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Presidential Decree No. 997
WHEREAS, such recruitment has been rendered difficult both by the scarcity of qualified manpower in these fields and by the requirements of the Constitution and the Civil Service law and rules that merit and fitness for government employment be largely determined by competitive examinations;
Section 1. It shall be the policy of the government to give support and encouragement to science and technology, and to attract scientific and technological specialists into the public service, realizing the contribution that they can make to push with greater vigor the development programs of the country.
Section 2. As used in this Decree, the term scientific and technological specialist shall refer to a person who has at least a bachelor's degree with major in any of the following fields, or any bachelor's degree with specialization in the same fields:
A. Applied Sciences, such as
Agricultural Science
Agronomy
Animal Husbandry
Plant Breeding
Plant Physiology
Plant Pathology
Soils Science
Horticulture
Medical Science
Physiology
Parasitology
B. Biological Sciences, such as
Botany
Zoology
Biology
Microbiology
Paleontology
Ecology
C. Biophysical Sciences, such as
Biophysics
Biochemistry
Health Physics
Environmental Science
D. Physical Sciences, such as
Physics
Meteorology
Geophysics
Geochemistry
Astronomy
Seismology
Archeology
Astrophysics
E. Engineering Sciences, such as
Nuclear Engineering
Geothermal Engineering
Metallurgical Engineering
Aeronautical Engineering
F. Mathematics such as pure and applied mathematics including statistics.
Section 3. For purpose of appointment in the Civil Service, a person whose field of specialization is appropriately covered by a board examination shall utilize the civil service eligibility arising therefrom.
Where a field of specialization is not covered by a board examination the scientific and technological specialist concerned as defined in Section 2 hereof shall be conferred a civil service eligibility if he is determined to be qualified by a committee composed of the Chairman, National Science Development Board, the Commissioner, National Institute of Science and Technology, and the Chairman, Philippine Atomic Energy Commission. The Chairman, Civil Service Commission, or his representative may sit in the deliberations of the Committee, as may be necessary.
A scientific and technological specialist may qualify for conferment of eligibility if, as determined by the Committee, he fully meets the requirements for three years research and/or teaching experience in the pertinent field, or an earned graduate degree.
Section 5. The Committee shall promulgate the appropriate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Decree which shall be effective upon approval by the Civil Service Commission.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 16th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-six.