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• RA 9297


  Chemical Engineering Law of 2004
• RA 9297


  • Strengthened the supervision and regulation of its practice, upgrading its education
  • Created PRC for ChE
  • Upgraded ChE Licensure Examination and Registration
• Chemical Engineer

  Person duly registered and holder of a valid Certificate of Registration and Professional ID issued by the Board of Chemical Engineering and Professional Regulation Commission (PRC)
• Scope of Practice

  • Consultation
  • Investigation
  • Feasilibity study preparation
  • Estimation/valuation
  • Planning
  • Operation and quality management
  • Design specification installation
  • Research and development
• PRC


  Created under PD 223 signed on June 22, 1973responsible for the administration, implementation and enforcement of regulatory policies on on the regulation and licensing of various professions and occupations under its jurisdiction
• The PRC plays a strategic role in developing the corps of professionals for industry, commerce, governance, and the economy
• Modernization of regulation and licensure system (RA 8981), including accreditation of professional organization
• Philippine Regulatory Board of ChE


  • Hon. Shirlyn C. Reyes, Member
  • Hon. Cezar S. De La Cruz
  • Dr. Ofelia M. Bulaong
• Functions of Philippine Regulatory Board of ChE

  • Preparation and revision of licensure examinations
  • Recommendarion of advancements
  • Visitation and inspection
  • Adoption of code of ethics
  • Administer oaths and registration
  • Investigation of violations
  • Suspend, revoke, or reissue certificate of registration for causes provided by law
• Qualification of Philippine Board of ChE

  • Natural born Filipino citizen and resident of the Philippines
  • At least holder of BS ChE or equivalent
  • Ten-year active ChE practitioner
  • APO Member
  • No academic conflict of interest
• Seal of the Board of ChE

  • Industrial plant
  • Gear
  • Atom
  • Laborator decanter and flask
  • Flame/open book
• ChE Licensure Exam

  • Physical and Chemical Principles - 30%
  • Chemical Engineering - 40%
  • General Engineering - 30%
• Qualifications ChE Licensure Exam

  • Filipino citizen
  • With good moral character
  • Graduate of BS ChE from a reputble and legally constituted college, or university
  • No convection of any offense subjected to moral turpitude
• Requirements ChE Licensure Exam

  • NSo Birth Certificate
  • NSO Marriage Contract (for married females)
  • OTR with Special Order and Data of Graduation, with scanned pictures and with remarks "FOR BOARD EXAMIANTION PURPOSES ONLY"
  • Diploma with Special Order and Date of Graduation
  • Certificate of good moral character
  • NBI clearance
  • Two (2) passport-size colored pictures with white background and complete name tag
  • Community Tax Certificate
• Passing ChE Licensure Exam

  • General average: at least 70% but no exam <50%
  • Checking: within 20 days from the last day of the examination
  • Report of rating: not > 30 days
• Exemptions

  • Foreign chemical engineers recognized as experts
  • Foreign chemical engineering professors and lecturers
• Exemptions [People]


  • David Koch (BS and MS ChE, Co-owner and executive vice-president of Koch Industries)
  • Dr. David Wood (Assoc. Prof. at Ohio State Univ., Applied protein engineering for biotechnology development)
• Roster of ChE

  • Name
  • Registration Number
  • Place of Business
• Duly licensed and registered chemical engineers may form partnerships among themselves or with others
• Membership in APO


  A ChE duly registered with the Board shall automatically become a meber of PIChE, and membership in PIChE shall not be a bar to membership in other associations of ChE
• PIChE: Functions and Duties

  • Nominations to PRB
  • CPD
  • Endorsement of foreign ChE for issuance of temporary/special permit
  • Compliance monitoring
  • Endorsement to/filing complaint with PRB/PRC
• Suspension/Revocation of Certificate of Registration

  • Misrepresentation
  • Gross immorality
  • Inimical acts
• RA 8293


  Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines, an act prescribing the intellectual property code and establishing the intellectual property office, providing for its powers and functions, and for other purposes
• Functions of Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHIL)


  • Examine patent applications for inventions and registration of utility models and industrial design
  • Examine registration of marks, geographic indication, integrated circuit
  • Register technology transfer arrangements and settle disputes
  • Promote the use of patent information
  • Publish regularly patents, marks, utility models, etc
  • Administratively adjudicate contested proceedings on IPR
  • Coordinate with other government agencies and private sectors to formulate and implement plans and policies to strengthen the protection of IPR in the country
• Intellectual Property (IP)


  Any creation of human mind or intellect (RA 10055)
• Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)


  Legally secured rights of the person holding the IP to benefit from his work/invention and investments, exclusive negative rights, territory-specific, time-limited, property right
• Why is IP Protection Important: To allow creator/inventor to benefit from its creation, to foster return of investment, to contribute to the well-being and development of the society to support the creation of jobs, IP is not automatically an asset and is a cost if not managed properly, IP protection is only the first step and necessary precondition for IPR management and economic exploitation of the created IP.
• Examples of IPR


  • Copyright and related rights
  • Trademarks and service marks
  • Patents
  • Utility models
  • Industrial designs
  • Plant variety protection
  • Geographic indications
  • Layout designs or topographies of integrated circuit
  • Protection of undisclosed information
• Copyright and Related Rights


  Legal protection extended to the owner of the rights in an original work, terms of protection: Author's lifetime plus 50 years after death, examples of works protected: Books, Drawings, Computer programs, Other literary, scientific and artistic works, examples of works not protected: Idea, Procedure, System method or operation, Concept, Principle, Discover or mere data, Any works of the government
• Economic rights


  • Reproduction of work or substantial portion of the work
  • Dramatization, translation, adaptation, abridgement, arrangement or the transformation of work
  • First public distribution of the original and each copy of the work by sale or other forms of ownership
  • Rental of the original and each copy of the work by sale or other forms of ownership
  • Rental of the original or a copy of an audio-visual or cinematographic work
  • Public display of the original or a copy of the work
  • Public performance of the work
  • Other communication to the public of the work
• Moral Rights

  • Right of attribution
  • Make alterations of his work prior to or withhold it from publication
  • Object to any mutilation, distortion or other forms of modification which would be prejudicial to his honor or reputation
  • Restraint the use of his name with respect to any work not of his own creation
• Fair Use

  • Use for criticism, comment, news, reporting, teaching including copies for classroom use, scholarship, research, and similar purposes is not an infringement of copyright subject to certain considerations
  • Strictly private use
  • Non-profit use by an educational, religious or charitable institution
  • Use for teachin and research purposes
  • Current events reporting and information
  • Government use
• Copyright Infringment


  Violations of the right of copyright owner, a criminal offense punishable by imprisonment (1 year to 6 years and 1 day) or fine (50k to 1.5M), or both, remedies include injunction/cease and desist order, civil damages
• Trademarks and Service Marks

  Means any visible sign capable of distinguishing the goods (trademarks) or services (service marks) of an enterprise, terms of protection: 10 years and may be renewed for periods of 10 years
• Patents

  • Patentable invention - any technical solution of a problem in any field of human activity which: New, Involves an innovative step, Industrially applicable
• Non-Patentable Inventions


  • Discoveries, scientific theories and mathematical methods
  • Schemes, rules, and methods of performing mental acts, playing games or doing business, programs for computers
  • Method for treatment of human or animal body by surgery or therapy and diagnostic methods practiced on human or animal body
  • Plant varieties or animal breeds or essentially biological process for the production of plants or animals. These shall not apply to microorganisms and non-biological and microbiological processes
  • Aesthetic creations
  • Anything contrary to public order or morality
• RA 9003


  Solid Waster Management Act, lays down guidelines for proper waste management, dissemination of knowledge on the proper use of natural resources and the implementation of a program dedicated to the solidarity of every citizen to reduce the generation of solid waste
• Classification of Waste

  • Compostables
  • Special Wastes
  • Recyclables
  • Non-recyclables/residuals
• Salient Features of RA 9003

  • Creation of the National Solid Waste Management Commission, National Ecological Center and LGU Solid Waste Management Boards
  • Creation of multi-purpose Environmental Cooperatives or Associations in every LGU
  • Waste segregation, waste reduction, and recycling programs
  • Construction of Material Recovery Facilities/Systems
  • Conversion of Open dumpsites to sanitary landfills
  • Integration of Ecological Waste Management concepts in academic curricula for formal and non-formal education
  • Administrative and enforcement procedures
• Major Provisions of RA 9003: Provide a legal framework for the systematic, comprehensive and ecological solid waste management program of the Philippines, which shall ensure protection of public health and the environment, Mandates especially the local government units, Promote national research and development programs for improved SWM, Encourage greeted sector participation, Retain primary enforcement and responsibility of SWM with local government units