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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9292
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A MORE RESPONSIVE AND COMPREHENSIVE REGULATION FOR THE REGISTRATION, LICENSING AND PRACTICE OF PROFESSIONAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS, ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS AND ELECTRONICS TECHNICIANS, REPEALING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5734, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING ACT OF THE PHILIPPINES”, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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...