Republic of the Philippines
Congress of the Philippines
Metro Manila
Tenth Congress
Fourth Special Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila on Wednesday, the eleventh day of February, Nineteen hundred and ninety-eight
(REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8559)
AN ACT REGULATING THE PRACTICE OF
AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING IN THE PHILIPPINES
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives
Of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
ARTICLE I
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF POLICY
SECTION 1. Title – The Act shall be known as the “Philippine Agricultural Engineering Act of 1998”.
SECTION 2. Statement of Policy – It is hereby declared a policy of the State of promote and upgrade the practice of
agricultural engineering profession in the Philippines by instituting measures that will result in relevant agricultural
engineering education and better career prospects for professional agricultural engineers.
Likewise, the State hereby guarantees the delivery of basic and technical services to accelerate agricultural modernization
through adequate and well-professional agricultural engineers throughout the country.
ARTICLE II
DEFINITION OF TERMS
SEC. 3. Definition of Terms – As used in this Act, the following terms shall mean:
a. Practice of agricultural engineering – shall refer to the profession requiring the application of the fundamental and known
principles of engineering to the peculiar condition and requirements of agriculture as an industry and as a field of science,
and shall include, but not limited to the following:
b.
1. Consultation, valuation, investigation and management services on agricultural engineering.
2. Management or supervision and the preparation of engineering designs, plans, specifications, project studies and
estimates for agricultural, aquaculture and fishery, and forest product machinery, agricultural buildings and
agricultural processing equipment, irrigation and soil conservation systems and facilities agricultural waste
utilization systems and facilities.
3. Conducting research and development, training and extension work, and consultancy services on agricultural
engineering facilities services, system and facilities.
4. Testing, evaluation and inspection of agricultural, fishery and forest product machinery and other related agricultural
engineering facilities and equipment.
5. Management, manufacturing and/ or marketing of agricultural machinery and other related agricultural engineering
facilities and equipment.
6. Teaching agricultural engineering subjects in institution of learning in the Philippines.
7. Employment with the government provided such item or position requires the knowledge and expertise of an
agricultural engineer.
, ARTICLE III
BOARD OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
SEC. 4. Creation and Composition of the Board – There is hereby created a Board of Agricultural Engineering hereinafter
called the Board to be composed of a chairman and two (2) members to be appointed by the President of the Philippines from a
list of three (3) recommendees for each position, chosen and ranked in the order of preference and submitted by the duly
accredited association of agricultural engineers in the Philippines.
The Board shall be organized not later than six (6) months from the effectivity of this Act.
SEC. 5. Qualifications of Members of the Board – A member of the Board shall, at the time of their appointment, process
the following qualifications:
a. Must be a natural-born citizen and resident of the Philippines;
b. Must be at least thirty-five years of age;
c. Must be a holder of Bachelor’s Degree in Agricultural Engineering or its equivalent, conferred by a school academy,
college or university in the Philippines or abroad that is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED);
d. A registered agricultural engineer with a valid professional license and an active practitioner for not less than ten (10)
years prior to his appointment.
e. Must not, for a period of three (3) consecutive years prior to the appointment, be a member of the faculty of directly or
indirectly, in any school, academy, institute, college of university where a regular course in agricultural engineering is
being taught, nor have any pecuniary interest in or administrative supervision over any such institutions of learning.
f. Must not, for a period of three (3) consecutive years prior to the appointment, be connected with a review center or any
group or association where review classes or lectures in preparation for the licensure examination are offered or conducted
at the time of appointment; and
g. Has never been convicted of any offense involving moral turpitude.
SEC. 6. Term of Office – The members of the Board shall hold office for a term of three (3) years and until their
successors shall have appointed and qualified. Of the members first appointed under this Act, one (1) member shall be
appointed and hold office for three (3) years; one (1) member for two (2) years; and one (1) member for one (1) year.
The chairman or a member of the Board may be reappointed for another term but in no case shall be serve continuously for
more than six (6) years. Each member of the Board shall qualify by taking the proper oath of office prior to entering upon the
performance of duty.
SEC 7. Compensation and allowances of the Board – The chairman and members of the Board shall receive compensation
and allowances being received by the chairmen and members of existing regulatory boards with the Professional Regulation
Commission, hereinafter referred to as the Commission as provided for the General Appropriation Act.
SEC. 8. Vacancy and Removal of Board Members – Any vacancy occurring in the Board within the term of a member shall
be filled for the unexpired portion of the term only.
The President may remove any member of the Board on the following grounds:
a. Neglect of duty;
b. Violation ( tolerance of the violation of this Act or the Code of Ethics for agricultural engineering.
c. Final judgement of crimes involving moral turpitude.
The member concerned shall be given due notice and hearing where his right to be heard and to defend himself,
assisted by counsel, shall be respected in the proper administrative investigation.
SEC. 9. Powers and Duties of the Board – The Board shall exercise the following specific powers, functions and duties:
a. To promulgate and adopt the rules and regulations necessary for carrying out the provisions of this Act;
b. To supervise the registration, licensure and practice of professional agricultural engineers in the Philippines;
, e. To issue , suspend or revoke the license for the practice of agricultural engineering profession;
f. To adopt an official seal of the Board;
g. To look into the conditions affecting the practice of the agricultural engineering profession and whenever
necessary; adopt such measures as may be deemed proper for the enhancement and maintenance of high
professional and ethical standards of the profession;
h. To prescribe and/or adopt a Code Ethical and Professional Standards for the practice of agricultural
engineering profession;
i. To hear and try administrative cases involving violations of this Act, its implementing rules and regulations,
the Code of Ethics for Professional Agricultural Engineers and for this purpose, to issue subpoema and
subpoena dues term to secure the appearance of witness and the production of documents in connection
therewith.
j. Prescribe guidelines with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) program in coordination with the
accredited association for professional agricultural engineers.
k. To insure, in coordination with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), that all educational
institutions offering agricultural engineering education comply with the policies, standards and requirements
of the course prescribed by CHED in the areas of curriculum, faculty, library and facilities.
l. To discharge such other duties and functions may be deemed necessary for the enhancement of the
agricultural engineering profession and the upgrading, development and growth of agricultural engineering
education in the Philippines;
m. To prepare adopt, issue or amend the syllabi of the subjects for examinations;
n. To approve, issue, limit or revoke temporary license to practice agricultural engineering.
All policies, resolutions, rules and regulations of the Board shall be subjected to the review and approval of the
Commission.
SEC. 10. Supervision of the Board, Custodian of its Records, Secretariat and Support Services – The board shall be under
the administrative supervision of the Commission. All records of the Board, including applications for examination,
examination papers and results minutes of deliberation, administrative cases and other investigations involving agricultural
engineers shall be kept by the Commission.
The Commission shall designate the Secretary of the Board and shall provide the secretariat and other support services to
implement the provisions of this Act.
SEC. 11. Annual Report – The Board shall, at the close of each calendar year, submit an annual report to the President
through the Professional Regulation Commission giving a detailed account of its proceedings and accomplishments during the
year and making recommendations for the adoption of measures that will upgrade and improve the conditions affecting the
practice of agricultural engineering in the Philippines.
ARTICLE IV
EXAMINATION, REGISTRATION AND LICENSE
SEC. 12. Examination Required – All applicants for registration for the practice of agricultural engineering shall be required
to undergo and pass a written technical examination as provided for in this Act.
SEC. 13. Qualification of an Applicant for Examinations – Every applicant for the examination for agricultural engineers
shall establish the following:
a. Be a citizen of the Philippines;
b. Be a graduate of Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering or its equivalent in a school academy, institute,
college or university duly recognized by the CHED.
SEC. 14. Fraudulent Application – The Board may suspend or revoke any certificate of registration obtained
through misrepresentation made in the application for examination.
SEC. 15. Scope of Examination – The examination for agricultural engineering shall basically cover the following subjects:
Congress of the Philippines
Metro Manila
Tenth Congress
Fourth Special Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila on Wednesday, the eleventh day of February, Nineteen hundred and ninety-eight
(REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8559)
AN ACT REGULATING THE PRACTICE OF
AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING IN THE PHILIPPINES
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives
Of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
ARTICLE I
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF POLICY
SECTION 1. Title – The Act shall be known as the “Philippine Agricultural Engineering Act of 1998”.
SECTION 2. Statement of Policy – It is hereby declared a policy of the State of promote and upgrade the practice of
agricultural engineering profession in the Philippines by instituting measures that will result in relevant agricultural
engineering education and better career prospects for professional agricultural engineers.
Likewise, the State hereby guarantees the delivery of basic and technical services to accelerate agricultural modernization
through adequate and well-professional agricultural engineers throughout the country.
ARTICLE II
DEFINITION OF TERMS
SEC. 3. Definition of Terms – As used in this Act, the following terms shall mean:
a. Practice of agricultural engineering – shall refer to the profession requiring the application of the fundamental and known
principles of engineering to the peculiar condition and requirements of agriculture as an industry and as a field of science,
and shall include, but not limited to the following:
b.
1. Consultation, valuation, investigation and management services on agricultural engineering.
2. Management or supervision and the preparation of engineering designs, plans, specifications, project studies and
estimates for agricultural, aquaculture and fishery, and forest product machinery, agricultural buildings and
agricultural processing equipment, irrigation and soil conservation systems and facilities agricultural waste
utilization systems and facilities.
3. Conducting research and development, training and extension work, and consultancy services on agricultural
engineering facilities services, system and facilities.
4. Testing, evaluation and inspection of agricultural, fishery and forest product machinery and other related agricultural
engineering facilities and equipment.
5. Management, manufacturing and/ or marketing of agricultural machinery and other related agricultural engineering
facilities and equipment.
6. Teaching agricultural engineering subjects in institution of learning in the Philippines.
7. Employment with the government provided such item or position requires the knowledge and expertise of an
agricultural engineer.
, ARTICLE III
BOARD OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
SEC. 4. Creation and Composition of the Board – There is hereby created a Board of Agricultural Engineering hereinafter
called the Board to be composed of a chairman and two (2) members to be appointed by the President of the Philippines from a
list of three (3) recommendees for each position, chosen and ranked in the order of preference and submitted by the duly
accredited association of agricultural engineers in the Philippines.
The Board shall be organized not later than six (6) months from the effectivity of this Act.
SEC. 5. Qualifications of Members of the Board – A member of the Board shall, at the time of their appointment, process
the following qualifications:
a. Must be a natural-born citizen and resident of the Philippines;
b. Must be at least thirty-five years of age;
c. Must be a holder of Bachelor’s Degree in Agricultural Engineering or its equivalent, conferred by a school academy,
college or university in the Philippines or abroad that is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED);
d. A registered agricultural engineer with a valid professional license and an active practitioner for not less than ten (10)
years prior to his appointment.
e. Must not, for a period of three (3) consecutive years prior to the appointment, be a member of the faculty of directly or
indirectly, in any school, academy, institute, college of university where a regular course in agricultural engineering is
being taught, nor have any pecuniary interest in or administrative supervision over any such institutions of learning.
f. Must not, for a period of three (3) consecutive years prior to the appointment, be connected with a review center or any
group or association where review classes or lectures in preparation for the licensure examination are offered or conducted
at the time of appointment; and
g. Has never been convicted of any offense involving moral turpitude.
SEC. 6. Term of Office – The members of the Board shall hold office for a term of three (3) years and until their
successors shall have appointed and qualified. Of the members first appointed under this Act, one (1) member shall be
appointed and hold office for three (3) years; one (1) member for two (2) years; and one (1) member for one (1) year.
The chairman or a member of the Board may be reappointed for another term but in no case shall be serve continuously for
more than six (6) years. Each member of the Board shall qualify by taking the proper oath of office prior to entering upon the
performance of duty.
SEC 7. Compensation and allowances of the Board – The chairman and members of the Board shall receive compensation
and allowances being received by the chairmen and members of existing regulatory boards with the Professional Regulation
Commission, hereinafter referred to as the Commission as provided for the General Appropriation Act.
SEC. 8. Vacancy and Removal of Board Members – Any vacancy occurring in the Board within the term of a member shall
be filled for the unexpired portion of the term only.
The President may remove any member of the Board on the following grounds:
a. Neglect of duty;
b. Violation ( tolerance of the violation of this Act or the Code of Ethics for agricultural engineering.
c. Final judgement of crimes involving moral turpitude.
The member concerned shall be given due notice and hearing where his right to be heard and to defend himself,
assisted by counsel, shall be respected in the proper administrative investigation.
SEC. 9. Powers and Duties of the Board – The Board shall exercise the following specific powers, functions and duties:
a. To promulgate and adopt the rules and regulations necessary for carrying out the provisions of this Act;
b. To supervise the registration, licensure and practice of professional agricultural engineers in the Philippines;
, e. To issue , suspend or revoke the license for the practice of agricultural engineering profession;
f. To adopt an official seal of the Board;
g. To look into the conditions affecting the practice of the agricultural engineering profession and whenever
necessary; adopt such measures as may be deemed proper for the enhancement and maintenance of high
professional and ethical standards of the profession;
h. To prescribe and/or adopt a Code Ethical and Professional Standards for the practice of agricultural
engineering profession;
i. To hear and try administrative cases involving violations of this Act, its implementing rules and regulations,
the Code of Ethics for Professional Agricultural Engineers and for this purpose, to issue subpoema and
subpoena dues term to secure the appearance of witness and the production of documents in connection
therewith.
j. Prescribe guidelines with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) program in coordination with the
accredited association for professional agricultural engineers.
k. To insure, in coordination with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), that all educational
institutions offering agricultural engineering education comply with the policies, standards and requirements
of the course prescribed by CHED in the areas of curriculum, faculty, library and facilities.
l. To discharge such other duties and functions may be deemed necessary for the enhancement of the
agricultural engineering profession and the upgrading, development and growth of agricultural engineering
education in the Philippines;
m. To prepare adopt, issue or amend the syllabi of the subjects for examinations;
n. To approve, issue, limit or revoke temporary license to practice agricultural engineering.
All policies, resolutions, rules and regulations of the Board shall be subjected to the review and approval of the
Commission.
SEC. 10. Supervision of the Board, Custodian of its Records, Secretariat and Support Services – The board shall be under
the administrative supervision of the Commission. All records of the Board, including applications for examination,
examination papers and results minutes of deliberation, administrative cases and other investigations involving agricultural
engineers shall be kept by the Commission.
The Commission shall designate the Secretary of the Board and shall provide the secretariat and other support services to
implement the provisions of this Act.
SEC. 11. Annual Report – The Board shall, at the close of each calendar year, submit an annual report to the President
through the Professional Regulation Commission giving a detailed account of its proceedings and accomplishments during the
year and making recommendations for the adoption of measures that will upgrade and improve the conditions affecting the
practice of agricultural engineering in the Philippines.
ARTICLE IV
EXAMINATION, REGISTRATION AND LICENSE
SEC. 12. Examination Required – All applicants for registration for the practice of agricultural engineering shall be required
to undergo and pass a written technical examination as provided for in this Act.
SEC. 13. Qualification of an Applicant for Examinations – Every applicant for the examination for agricultural engineers
shall establish the following:
a. Be a citizen of the Philippines;
b. Be a graduate of Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering or its equivalent in a school academy, institute,
college or university duly recognized by the CHED.
SEC. 14. Fraudulent Application – The Board may suspend or revoke any certificate of registration obtained
through misrepresentation made in the application for examination.
SEC. 15. Scope of Examination – The examination for agricultural engineering shall basically cover the following subjects:
