Section 3. Definition of Terms. —
Practice of chemical engineering shall mean rendering or offering of professional chemical engineering service or a fee, salary, reward or compensation, paid to him or through another person, or even without such reward or compensation. The term shall be synonymous with the term "rendering chemical engineering service."
Offering of professional chemical engineering service for a fee, salary, reward or compensation, paid to him or through another person, or ever, without such reward or compensation. The term shall be synonymous with the term "rendering chemical engineering service."
Industrial plant shall mean any plant in which a unit process and or operations are involved, including the related pollution control and abatement process or operations.
Unit process shall mean the chemical change which is involved in the manufacture of industrial or consumer products or the treatment of industrial or chemical wastes.
Unit operation shall mean the physical operation by which a desired step in an industrial process is conducted or controlled. This includes, but is not limited to: storage of gases, liquids, solids, heat, transfer, evaporation; mass transfer, i.e. distillation, absorption, adsorption, drying, humidification, extraction, leaching, mixing and. dispersion, separation, i.e., filtration, screening, molecular sieving and coalescing.
Professional chemical engineering subjects shall mean any of the following and similar chemical engineering topics: chemical engineering thermodynamics; chemical engineering calculations; physical and chemical principles; industrial processes; momentum transfer; heat transfer; mass transfer; industrial waste management and control; process equipment and plant design; and biochemical engineering and bioengineering; and
Chemical engineer shall mean a person duly registered and a holder of a valid Certificate of Registration and Professional Identification Card issued by the Board of Chemical Engineering and the Professional Regulation Commission.