REPUBLIC ACT NO.

8981      
DECEMBER 5, 2000

PRC MODERNIZATION ACT OF 2000

 Seal of the Board of Electronics
 The Seal of the BOE is circular in shape,
consisting two concentric circles, with the
outside circle measuring 48mm in diameter
and the inner circle measuring 28mm in
diameter.
 The upper part of the annular space bear the
words BOARD OF ELECTRONICS
ENGINEERING and lower half the words
PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
COMMISSION.
 The inner circle space has the symbol of an
atom with a nucleus and electrons located at
the middle portion.
 The outer and inner ring is filled with orange
with boundaries in navy blue color, the text is
black with white background, the inner ring
is filled with navy blue background, the atom
with white and the nucleus and electrons in
red color.
 The Seal of Professional Electronics Engineer as provided by
Section 29, Article IV of R.A. No. 9292

 Shall be, a dry circular seal consisting of two

concentric circles with the outer circle
measuring 48mm in diameter and the inner
circle measuring 32mm in diameter with the
appearance of an atom with a nucleus and
electrons on the upper portion, a horizontal
space bearing the word LICENSE NO. and just
below is the license number.
 The portion of the inner circle below the
diametral space shall bear the name of the
person holding the Professional Electronics
Engineer license.
 The upper portion of the annular space bear the
words PROFESSIONAL ELECTRONICS
ENGINEER and the lower portion bear the
word PHILIPPINES.
REPUBLIC ACT No. 8981      
December 5, 2000
PRC MODERNIZATION ACT OF 2000

AN ACT MODERNIZING THE

PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
COMMISSION, REPEALING FOR THE
PURPOSE PRESIDENTIAL DECREE
NUMBERED 223, ENTITLED "CREATING
THE PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
COMMISSION AND PRESCRIBING ITS
POWERS AND FUNCTIONS," AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES
REPUBLIC ACT No. 8981
Statement of Policy – The State recognizes the
important role of professionals in nation-building and,
towards this end, promotes the sustained development
of a reservoir of professionals whose competence has
been determined by honest and credible licensure
examinations and whose standards of professional
service and practice are internationally recognized
and considered world-class brought about the
regulatory measures, programs and activities that
foster professional growth and advancement.
REPUBLIC ACT No. 8981
Section 3. Professional Regulation Commission –
There is hereby created a three-man commission to
be known as the Professional Regulation
Commission, hereinafter referred to as the
Commission, which shall be attached to the office
of the President for general direction and
coordination.
REPUBLIC ACT No. 8981
 Section 4. Composition – The Commission shall be headed by one (1) full-time
Chairperson and two (2) full-time Commissioners, all to be appointed by the President
for a term of seven (7) years without reappointment to start from the time they assume
office. Appointments to a vacancy that occurs before the expiration of the term of a
Commissioner shall cover only the unexpired term of the immediate predecessor. At the
expiration of the Chairperson, the most senior of the Commissioners shall temporarily
assume and perform the duties and functions of the Chairperson until a permanent
Chairperson is appointed by the President.
 The Chairperson or Commissioner shall be at least forty (40) years of age, holding a
valid certificate of registration/professional license and a valid professional
identification card or a valid certificate of competency issued by the Commission or a
valid professional license issued by any government agency, familiar with the
principles and methods of professional regulation and/or licensing and has had at least
five (5) years of executive or management experience: Provided, That, one (1) of the
Commissioners must be a past Chairperson/member of a Professional Regulatory
Board.
REPUBLIC ACT No. 8981
 Section 5. Exercise of Powers and Functions of the
Commission –
 The Chairperson of the Commission, and the
Commissioners as members thereof shall sit and act
as a body to exercise general administrative,
executive and policy-making functions of the
Commission.
REPUBLIC ACT No. 8981
 Section 6. Compensation and Other Benefits – The
Chairperson shall receive compensation and
allowances equivalent to that of a Department
Secretary( SG 31, Php257,809.00) while the
Commissioners shall receive compensation and
allowances equivalent to that of an Undersecretary
(SG 30, Php175,184).
REPUBLIC ACT No. 8981
 Section 7. Powers, Functions and Responsibilities
of the Commission – The powers, functions, and
responsibilities of the Commission ….
 … Administration of various Professional
Regulatory Boards
RADIO BROADCAST
LAWS

RULES AND REGULATIONS

 ACT NO. 3846

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE

REGULATION OF RADIO STATIONS
AND RADIO COMMUNICATIONS IN
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES

November 11, 1931

SECTION 1
 No person, firm, company, association or corporation shall
construct, install, establish, or operate a radio station within
the Philippine Islands without having first obtained a
franchise therefore from the Philippine Legislature;

 That no franchise from the Legislature shall be necessary for

the construction, installation, establishment or operation of a
broadcasting station, an amateur station, an experimental
station, a training station, a station on board a mobile vessel,
train, or aircraft, or a private station in a place without any
means of communication.
Section 2
 The construction or installation of any station shall not be begun, unless a
permit therefore has been granted by the National Telecommunications
Commission.

 No station shall be operated except under and in accordance with the

provisions of a license issued therefore by the NTC.

 The license shall state the dates between which the station may be operated.
 If a renewal is desired, the licensee shall submit an application to the NTC

at least two (2) months before the expiration date of the license to be
renewed.

 The NTC shall determine the period for which each license is issued;
Provided, that no license shall be issued for a longer period than three (3)
years.
(DOTC) Department Order No. 11
PERMITS REQUIRED CLASSES OF
 Classes of Station STATION
 Posting of license • Fixed (FX)
 Revocation of license
• Land Base (FB)
• Land Mobile (ML)
• Portable (P)
PERMITS REQUIRED • Repeater(RPTR)
 Permit to purchase

 Permit to posses

 Radio Construction Permits

 Radio Station license

 Radio Operator’s Certificate

(DOTC) Department Order No. 11
POSTING OF LICENSES
 Station and operators licenses shall be
conspicuously posted in the premises.
 The station license shall be posted in the
transmitting station and operator license should be
posted in the place where the operators render the
service.
 In the case of mobile stations, the operator shall

carry the license or a photo copy thereof in his

person at all time on duty.
Broadcast laws, rules and regulations...

 EO-205,S. 1987 Regulating the Operation of Cable

Antenna (CATV) in the Philippines, and for other Purposes
  
 EO-467 Providing for International Policy on the Operation
and Use of International Satellite  in the Country    
 EO-205 Regulating the Operation of Cable Antenna
Televisions (CATV) Systems in the Philippines and for
other Purposes.    
 EO-436 Prescribing Policy Guidelines to Govern the
Operations of Cable Television in the Philippines  
EO-205,S. 1987 Regulating the Operation of Cable Antenna
(CATV) in the Philippines, and for other Purposes

 SECTION 1 The operation of Cable Antenna Television (CATV) system in

the Philippines shall be open to all citizens of the Philippines, or to
corporations, cooperative or associations wholly owned and managed by
such citizens under a Certificate of Authority granted by the National
Telecommunications Commission, hereinafter referred to as the
Commission.
 SECTION 2 A Certificate of Authority to operate Cable Television (CATV)
system shall be granted by the Commission a non-exclusive basis and for a
period not to exceed fifteen (15) years, renewable for another similar period:
Provided That such certificate shall be subject to the limitation that the
authority to operate shall not infringe on the television and broadcast
markets.
 SECTION 3 Subject to the limitations and procedures prescribed by law, the
grantee is hereby authorized to exercise the right of eminent domain for the
efficient maintenance and operation of Cable Television (CATV) System.
EO-205,S. 1987 Regulating the Operation of Cable Antenna
(CATV) in the Philippines, and for other Purposes

 SECTION 4

A special right is hereby reserved to the President

of the Philippines, in times of war, rebellion, public
peril or other national emergency and/or when
public safety requires, to cause the closure of any
grantee's Cable Antenna Television (CATV) system
or to authorize the use of possession thereof by the
government without compensation.
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 436 - PRESCRIBING POLICY
GUIDELINES TO GOVERN THE OPERATIONS OF
CABLE TELEVISION IN THE PHILIPPINES

SECTION 1
 The operation of cable television systems, as a

subscriber service undertaking with a unique

technology, shall be maintained separate and distinct
from telecommunications or broadcast television.
SECTION 2.
The regulation and supervision of the cable television
industry in the Philippines shall remain vested solely
with the National Telecommunications Commission
(NTC).
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 436 - PRESCRIBING POLICY GUIDELINES
TO GOVERN THE OPERATIONS OF CABLE TELEVISION IN THE
PHILIPPINES

 Cable television service may carry advertisements

and other similar paid segments for which the cable
television operator may charge and collect
reasonable fees;
 Provided, that no cable television operator shall
infringe on broadcast television markets by
inserting advertisements in the programs it carries
or retransmits without the consent of the program
provider concerned.
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 436 - PRESCRIBING POLICY GUIDELINES
TO GOVERN THE OPERATIONS OF CABLE TELEVISION IN THE
PHILIPPINES

 SECTION 4. Local exchange operators and/or

broadcasters, as well as operators of direct broadcast
satellite service, multi-point distribution service, television
receive-only satellite program distribution service and
other systems of providers of video programming utilizing
whatever technology, shall not operate cable television
systems or any form of service involving the delivery
television programs and signals, by wire or cable or
through the airwaves and other wireless video signal
transmission systems without specific permits, licenses
and/or authority to operate a cable television system …
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 436 - PRESCRIBING POLICY GUIDELINES
TO GOVERN THE OPERATIONS OF CABLE TELEVISION IN THE
PHILIPPINES

SECTION 5.
 The Commission may grant an applicant an authority to operate a

cable television system within the same franchise area covered by

any Provisional Authority or Certificate of Authority issued by the
Commission two (2) years earlier only upon the determination by the
Commission that –
a) the prior cable television operator has not, without sufficient
justification, substantially complied with the terms and condition of
his authorization;
b) the cable television service currently provided by the operator to
its subscriber is grossly inadequate; and
c) the grant of the authority to the applicant will not result in ruinous
competition detrimental to the existing operator and incompatible
with the investment policies under this Executive Order.
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE (P.D.) NO. 1096
ADOPTING A NATIONAL BUILDING CODE OF THE
PHILIPPINES (NBCP) THEREBY REVISING REPUBLIC
ACT NUMBERED SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED FORTY-ONE
(R.A. NO. 6541)
Declaration of Policy
To safeguard life, health, property, and public
welfare and to provide a framework of minimum
standards and requirements to regulate and control
the location of buildings, site, design, quality of
material, construction, use and maintenance.
Section 104. General Building Requirements.

(a) All buildings or structures as well as accessory facilities

there to shall conform in all respects to the principles of
the safe construction and must be suited to the purpose for
which they are designed.
(b) Buildings or structures intended to be used for the
manufacture and/or production of any kind of article or
product shall observe adequate environmental safeguards.
(c) Buildings or structures and all parts thereof as well as all
facilities found therein shall be maintained in safe,
sanitary and good working condition.
Section 211. Implementing Rules and
Regulations.

 In the implementation of the provisions of this

Code, the Secretary shall formulate necessary rules
and regulations and adopt design and construction
standards and criteria for buildings and other
structures.
Section 213. Penal Provisions.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, to erect, construct, enlarge,
alter, repair, move, improve, remove, convert, demolish, equip, use, occupy, or
maintain any building or structure or cause the same to be done contrary to or in
violation of any provision of this Code.

Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this
Code and/or commit any act hereby declared to be unlawful shall upon
conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than twenty thousand pesos or by
imprisonment of not more than two years or by both such fine and imprisonment:

Provided, that in the case of a corporation firm, partnership or association, the

penalty shall be imposed upon its officials responsible for such violation and in
case the guilty party is an alien, he shall immediately be deported after payment
of the fine and/or service of his sentence.
CHAPTER III PERMITS AND INSPECTION

Section 301. Building Permits.

No person, firm or corporation, including any
agency or instrumentality of the government shall
erect, construct, alter, repair, move, convert or
demolish any building or structure or cause the
same to be done without first obtaining a building
permit there for from the Building Official assigned
in the place where the subject building is located or
the building work is to be done.
CHAPTER XIII ELECTRICAL AND
MECHANICAL REGULATIONS

Section 1301. Electrical Regulations.

All electrical systems equipment and installation
mentioned in this Code shall conform to the
provisions of the Philippine Electrical Code, as
adopted by the board of Electrical Engineering
pursuant to Republic Act No. 184 otherwise known
as the Electrical Engineering Law.
THE NEW NATIONAL BUILDING
CODE IMPLEMENTING RULES AND
REGULATIONS

ELECTRONICS REGULATIONS -
REVISED IMPLEMENTING RULES
AND REGULATIONS OF THE
NATIONAL BUILDING CODE OF THE
PHILIPPINES (P.D. 1096) REFERRED TO
AS THE IRR
Scope and Application
 3.1 Shall cover architectural, civil/structural, electrical,
mechanical, sanitary, plumbing, electronics and interior
design. 
Shall apply to design, location, siting, construction,
alteration, repair, conversion, use, occupancy, maintenance,
moving, demolition of and addition to public and private
building and structures except traditional indigenous family
dwellings and economic and socialized housing projects.
 3.2 Existing buildings without building permits/certificates
of occupancy may be issued same provided they conform to
these rules and regulations
RULE 11 “ ADMINISTRATION AND
ENFORCEMENT

1. Responsibility for Administration and Enforcement

“ Secretary of Department of Public Works and
Highways
2. Professional and Technical Assistance “ created the
National Building Code Development Council
(NBCDC) with the Board of Consultants (BOC) “
undertake research and development of building
systems to develop suitable guidelines, standards,
upgrade existing IRR and other codes.
RULE III “ BUILDING PERMITS AND
INSPECTIONS”

1. Building Permits

1.1 No person, firm or corporation shall construct,

alter, repair, convert, use, occupy, move, demolish
and add any building without a building permit.
RULE III “ BUILDING PERMITS AND
INSPECTIONS”

  Ancillary Permits
 Architectural Permit
 Civil/Structural Permit
 Electrical Permit
 Mechanical Permit
 Sanitary Permit
 Plumbing Permit
 Electronics Permit
 Interior Design Permit
 Other Permits for other professional disciplines
RULE III, Sec. 301 Building Permits

2. Permits supplementary to a
Building Permit shall be applied
for and issued by the building
official. These include
Ancillliary and Accessory
Permits.
Ancillary Permits
 The Ancillary Permits duly signed and sealed
by the corresponding professionals and the
plans and specifications shall be submitted
together with the duly notarized application
for Building Permit. The Building Permit is
null and void if not accompanied by the
Ancillary Permits. The prescribed
Ancillary/forms shall likewise be used
whenever applicable.
Exemption from Building Permits
 A building permit shall not be required for the following
minor constructions:
 Minor Constructions
 Sheds, outhouses, greenhouses, children playhouses,
aviaries, poultry houses and the like not exceeding six
sq.m. completely detached from any building
 Addition of open terraces or patios directly on the
ground not exceeding twenty sq.m. for private use
 Installation of window grilles
 Garden pools, aquarium fish not exceeding five
hundred mm in depth and for private use
 Garden masonry wall not exceeding 1.20 m in height,
footpaths, residential garden walks and driveways
Exemption from Building Permits
 Repair works
 Repair works not affecting structural members
 Repair of non-load bearing partition walls
 Repair of any interior portion of a house not involving addition or
alteration
 Repair/replacement of doors and windows
 Repair/replacement of flooring
 Repair of perimeter fence and walls
 Repair/replacement of plumbing fixtures, fittings or piping for single
detached dwellings and duplexes
 Repair/replacement of defective and deteriorated wires, wiring
devices, fixtures and safety devices provided that no
alterations on the electrical service entrance and the main
safety switch or circuit breaker and without additional circuits
to existing installations for single detached dwellings
Sec. 302 Application for Permits

3. Five (5) sets of survey plans, design

plans, specifications and other
documents, prepared, signed and
sealed over the printed names of the
duly licensed and registered
professionals ...
Requirements
a) Architect, in case of architectural documents
b) Civil Engineer, in case of civil/structural documents
c) Professional Electrical Engineer, in case of electrical documents
d) Professional Mechanical Engineer, in case of mechanical
documents
e) Sanitary Engineer, in case of sanitary documents
f) Master Plumber, in case of plumbing documents
g) Electronics Engineer, in case of electronics
documents
h) Environmental Planner who is also an architect or civil engineer in
case of developmental/environmental documents
i) Interior Designer, in case of interior design documents
j) Geodetic Engineer, in case of lot survey documents
 R.A. 9292: Section 5. Nature and Scope of Practice of Electronics Engineering and
Electronics Technician Professions.

 b) The scope and nature of practice of the

Professional Electronics Engineer shall embrace
and consist of all of the above plus the sole authority
to provide consulting services as defined in this Act
and to sign and seal electronics plans, drawings,
permit applications, specifications, reports and other
technical documents prepared by himself/herself
and/or under his direct supervision.
ELECTRONICS PERMIT APPLICATION FORM
ELECTRONICS PERMIT APPLICATION FORM
ELECTRONICS PERMIT APPLICATION FORM
 SUPPORT SERVICES DEPARTMENT
(Office of the Building Official)
ELECTRONI ELECTRONIC DATA SHEET

CS DATA
Name of Company:  
SHEET Project Title:  
PEZA Reg. No.  
Location/Zone:  
Contractor:  

Type of Application:   Electronics   Permit to Operate

QUANTITIES: DESCRIPTION/DETAILS
Communication Equipment
  Unit/s   (no. of ports) Central Office Switching Equipment
  Unit/s   (no. of ports) Main Distribution Frames
      Unit/s   (no. of ports) Intermediate Distribution Frame
  Unit/s   (no. of ports) Remote Switching Units
  Unit/s   (no. of ports) Concentrators
  Unit/s   (no. of ports) PABX/PBX's
  Unit/s   (no. of ports) Cordless/Wireless Telephone Communication System
  Unit/s   (no. of ports) Intercommunication system
  Unit/s   (no. of ports) Switch/Hub
  Unit/s   (no. of ports) Router
      Unit/s   (no. of ports) Patch Panel
  Unit/s Server (IT/Telecommunication)
  Unit/s Workstation
  Unit/s Voice and Data Outlets
  Unit/s Telephone Outlets
  Unit/s Telephone Handset/Slave
  Unit/s Wifi Access Point
Others:(please specify)
  Unit/s  
  Unit/s  
  Unit/s  

Audio/Visual System
  Unit/s Neon Sign Unit/Signage
  Unit/s Monitors (LCD, CRT, Plasma, etc)
  Unit/s Projector
  Unit/s Paging System Amplifier
  Unit/s Paging System Switcher
  Unit/s Matrix Controller
  Unit/s Speakers
    Terminal/s Conference System
Others:(please specify)