Refers to an ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineer(ACPE) who has successfully applied to and is authorized by the Professional Regulatory Authority(PRA) of a Host Country to work, not in independent practice, but in collaboration with one or more Professional Engineer of the Host Country.
An ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineer(ACPE) shall be eligible to apply to the Professional Regulatory Authority (PRA) of a Host Country to be registered as a Registered Foreign Professional Engineer(RFPE). The applicant shall submit with his application a sworn undertaking to :
Be bound by local and international codes of professional conduct in accordance with the policy on ethics and conduct established and enforced by the Country of Origin;
Be bound by prevailing laws and regulations of the Host Country; and
Work in collaboration with local Professional Engineers in the Host Country subject to domestic laws and regulations of the Host Country governing the practice of engineering thereto.
Upon approval, the successful ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineer (ACPE)
applicant shall, subject to domestic laws and regulations and where applicable, not making
submissions to statutory authorities of the Host Country, be permitted to work as a Registered
Foreign Professional Engineer (RFPE), not in independent practice, but in collaboration with
designated Professional Engineers in the Host Country, within such area of his own competency as may
be recognised and approved by the Professional Regulatory Authority (PRA) of the Host
Country.
The ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineer (ACPE) must register with the
Professional Regulatory Authority (PRA) of the Host Country where he intends to practise. The ASEAN
Chartered Professional Engineer must:
Show evidence of his registration with the Professional Regulatory Authority (PRA) of the Host Country as an ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineer (ACPE);
Pay the registration fee set by the Professional Regulatory Authority (PRA) of the Host Country.
