Who adopts and promulgates the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of RA 9297?

• A. President
• B. PRC
• C. Board of Chemical Engineering
• D. Senators and Congressmen

Answer: (C)

Implementing Rules and Regulations are the detailed rules that turn a law into practical guidance for day-to-day practice. For a statute governing a specific profession, the body with the regulatory mandate and technical expertise to translate that law into concrete rules is the Professional Regulatory Board for that field. In this case, the Board of Chemical Engineering is the entity entrusted with adopting and promulgating the IRR for RA 9297. It uses the statute’s provisions to set requirements for licensure, scope of practice, continuing education, and enforcement standards that directly affect how chemical engineers operate. The PRC provides overarching oversight, but the actual implementing rules come from the Board that specializes in the discipline. The President or legislators enact laws, and while they shape the framework, they do not draft the day-to-day implementing rules.