the Philippines - To look into the conditions affecting the
- Such member appointed shall serve for the practice of the Mechanical Engineering
un-expired portion of the term vacated profession and, adopt such measures as
without bias to serve for a maximum of two may deemed proper for the enhancement
(2) full terms - To prescribe and/or adopt a code of ethical
- If the appointee comes from the incumbent and professional standards
board, he shall serve the remaining vacated - To hear and try administrative cases
term in addition to the previous years he involving violations of this act, its
had already served and shall be qualified for implementing rules and regulations, the
reappointment in his new position: code of ethics for Mechanical Engineers,
provided, his total number of years of and to issue subpoena duchess tecum to
service shall not exceed two (2) regular full secure the appearance of witnesses and
terms documents
- Prescribe guidelines in the Continuing
7. COMPENSATION AND ALLOWANCES OF THE
Professional Education (CPE) program
BOARD MEMBERS
- Prepare, adopt, issue, or amend the syllabi
- Shall receive compensation and allowances of the subjects for examinations
comparable to the compensation being - Approve, issue, limit, or revoke temporary
received by the chairmen and members of license
existing regulatory boards in the - Discharge such other duties and functions
commission also provided in the General as deemed necessary of the Mechanical
Appropriations Act Engineering profession
8. SUPERVISION OF THE BOARD, CUSTODIAN OF 10. ANNUAL REPORT
ITS RECORDS, SECRETARIAT AND SUPPORT
- At the close of each calendar year, submit
SERVICES
an annual report to the president of the
- The board shall be under the general Philippines through the Professional
supervision of the commission Regulation Commission
- All records of the board shall be kept by the
commission

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11. REMOVAL OF BOARD MEMBER - Holder of BSME accredited by CHED
- The president, upon recommendation of
16. QUALIFICATIONS OF APPLICANTS FOR
the commission, may remove any member
CERTIFIED PLANT MECHANIC (CPM)
of the board on the following grounds:
- He must not have been convicted by a court
o Neglect of duty or incompetence,
of law
violation of such laws
- He has graduated from a vocational or trade
o Final judgment of crimes involving
school duly recognized by the government
moral turpitude
after completing an approved course of not
ARTICLE III less than two (2) years in stationary or
power plant engineering or any mechanical
EXAMINATION, REGISTRATION, AND LICENSE engineering operation
12. EXAMINATION REQUIRED - He has a record of an additional one (1) year
- Required to undergo and pass a written or more of active practice in mechanical
technical examination to become an RME or plant operation indicated in an affidavit of a
CPM. PME and that the applicant is competent to
undertake the operation, tending and
13. CATEGORIES maintenance of mechanical works, projects
A. Professional Mechanical Engineer (PME) or plant of not less than one hundred (100)
B. Registered Mechanical Engineer (RmeE) kilowatts
C. Certified Plant Mechanic (CPM)
17. QUALIFICATIONS OF APPLICANTS FOR
14. QUALIFICATION OF APPLICANTS FOR CERTIFIED PLANT MECHANIC (CPM)
PROFESSIONAL MECHANICAL ENGINEER (PME) A. Professional Mechanical Engineer (PME)
- He is a citizen of the Philippines - The granting of certificate of registration
- He must not have been convicted by a court shall be testimonial in nature which shall
of law include:
- He has a valid certificate of registration and o Submission of an enumeration of
he is a registered mechanical engineer the applicant’s experience
(RmeE) and a holder of a valid professional o Presentation of an engineering
license report/technical paper pertinent to
- He has graduated from an engineering his line of expertise attested to by
school after completing an approved course two (2) or more PME in an affidavit
in Mechanical Engineering for this purpose
- He has specific record of a total of four (4) B. Registered Mechanical Engineer (RmeE)
years or more of active mechanical - The applicant shall pass a written
engineering practice, reckoned from the examination on different subjects or group
time he registered a mechanical engineering of subjects prescribed by the board. The
practice subjects in which the applicant for
- He is competent to practice, as attested by Mechanical Engineers shall be examined
at least two (2) professional mechanical are:
engineers (PMEs) o Machine Design, Materials, and
Shop Practice
15. QUALIFICATIONS OF APPLICANTS FOR
o Industrial and Power Plant
MECHANICAL ENGINEER (RmeE)
Engineering
- He is a citizen of the Philippines
- He must not have been convicted by a court
of law
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o Mathematics, Engineering the board and the commission, and affixed
Economics, and Basic Engineering with the official seal of the commission. The
Sciences issuance of a certificate of registration that
the person named therein is entitled to all
C. CERTIFIED PLANT MECHANIC (CPM) the privileges that a PME, RmeE, and CPM
- The examination for certified plant have
mechanic may be written or oral on subject - A professional license bearing the
matters based on the following submitted registration number, date of issuance, expiry
statement of experience: date, and duly signed by the chairman of
o Elements of Power Plant Machinery the board, shall likewise be issued to every
o Elements of Industrial Plant registrant, provided that professional fees
Machinery have been paid. NO PERSON SHALL
o Shop Machinery and Practice PRACTICE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING IN
THIS COUNTRY UNLESS SUCH PERSON
Subject to the approval of the commission, the board
SHALL HAVE SECURED A LICENSE
may amend or revise the subjects, their syllabi, passing
- Subject to the approval of the commission,
average, and the system and procedure in the licensure
certificates of specialty shall be issued by
examinations for the practice of mechanical engineering
the board, subject to the approval of the
and the corresponding weight pursuant to
commission, to professional mechanical
implementing rules and regulations issued for this
engineers. These are for specific fields in
purpose. The said subjects and their syllabi may be
which the applicants have specialized
amended by the board so as to conform to technological
knowledge, training, and experience and
changes brought about by continuing trends in the
have documented their competence and
profession.
expertise
18. REPORT OF RATINGS
22. RATINGS
- The board shall submit the ratings to the
- To pass the examination, one must obtain
commission within 15 days
an average of seventy percent (70%) on all
19. RE-EXAMINATION subjects, with no rating below fifty percent
- An applicant who fails the examination for (50%) in any of the subjects
the third (3rd) time shall be allowed to take 23. INTEGRATION AND ACCREDITATION OF
only after the lapse of one year MECHANICAL ENGINEERS
20. OATH - An integrated organization of mechanical
- All candidates who passed shall be required engineers shall be created and accredited
to take an oath of profession before the by the board and commission. All persons
board or any government official authorized whose names now appear in the roll of
to administer oaths before practice PME, RMeE, and CPM upon registration and
payment of the required fees shall
21. ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATIONS OF automatically become members of the org
REGISTRATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSE - The integration of the mechanical
- Upon payment of the registration fee, the engineering professional shall not be a bar
board shall issue a certificate of registration to the formation of a voluntary organization
to any applicant who has met all the of mechanical engineers, which may coexist
requirements between affiliated organizations
- Certificate shall indicate the full name of the - The board, subject to the approval by the
registrants, signed by all the members of commission and after consultation with the
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existing accredited organization of oThe use in whatever way of any
mechanical engineers and other affiliated fraud or deceit in obtaining a
organizations of mechanical engineers and, certificate of registration
if possible, with a substantial number of o Gross negligence or incompetence
mechanical engineers who are non- o Unprofessional or dishonorable
organization members, shall provide the conduct
guidelines and mechanisms for the o Violation of the code of ethics for
establishment and creation, continued mechanical engineers and certified
supervision of the integrated and accredited plant mechanics
organization of mechanical engineers - Provided, that the action of the board shall
- The registered and licensed engineers and be subject to appeal to the commission
certified plant mechanics shall receive the within fifteen (15) days from notice, whose
benefits and privileges appurtenant to their decision on the matter shall be final
membership in duly integrated and
27. GROUNDS FOR SUSPENSION
accredited mechanical engineering
association only upon payment of the - The board shall have the power, upon due
required fees and dues. notice and hearing, to revoke or suspend
the license of mechanical engineers, or to
24. SEAL OF PROFESSIONAL MECHANICAL cancel a temporary/special permit:
ENGINEEER o The use of perpetuation of any
- A professional mechanical engineer shall, fraud or deceit in obtaining a
upon registration, obtain a seal of such certificate of registration
design prescribed by the board, bearing the o For incompetence and negligence
registrant – name, the certificate number, o Illegal practice of mechanical
and the legend – Professional Mechanical engineering, violation of the
Engineer provisions of the ME Law, Code, and
- All projects shall be stamped on every sheet Ethics
with the said seal of the registrant when filed - Provided, however, that such action of the
with government authorities or when submitted board shall be subject to appeal with the
or used professionally proper regional trial court for appropriate
relief
25. NON-ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF CERTAIN
GROUNDS 28. REINSTATEMENT AND REPLACEMENT OF THE
- The board shall not issue a certificate of CERTIFICATES
registration to any person convicted of - The board may reinstate the validity of a
crimes involving moral turpitude, or revoked certificate of registration and
immoral or dishonorable conduct or any professional license, upon payment of the
person of unsound mind declared by a court required fees, at least two (2) years after
of competent jurisdiction revocation
- A new certificate of registration to replace
26. REVOCATION AND SUSPENSION OF
any certificate lost, destroyed or mutilated
CERTIFICATE
may be issued
- The board shall have the power, upon
proper notice and hearing, to suspend or 29. RENEWAL OR LICENSE
revoke any certificate of registration of any - License shall serve as evidence that the
registrant: licensee can practice his profession until its
expiration. However, renewal of license can

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only be done upon a payment of renewal receipt number on the documents he
fee corresponding to three (3) consecutive signs/uses/issues
years
ARTICLE IV
30. VESTED RIGHTS: AUTOMATIC REGISTRATION
OF PRACTICING MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PRACTICE OF PROFESSION
- All practicing mechanical engineers who are 33. FIELD OF ACTION AUTHORIZED FOR EACH
registered at the time this act takes effect, CATEGORY: PROHIBITION
shall automatically be registered - It shall be unlawful for any person, unless
authorized under this act:
31. COVERAGE OF TEMPORARY/SPECIAL PERMITS
- Mechanical engineers from other countries FIELD OF ACTION PME RMeE CPM
called in for consultation or for a specific
project not requiring more than (3) months
Preparation of Plans and
Designs
✓
residence in the Philippines in a twelve (12) Teach Professional Masters
month period: provided that the engineer is Subjects and PhD
legally qualified to practice mechanical Construction, Erection,
Installation of Mech Engg
✓ ✓
engineering in their own country in which
the qualifications for obtaining a certificate Services
are at least equal to or more
Operate, Tend, or
Maintain:
✓ ✓ ✓
- Foreigners employed as technical officers,
100kW < Plant < 300kW
training officers or consultants in such
special branches of mechanical engineering
Operate, Tend, or
Maintain:
✓ ✓
may be issued temporary permits 300kW < Plant < 2000kW
o Non-availability of a mechanical
engineer and/or mechanic in the
Operate, Tend, or
Maintain:
✓
country who is competent, able, Plant > 2000 kW
and willing
34. PERSONNEL REQUIRED IN MECHANICAL PLANT
o The foreigner must have been in the
- Every mechanical work project or plant in
prior employ of the engaging firm,
operation shall have not less than the
or its foreign business partner,
following complement of resident licensed
outside of the Philippines for a
PME, RmeE, or CPM:
period of not less than one (1) year
o Any particular or specific POWER PME RMeE CPM
engagement shall not be in excess
of six (6) months but may be
100kW < Plant < 300kW
✓ ✓ ✓
renewed once, if necessary, except
300kW < Plant < 2000kW
✓ ✓
when such engagement is for a Plant > 2000 kW
✓
newly established firm – not to
exceed a total term of two (2) years 35. PREPARATION OF PLANS AND SUPERVISION OF
CONSTRUCTION BY LICENSED ENGINEERS
32. INDICATION OF LICENSE AND PROFESSIONAL REQUIRED
TAX RECEIPT - It shall be unlawful to order the fabrication,
- The engineer is required to indicate his construction, erection, installation, or
professional license number, the duration of alteration of any mechanical works,
validity, including the professional tax projects, or plants, unless the designs,
plans, layouts or specifications have been
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prepared by or under the responsible - No foreign mechanical engineer shall be
charge of, and duly signed and sealed by a allowed to practice mechanical engineering
professional mechanical engineer unless he can prove that the country of
- Proposals and quotations for the supply and which he is a subject or citizen, in the spirit
fabrication of mechanical equipment, of reciprocity, permits Filipino mechanical
works, projects, plants, mechanical engineers and/or mechanics to practice
pollution abatement systems, mechanical within its territorial limits
fire protection systems, and pressurized
40. ENFORCEMENT OF THE ACT BY THE OFFICERS
pipes with a working pressure of not less
OF THE LAW
than 70 kPa, shall be duly signed and sealed
by a PME - The PRC shall be the enforcement agency of
the board. As such, the commission shall
36. PRACTICE NOT ALLOWED FOR FIRMS AND implement the concerned provisions of this
CORPORATIONS act
- No firm, company partnership, association,
41. QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
or corporation may be registered or licensed
as such for the practice of mechanical - In a government or private institution where
engineering provided that: a position requires a masters-degree holder,
Nobody shall be a member, partner or a holder of a PME license shall be eligible
associate unless he is a duly registered and for the position
licensed mechanical engineer, and the - Where a position requires a PME license, a
members who are mechanical engineers holder of a masters- or doctorate degree in
shall only render work and services proper mechanical engineering, with a registered
for mechanical engineers as defined in this mechanical engineer license shall be
act considered for the position

37. POSTING OF CERTIFICATES ARTICLE V

- The owner, manager, or other person in- PENAL AND CONCLUDING PROVISIONS
charge of any mechanical works, projects, or
plants of one hundred (100) kW or more, 42. PENALTIES
shall post or cause to be posted in a visible - Penalized by a fine of not less than fifty
place within such plant of business, the thousand pesos (P50,000), not more than
original certificate of registration of the two hundred thousand pesos (P200,000), or
engineer and of the certified plant imprisonment of not less than six (6)
mechanic/s employed in such plant, in a months not more than three (3) years, or
frame both fines and imprisonment at the
discretion of the court
38. ROSTER OF ENGINEERS AND MECHANICS
- A roster showing the names and place of 43. IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS
business of all registered professional - The board shall formulate and issue the
mechanical engineers, mechanical implementing rules and regulations to carry
engineers, and certified plant mechanics out the provisions of this act
shall be prepared by the commission, which 44. FUNDING PROVISIONS
shall be made available to any interested
- Such sums as may be necessary to carry out
parties upon formal written request
provisions of this act shall be included in the
39. FOREGIN RECIPROCITY General Appropriations Act of the year

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following its enactment into law and
thereafter

45. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE

- If any section or portion of this act shall be
declared unconstitutional or invalid, the
same shall not invalidate all other sections
or portions not affected thereby

46. REPEALING CLAUSE

- Commonwealth Act No. 294, as amended
by Republic Act No. 5336, is hereby
repealed, and all other laws, parts of the
law, others, ordinances, or regulations
relative to the practice of mechanical
engineering which is inconsistent with the
provisions of this act are hereby repealed or
modified accordingly

47. TRANSITORY PROVISIONS

- Mechanical plant engineers possessing valid
certificates of registration issued under
Commonwealth Act No. 294 with BSME
degree shall register and be issued
certificates as PMEs to replace their original
certificate of registration
- Faculty members currently teaching
mechanical engineering professional
subjects in universities shall not be allowed
to continue teaching after five (5) years
from the approval of this act, unless they
are or have become PMEs or at least
registered mechanical engineers with a
Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering
- The present board shall continue to function
in temporary until such time as the new
board shall be constituted

48. EFFECTIVELY CAUSE

- This act shall take effect fifteen (15) days
following its publication in the official
gazette or a major daily newspaper of
general circulation in the Philippines,
whichever is earlier

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