Section 5. Qualifications of Board Members. —

Each Board member must, at the time of his appointment:

1. Be a natural born Filipino citizen and a resident of the Philippines for at least five (5) consecutive years;

2. Be at least thirty-five (35) years of age, of proven integrity with high moral values in his personal as well as his professional conduct;

3. Be a person with no final conviction by the court of an offense involving moral turpitude;

4. Be a holder of the degree of Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) from a university, school, college, academy or institute duly constituted, recognized and accredited by the Philippine government;

5. Be a professional electrical engineer with a valid certificate of registration and a valid professional license duly qualified to practice electrical engineering in the Philippines;

6. Have practiced electrical engineering for a period of not less than ten (10) years prior to his appointment, with a sworn statement as such; and

7. Not be an official nor a member of the faculty of, nor have a pecuniary interest in, any university, college, school or institution conferring a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering for at least three (3) years prior to his appointment, and is not connected with a review center or with any group or association where review classes or lectures in preparation for the licensure examinations are offered or conducted at the time of his appointment.