This Act and other relevant laws and regulations regarding professional engineers apply to a foreigner who passed the professional engineer examination in accordance with the laws of the Republic of China and then has applied for a professional engineer certificate pursuant to the provisions of Article 5.

The fees for the professional engineer certificate and professional engineer license shall be determined by the central competent authority.

The central competent authority may delegate the authorities to the competent authorities of municipalities and counties (cities) to issue, revoke, abolish, and nullify professional engineer licenses, to register the particulars in the profession registry book, and to award, impose disciplinary action on and punish professional engineers.

The enforcement rules of this Act shall be prescribed by the central competent authority.

This Act shall come into force upon the date of promulgation.
The articles amended on December 22, 2009 shall come into force on November 23, 2009.