Practice of Professionals in The Philippines

Practice of Profession
in the Philippines
RA 8981
PRC Modernization Act of 2000
• An Act Modernizing the Professional
Regulation Commission, repealing for the
purpose Presidential Decree numbered Two
Hundred and Twenty-Three, entitled
“Creating the Professional Regulation
Commission and Prescribing its Power and
Functions”, and for other purposes.
• Section 2 – Statement of Policy:
Nation-building
• Sustained development of pool of professionals
Competence of Professionals
• Honest and Credible Licensure Examinations
Professional Service and Practice Standards

• Internationally recognized and considered world-class
Professional growth and advancement

• Measures, Activities, and Programs
• Section 3 – Professional Regulation Commission:
Commission
• Section 4 – Composition:
Appointment:
(a) by President
Chairperson
(b) Term of 7 yrs
(c) without
Commission
reappointment
(d) starts from the
time they assume
Commissioner Commissioner
office
Appointments to a
vacancy that occurs
before the expiration Chairperson
of the term of a
Commission
Commissioner shall
cover only the
unexpired term of the Commissioner Commissioner
immediate
predecessor.
At the expiration of the
Chairperson, the most
senior of the
Commissioners shall Chairperson
temporarily assume and
perform the duties and Commission
functions of the
Chairperson until a
Commissioner
permanent Chairperson Commissioner
is appointed by the
President.
• 40 yrs old and above
• With valid certificate of registration/professional
license
• Has a valid professional identification card / valid
certificate of competency issued by the Commission /
valid professional license issued by any government
agency
• familiar with the principles and methods of
Chairperson / professional regulation and/or licensing
Commissioner • at least five (5) years of executive or management
experience; provided that
• one (1) of the Commissioners must be a past
Chairperson/member of a Professional Regulatory
Board
• Section 5 – Exercise of Powers and Functions
of the Commission:
1 General
Administrative
2 Establish and
Maintain high
admission Practice of all
standard professions
Ensure and
Executive safeguard
integrity All licensure exams
Policy-making
• Section 6 – Compensation and Other Benefits
Compensation and Allowances
Chairperson
Department
Secretary
Commissioners
Undersecretary
Retirement Benefits
R.A. 568  R.A. 3595

• Section 7 – Powers, Functions and
Responsibilities of the Commission
Administer, Implement, and Enforce
• regulatory Policies of the Government with

respect to the regulation and licensing of the
various professions and occupations under its
jurisdiction
Enhancement and Maintenance
• professional and occupational standards and

ethics and the enforcement of the rules and
regulations
Make rules &

regulations
Enter into and issue
Contracts such orders
Perform and
any and all
acts
…necessary in the execution and implementation of its

functions and the improvement of its services
Resolutions
Review
Revise
Approve
Administer and Conduct Licensure exams
Dates and Place of examinations
Use private or public owned buildings

• Conduct more than

1 licensure
examination
Licensure • 1 is to be set on
examination weekdays
• 3-time failure needs
a refresher course
• Approve release
and results
• Appoint supervisors
Licensure and room watchers
examination from the govt and/or
private individuals
with Baccalaureate
degrees
• Publish list of passers

• Provide
schools/colleges/universities
copies of sample test
Licensure questions on the exams
recently conducted by the
examination commission as well as terms
of specification for the
licensure exams
• Impose penalty and
prohibition to take the exams
• Admit passers to practice

the profession or
occupation
• Entry of names on the
Licensure registry book and
computer database
examination • Issue certificates of
registration/professional
license
Name, Picture, Registration No., Signature
and seal of PRB and Chairperson
Custody of all Records • Examination Papers

of various Boards • Minutes of Deliberation
• Records of Administrative
cases & investigations
Licensure • Examination Results
examination
• Examination
Determine and Fix • Registration
• Registration without
examination
• Professional ID
Fees • Certification
• Appeal
• Replacement
• Accreditation
Submit and
Recommend EO 496
to the s.1991
President
• names of licensed/registered • from Nominated to

professionals for appointment as
members of the various fill up vacancies
Professional Regulatory Boards
• Performance of Publish the results

Monitor Schools in the
Licensure examinations
in a newspaper of
national circulation
• Comprehensive rating
Adopt and system of schools
• Based on passing ratio
Institute and OA performance
Administrative • Over various PRBs and

its members
Supervision
• Rules and regulations • Neglect of duty
Adopt and as necessary for • Incompetence
Promulgate effective policy • Unprofessional
implementation
• Unethical
• A program to which • Immoral or
Full exams are to be made Dishonorable
computerization • Given by various conduct
PRBs
Investigate • Or upon filing of a

complaint to any Latin term:
motu proprio member of any PRB “On his own impulse”
• Investigation of cases
Subpoena / against officials and On issues / problems
Subpoena duces employees of the
Affecting the
tecum Commission and the
members of the PRBs Commission, the
various PRBs, and all
• Assist all other
Other investigations of the professions under its
investigations government upon a jurisdiction
complaint under an oath
• Report on the
Annual Report of programs, projects, and
Make appropriate
Accomplishments activities for submission
to the Congress recommendations
• Section 8 – Regional Offices
• The Commission is
hereby authorized to
create regional
Regional offices as may be
necessary to carry
Offices out their functions
mandated under this
Act
• Section 9 – Powers, Functions and Responsibilities
of the various PRBs
Regulate
• Practice of professions in accordance with the provisions of their

professional regulatory laws
Monitor
• Conditions affecting the practice of the profession or occupation
Adapt
• Measures as deemed proper for the enhancement of the

profession
of the various PRBs
Inspect
• Industrial, mechanical, electrical, and chemical plants or other

establishments, hospitals, clinics, laboratories, testing facilities, mines, and
other engineering facilities.
• For schools, needs to be coordinated with CHED.
Hear and Investigate
• Cases arising from violations of their respective laws, the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder and their Codes of Ethics
• Issue Summons to alleged violators, and or witnesses to compel their
attendance in such investigations or hearings.
• The decision of the Professional Regulatory Board shall, unless appealed
to the Commission, become final and executory after fifteen (15) days from
receipt of notice of judgment or decision
of the various PRBs
Recommend Approval
• Registration without examination • By the

and the issuance of the
corresponding certificate of COMMISSION
registration and Professional ID
of the various PRBs
• Suspend, revoke, or • Determine appropriate
After due reissue, reinstate passing general
certificate of registration
average rating in an
PROCESS or licenses for causes
provided by law exam if not provided
• Issue such document or for in the law
a table of specifications regulating the
Syllabi of the subjects of the
exams w/ consultation profession.
from the academe
Score and • With Name and

Signature of the Board
Within 10 days
Rate member concerned
of the various PRBs
• Report on the
programs, projects,
and activities of the
Annual Report of Board for submission
Accomplishments to the Commission
Compensation
-2
PRB
members
Commissioners
+2
Chairperson
of PRB Members of
the PRB
• Section 11 – Person to Teach Subjects for
Licensure Examination on all Professions
Teaching Valid certificates of

registration
Valid professional
licenses
Other requirements
provided by CHED
• Section 12 – Assistance of Law Enforcement Agency
Call of Request
• Any law enforcement agency
upon request of the Commission
or any of the PRB, shall render
assistance in enforcing the
regulatory law.
• Section 13 – Appropriations
• Section 14 – Authority to Use Income
• Section 15 – Penalties for Manipulation and Other
Corrupt Practices in the Conduct of Professional
Examinations
• 6 yrs and 1 day
Imprisonment to 12 years
Manipulation
Secretly • Php50,000 to
Fine Php100,000
informs /
shares
• At the
Grade Both discretion of
Tampering the court
Examinations
• Removal from
Officer/Employee office
of the
Commission • Perpetual absolute
disqualification
or a PRB from public office
member
• Preceding penalties
Examinations
• Imprisonment: 4y1d to 6y
• Fine (Php): 20000 to 49000
Accomplices • Both: court discretion
• Imprisonment: 2y1d to 4y
• Fine (Php): 5000 to 19000
Accessories • Both: court discretion
• Section 16 – Penalties for Violation of Section 7 –
Subparagraph 1 by Heads of Government Agencies
or Officers of Private Entities/Institutions
Head of Gov’t
• Imprisonment: 6m1d to 6y
agencies or • Fine (Php): 50000 to
500000
Officers of • Both: court
private firms discretion
/institutions
• Section 17 – IRR
90 days
• PRC
• PRB reps Prepare and
Promulgate
after • APO Necessary Rules
and Regulations to
approval • DBM implement the act
of act
• CHED
• Section 18 – Transitory Provisions
• Section 19 – Separability Clause
• Section 20 – Repealing Clause
RA 5181, PD 657,
EO 266 s.1995
RA 546, PD 223
• Section 21 – Effectivity
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Official newspapers
15 days
Gazette of General
Circulation
Approved on: Approved by:

December 5, 2000 Joseph Estrada

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Practice of Profession

Professional Service and Practice Standards

Professional growth and advancement

R.A. 568  R.A. 3595

• regulatory Policies of the Government with

Enhancement and Maintenance

• professional and occupational standards and

Make rules &

…necessary in the execution and implementation of its

Administer and Conduct Licensure exams

Dates and Place of examinations

Use private or public owned buildings

• Conduct more than

• Publish list of passers

• Admit passers to practice

Custody of all Records • Examination Papers

• names of licensed/registered • from Nominated to

• Performance of Publish the results

Administrative • Over various PRBs and

Investigate • Or upon filing of a

• Practice of professions in accordance with the provisions of their

• Conditions affecting the practice of the profession or occupation

• Measures as deemed proper for the enhancement of the

• Industrial, mechanical, electrical, and chemical plants or other

Hear and Investigate

• Registration without examination • By the

Score and • With Name and

Teaching Valid certificates of

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