The Law is enacted to safeguard public safety and public interests, establish a professional engineers system, improve quality of technical services, and promote sound functions of professional engineers.

The competent authority in charge of professional engineers is the Public Construction Commission, Executive Yuan at the central government level; the municipal government at the municipal level and county (city) government at the county (city) level.

A citizen of the Republic of China having satisfactorily passed the examinations for professional engineers conducted in accordance with the Examination Act and having possessed the professional engineer certificate under this Act may be recognized to serve as a professional engineer.
One who lawfully possesses a professional engineer certificate prior to enactment of this Act may continually be recognized to serve as a professional engineer.
One who does not possess the professional engineer certificate of a specified engineering branch shall not use such branch title.

The categorized engineering branches of professional engineers shall be prescribed jointly by the Executive Yuan and the Examination Yuan.

One who has satisfactorily passed the professional engineer examination may register with the central competent authority and apply for a professional engineer certificate.

One shall not be recognized as a professional engineer and the certificate of a professional engineer shall be revoked or abolished under any of the following circumstances:
1. Have the qualification of passing the professional engineer examination revoked or abolished under the Examination Act.
2. Be sentenced to one year of imprisonment or longer without probation as verified by an irrevocable court judgment in the wake of a crime related to the practice of engineering.