BSEE EE7 SLM2 - EE Laws, Codes, and Professional Ethics Module 2 PDF

**LSPU Self-Paced Learning Module (SLM)** +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | **Course** | **EE LAWS, CODES AND PROFESSIONAL | | | ETHICS** | +==================================...

**LSPU Self-Paced Learning Module (SLM)** +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | **Course** | **EE LAWS, CODES AND PROFESSIONAL | | | ETHICS** | +===================================+===================================+ | **Sem/AY** | First Semester/A.Y. 2024-2025 | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | **Module No.** | 2 | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | **Lesson Title** | **The New Electrical Engineering | | | Law - RA 7920 of 1995 (Article 4 | | | to 6)** | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | **Week Duration** | **4-5** | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | **Date** | **September 9-13** | | | | | | **September 16-20** | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | **Description of the Lesson** | This lesson discusses the field | | | of practice of Electrical | | | Engineering as well as the | | | prohibition in the practice of | | | EE, Transitory Provisions which | | | include the terms of Office of | | | Board Members and the Final | | | Provisions. | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ **Learning Outcomes** +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | **Intended Learning Outcomes** | At the end of the course, you | | | should be able to | | | | | | a\. Know the field of practice | | | of Electrical Engineering and | | | the prohibition in the practice | | | of Electrical Engineering. | | | | | | b\. Know the terms of Office of | | | the Board Members. | +===================================+===================================+ | **Targets/ Objectives** | At the end of the lesson, | | | students should be able to: | | | | | | - Understand the field of | | | practice of Electrical | | | Engineers and Electricians. | | | | | | - Understand the prohibition in | | | the practice of Electrical | | | Engineers. | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+  **Student Learning Strategies** +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | **Online Activities | A. Online Discussion via Google | | (Synchronous/** | Meet/Zoom Meeting | | | | | **Asynchronous)** | | | | | | | B. Learning Guide Questions: | | | | | | | | | | | | 1. What is the scope of Field of | | | Practice for PEE, REE and | | | RME? | | | | | | 2. What is the Prohibition in | | | the Practice of Electrical | | | Engineering? | +===================================+===================================+ | **Offline Activities** | **Lecture Guide** | | | | | **(e-Learning/Self-Paced)** | **Introduction** | | | | | | **ARTICLE IV** | | | | | | **SUNDRY PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO | | | THE PRACTICE**\ | | | **OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING** | | | | | | SEC. 31. *Field of Practice*. -- | | | The field of practice for | | | professional electrical | | | engineers, registered electrical | | | engineers, and registered master | | | electricians shall be as follows: | | | | | | \(a) A professional electrical | | | engineer's field of practice | | | includes the sole authority to | | | seal electrical plans, etc., | | | and to practice electrical | | | engineering in its full scope | | | as defined in this Act; | | | | | | \(b) A registered electrical | | | engineer's field of practice | | | includes charge or supervision | | | of operation and maintenance of | | | electrical equipment in power | | | plants, industrial plants, | | | watercraft, electric | | | locomotive, and others; | | | manufacture and repair of | | | electrical supply and | | | utilization equipment including | | | switchboards, power | | | transformers, generators, | | | motors, apparatus, and others; | | | teaching of electrical | | | subjects; and sale and | | | distribution of electrical | | | equipment and systems requiring | | | engineering circulations or | | | application of engineering | | | data; and | | | | | | \(c) A registered master | | | electrician's field of practice | | | includes the installation, | | | wiring, operation, maintenance | | | and repair of electrical | | | machinery, equipment and | | | devices, in residential, | | | commercial, institutional, | | | commercial and industrial | | | buildings, in power plants, | | | substations, watercrafts, | | | electric locomotives, and the | | | like: *Provided*, That if the | | | installation or the machinery | | | is rated in excess of five | | | hundred kilovolt-amperes (500 | | | Kva), or in excess of six | | | hundred volts (600 V) the work | | | shall be under the supervision | | | of a professional electrical | | | engineer or a registered | | | electrical engineer. | | | | | | SEC. 32. *Prohibition in the | | | Practice of Electrical | | | Engineering*. -- No person shall: | | | | | | \(a) Practice or offer to | | | practice electrical engineering | | | in the Philippines without | | | having previously obtained a | | | certificate of registration and | | | a professional license from the | | | Board of Electrical Engineering | | | except as provided for in | | | Section 14 hereof; | | | | | | \(b) Use, or attempt to use as | | | his own, certificate of | | | registration, professional | | | license or the seal of another; | | | | | | \(c) Give false or forged | | | evidence of any kind to the | | | Board or to any member thereof | | | in obtaining a certificate of | | | registration or professional | | | license; | | | | | | \(d) Falsely impersonate any | | | registrant of like or different | | | name; | | | | | | \(e) Attempt to use a revoked or | | | suspended certificate of | | | registration or an expired | | | professional license; | | | | | | \(f) Use, in connection with his | | | name or otherwise assume, use | | | or advertise any title or | | | description tending to convey | | | the impression that he is a | | | professional electrical | | | engineer, registered electrical | | | engineer, or registered master | | | electrician without holding a | | | valid certificate or a valid | | | license; and | | | | | | \(g) Sign a document involving | | | electrical design, plan, | | | technical specification, | | | valuation and the like on | | | behalf of a professional | | | electrical engineer. | | | | | | SEC. 33. *Personnel Required*. -- | | | Except as otherwise provided in | | | this Act, every electric plant, | | | industrial plant or factory, | | | commercial establishment, | | | institutional building, | | | watercraft, electric locomotive | | | or in any other installation | | | where persons and properties are | | | exposed to electrical hazards | | | shall not have less than the | | | following complement of | | | professional electrical engineer, | | | registered electrical engineer, | | | and registered electrical | | | engineer, and registered master | | | electricians: | | | | | | \(a) Electric plants with total | | | installed generating capacity | | | of any size and employing | | | voltages of any standard rating | | | -- one (1) professional | | | electrical engineer or one (1) | | | registered electrical engineer. | | | However, for capacities up to | | | five hundred-kilovolt amperes | | | (500 Kva) and employing | | | voltages of up to six hundred | | | volts (600 V) -- one (1) | | | registered master electrician; | | | | | | \(b) Industrial plants or | | | factories, commercial | | | establishments, or | | | institutional buildings having | | | a connected Kva load of any | | | size and employing voltages of | | | any standard rating -- one (1) | | | professional electrical | | | engineer or one (1) registered | | | electrical engineer. However, | | | for connected loads up to five | | | hundred kilovolt-amperes (500 | | | Kva) and employing voltages up | | | to six hundred volts (600 V) -- | | | one (1) registered master | | | electrician; | | | | | | \(c) Watercrafts or electric | | | locomotives with installed | | | generating capacity up to the | | | maximum size and voltage | | | available for these units -- | | | one (1) professional electrical | | | engineer or one (1) registered | | | electrical engineer. However, | | | for generating capacities up to | | | five hundred | | | kilovolt-amperes/kilowatt (500 | | | Kva/Kw) and employing voltages | | | up to six hundred volts (600 V) | | | -- one (1) registered master | | | electrician. | | | | | | *Provided, however*, That in all | | | the aforementioned cases, | | | additional qualified personnel | | | shall be employed to ensure safe | | | operation and safeguard public | | | welfare, life and | | | property: *Provided, further*, | | | That when the operation requires | | | more than one shift of personnel | | | every twenty-four (24) hours, the | | | minimum complement of qualified | | | personnel shall be employed in | | | each shift. | | | | | | This section, however, shall not | | | apply to any installation which | | | has a connected load of fifty | | | kilovolt-amperes (50 Kva) or less | | | and employs voltages of not more | | | than two hundred fifty volts (250 | | | v) and for installations which | | | are designed to be automatic and | | | do not require resident personnel | | | for their safe | | | operation: *Provided*, *however*, | | | That their maintenance and repair | | | shall be under the charge of a | | | duly registered | | | personnel: *Provided*, *further*, | | | That a yearly inspection will be | | | conducted and certified to be in | | | a safe operating condition by a | | | professional electrical engineer, | | | a registered electrical engineer, | | | or a registered master | | | electrician. | | | | | | SEC. 34. *Preparation of Plans, | | | Supervision of Installation, | | | Application of the Philippine | | | Electrical Code*. -- It shall be | | | unlawful for any person not | | | authorized under this Act to | | | prepare plans, electrical | | | valuations or specifications for | | | any electrical wiring, equipment | | | or system; and no installation | | | thereof shall be undertaken | | | unless the plans, designs, | | | valuations and specifications | | | have been prepared by or under | | | the responsible charge of, and | | | signed and sealed by a | | | professional electrical engineer; | | | and a construction permit for the | | | execution thereof is first | | | secured; and unless the work is | | | done in accordance with the | | | Philippine Electrical Code and is | | | executed under the responsible | | | charge or supervision of a | | | professional electrical engineer, | | | a registered electrical engineer, | | | or a registered master | | | electrician, as the case may be, | | | and the routinary fiscal and | | | ministerial requirements of the | | | government agency, if any, | | | exercising jurisdiction over the | | | particular installation have been | | | complied with. | | | | | | SEC. 35. *Practice Not Allowed | | | for Firms and Corporations*. -- | | | The practice of electrical | | | engineering is a professional | | | service admission to which is | | | based on individual and personal | | | qualifications. Hence, no firm or | | | corporations may be registered or | | | licensed as such for the practice | | | of electrical engineering. | | | | | | However, persons properly | | | qualified and licensed as | | | professional electrical engineers | | | may, among themselves, form a | | | partnership or association and | | | collectively render electrical | | | engineering service. Individual | | | members of such partnerships or | | | associations shall be responsible | | | for their own respective acts. | | | | | | SEC. 36. *Posting of | | | Certificates*. -- The owner, | | | manager or the person in charge | | | of an electric plant, industrial | | | plant or factory, commercial | | | establishment, institutional | | | building, watercraft, or electric | | | locomotive shall post or cause to | | | be posted in a conspicuous place | | | within such plant or | | | establishment the certificate of | | | registration of the engineers or | | | electricians employed in such | | | plant or establishment, in a | | | frame protected by transparent | | | glass or equivalent. | | | | | | SEC. 37. *Certificate of | | | Specialty*. -- Certificates of | | | specialty shall be issued by the | | | Board, subject to the approval of | | | the Commission, to professional | | | electrical engineers who have | | | been screened and recommended by | | | the integrated and accredited | | | electrical engineering | | | association. These are for | | | specific fields in which the | | | applicants have specialized | | | knowledge, training and | | | experience and have demonstrated | | | their competence and expertise. | | | The Board shall, subject to the | | | approval of the Commission, and | | | after consultation with the said | | | association, prescribe and issue | | | the necessary guidelines for the | | | issuance of these certificates. | | | | | | SEC. 38. *Foreign Reciprocity*. | | | -- No foreign engineer shall be | | | admitted to take a board | | | examination, be given a | | | certificate of registration, or | | | be entitled to any of the rights | | | and privileges under this Act | | | unless the country of which he is | | | a subject or citizen specifically | | | permits Filipino engineers to | | | practice within its territorial | | | limits on the same basis as the | | | subjects or citizens of such | | | country. | | | | | | SEC. 39. *Enforcement of the Act | | | by Officers of the Law*. -- It | | | shall be the duty of all | | | constituted officers of the law | | | of the national government, or | | | any provincial, city or municipal | | | government or of any political | | | subdivision thereof to prosecute | | | any person violating the | | | provisions of this Act. The | | | Secretary of Justice or his | | | assistant shall act as legal | | | adviser of the Board and render | | | such legal assistance as may be | | | necessary in carrying out the | | | provisions of this Act. | | | | | | SEC. 40. *Penalty Clause*. -- Any | | | person who shall violate any of | | | the provisions of this Act shall | | | be guilty of misdemeanor and | | | shall, upon conviction, be | | | sentenced to a fine of not less | | | than Ten thousand pesos | | | (P10,000.00) nor more than Fifty | | | thousand pesos (P50,000.00) or | | | imprisonment for a period not | | | less than six (6) months nor more | | | than five (5) years or both at | | | the discretion of the court. | | | | | | **ARTICLE V** | | | | | | **TRANSITORY PROVISIONS** | | | | | | SEC. 41. *Terms of Office of | | | Board Members*. -- Upon approval | | | of this Act, the incumbent | | | chairman and two (2) members of | | | the Board shall continue to serve | | | until their terms of office | | | expire or until their | | | replacements have been appointed | | | by the President and shall have | | | been duly qualified. | | | | | | SEC. 42. *New Certificates of | | | Registration and Professional | | | Licenses*. -- (a) Associate | | | electrical engineers and | | | assistant electrical engineers | | | with valid certificates of | | | registration and professional | | | license issued under Republic Act | | | No. 184 shall register within two | | | (2) years from the effectivity of | | | this Act and be issued new | | | certificates of registration and | | | new professional license as | | | registered electrical engineers | | | under this Act to replace their | | | original ones. Their serial | | | numbers shall be provided by the | | | registration division of the | | | Commission. | | | | | | \(b) Master electricians with | | | valid certificates of | | | registration and professional | | | licenses under Republic Act No. | | | 184 shall register within two | | | (2) years from the effectivity | | | of this Act and be issued new | | | certificates of registration | | | and new professional licenses | | | as registered master | | | electricians with the same | | | serial numbers as their old | | | ones to replace their original | | | certificates and licenses. | | | | | | **ARTICLE VI** | | | | | | **FINAL PROVISIONS** | | | | | | SEC. 43. *Repealing Clause*. -- | | | Republic Act No. 184 and existing | | | provisions of provincial, city or | | | municipal ordinances or | | | regulations pertaining to | | | examinations for electrical | | | contractors, electrical | | | inspectors, or electricians, and | | | all other laws, part of laws, | | | orders, ordinances or regulations | | | in conflict with this Act are | | | hereby repealed or amended | | | accordingly. | | | | | | SEC. 44. *Separability Clause*. | | | -- If any part of this Act or the | | | application of such provision or | | | circumstance is declared | | | unconstitutional, the remainder | | | of this Act or the application of | | | such provision to other persons | | | or circumstances shall not be | | | affected by such declaration. | | | | | | SEC. 45. *Effectivity Clause*. -- | | | This Act shall take effect after | | | thirty (30) days following its | | | full publication in the *Official | | | Gazette* or newspaper of general | | | circulation. | | | | | | Approved, | | | | | | (Sgd.) EDGARDO J. ANGARA (Sgd.) | | | JOSE DE VENECIA, JR\ | | | *President of the Senate Speaker | | | of the House*\ | | | *of Representatives\ | | | * | | | | | | This Act which is a consolidation | | | of House Bill No. 11063 and | | | Senate Bill No. 1766 was finally | | | passed by the House of | | | Representatives and the Senate on | | | February 21, 1995. | | | | | | (Sgd.) EDGARDO E. TUMANGAN (Sgd.) | | | CAMILO L. SABIO\ | | | *Secretary of the Senate | | | Secretary General House of | | | Representatives* | | | | | | Approved: FEBRUARY 24, 1995 | | | | | | (Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS\ | | | *President of the Philippines* | | | | | | **Engaging Activities** | | | | | | A. In a separate sheet of A4 | | | bond paper, make a reflection | | | paper guided by the following | | | questions below: | | | | | | | | | | | | A. **Give at least (4) | | | Prohibitions in the Practice | | | of Electrical Engineering** | | | | | | **1.** | | | | | | **2.** | | | | | | **3.** | | | | | | **4.** | | | | | | **B. Give at least (3) Field of | | | Practice of Electrical | | | Engineering** | | | | | | **1.** | | | | | | **2.** | | | | | | **3.** | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ **Performance Tasks** +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ***IDENTIFICATION.*** | | | | ***Write the title or name of the following article/section listed | | below. No erasures allowed.*** | | | | 1\. Article 4 Section 31. -- | | | | 2\. Article 5 Section 41. - | | | | 3\. Article 6 Section 43. -- | | | | 4\. Article 4 Section 34. -- | | | | 5\. Article 4 Section 36. -- | | | | 6\. Article 5 Section 42. -- | | | | 7\. Article 6 Section 45. -- | | | | 8\. Article 4 Section 38. -- | | | | 9\. Article 4 Section 40. -- | | | | 10\. Article 6 Section 45. -- | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+  **Understanding Directed Assessment** ----------------------------------- ***Rubric for Reflection Paper*** -----------------------------------  **Learning Resources** +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Below is the list of resources where you can find copy of RA 7920 of | | 1995 - New Electrical Engineering Law | | | | New Electrical Engineering Law and Code of Ethics Booklet (2009). | | Monte De Piedad, Cubao, QC: Institute of Integrated Electrical | | Engineers of the Philippines, Inc. | | | | https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1995/02/24/republic-act-no-7920 | | | | https://www.coursehero.com/file/28108650/EE-LAWSpdf/ | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ This module is for educational purpose only. 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