R.

A.9258
Republi
cofthePhil
i
ppines
CongressofthePhi
li
ppines
MetroManil
a

Twel
ft
hCongress
Thi
rdRegul
arSessi
on

Begunandhel
dinMet
roMani
l
a,onMonday
,thet
went
y-seconddayofJul
y,t
wot
housandt
hree.

Republ
i
cActNo.9258      Mar
ch2,
2004

ANACTPROFESSIONALI
ZINGTHEPRACTICEOFGUIDANCEANDCOUNSELI
NGANDCREATI
NG
FORTHISPURPOSEAPROFESSIONALREGULATORYBOARDOFGUIDANCEANDCOUNSELI
NG,
APPROPRI
ATI
NGFUNDSTHEREFORANDFOROTHERPURPOSES

Bei
tenact
edbyt
heSenat
eandHouseofRepr
esent
ati
vesoft
hePhi
l
ippi
neCongr
essAssembl
ed:

ARTI
CLEI
TI
TLE,DECLARATI
ONOFPOLI
CY,
DEFI
NITI
ONOFTERMS

Sect
ion1.Ti
tl
e.-Thi
sActshal
lbeknownast
he"
Gui
danceandCounsel
i
ngActof2004,
"

Sect
ion2.Decl ar
ationofPol i
cy.-Itisher ebydeclar
edapol icyoftheSenatetopr omotet he
i
mprovement ,advancementandpr otecti
onoft heguidanceandcounselingservi
cesprofession
byundert
akingandi nst
itut
ingmeasurest hatwil
lresul
tinprof
essional
,et
hical
,rel
evant,
effi
cient
,
and eff
ecti
ve guidance and counseling servi
ces fort he devel
opmentand enr i
chmentof
i
ndiv
idual
sandgr oupl i
ves.

TheSt at
er ecognizest heimpor tantrol
eofgui danceandcounsel orsinnation-buildi
ngand
promot es the sust ained dev elopment of reser
voir of gui
dance and counsel ors whose
compet ence have been det ermined byhonestand cr edibl
el i
censur
e examinations whose
standardsofpr ofessi onalpracti
ceandser v
icearewor l
d-cl
assandI nt
ernat
ional
lyr ecognized,
globall
ycompet it
ivet hroughpr eventi
veregul
ator
ymeasur es,pr
ogramsandact i
vit
iest hatfoster
theirconti
nuingprofessi onal
dev elopment.

Sect
ion3.Def
ini
ti
onofTer
ms.-Asusedi
nthi
sAct
,thef
oll
owi
ngt
ermsshal
lmean:

a)    Gui danceandCounsel i
ngisapr ofessi
ont hatinv
olvestheuseofani nt
egratedapproach
tothedev elopmentofawel l-
funct
ioni
ngindividualpri
maril
ybyhel pinghim/herpotenti
alstothe
ful
lestandpl anhim/ hert
out i
li
zehis/herpot enti
alstot hefull
estandpl anhis/herfuturein
accordancewi t
hhis/herabi
li
ti
es,int
erest
sandneeds.I tincl
udesf unct
ionssuchascounsel ing
subject
s,par t
icular
lysubj
ect
sgiveninthel i
censureexaminations,andotherhumandev elopment
servi
ces.

b)    Agui dancecounselorisanat uralpersonwhohasbeenr egi

steredandi ssuedav al
id
Cert
if
icate ofRegistrat
ion and a vali
d Professi
onalIdentif
icat
ion Car d byt he Professi
onal
Regul
atoryBoardofGui danceandCounsel i
ngandt hePr
of essi
onal RegulatoryCommi ssion(PRC)
i
naccor dancewiththisActandbyv i
rtueofspecial
izedt
rainingperformsf orafee,salaryorother
for
msofcompensat ion,t
hefuncti
onsofgui danceandcounselingunderSect ion3(a)oft hisAct.

ARTI
CLEII
THEPROFESSI
ONALREGULATORYBOARDOFCOUNSELI
NG

Secti
on4.Cr
eationofProf
essi
onalRegul
ator
yBoardofGui
danceandCounseling-Thereshal
lbe
creat
edaProfessi
onalRegul
ator
yBoardofGuidanceandCounsel
ing,her
einaft
erref
erredtoas
theBoard,Undert headmi nist
rati
vecont r
oland super vi
sionoft hePr ofessionalRegul
atory
Commission,her
einaft
erref
erredtoast heCommi ssion,tobecomposedofaChai r
manandt wo
(2)memberswhoshal lbeappointedbyt hePhi
li
ppinesfrom al i
stofthree( 3)recommendeesf or
eachposit
ionsubmi t
tedbyt heCommi ssi
onfrom al i
stoff ive(5)nomi neesf oreachpositi
on
submit
tedbytheaccredit
edandi ntegr
atedorgani
zationofgui dancecounsel or
s.

Sect
ion 5.Powers,Functi
ons,Duti
esand Responsi
bil
it
iesoftheBoard.-Thepr of
essi
onal
Regulat
oryBoar
dshallhav
et hef
oll
owingspeci
fi
cpowers,
duti
esandr
esponsi
bil
i
ties.

(
a)  Super
viseandr
egul
atet
hepr
act
iceofGui
danceandCounsel
i
ng;

(
b)  Deter
mineandevaluat
ethequali
fi
cat
ionsoftheappl
icant
sforr
egi
str
ati
onwi
thorwi
thout
l
i
censur
eexaminat
ionsandfori
ssuanceofspeci
alper
mits;

(c)  Pr eparet he exami

nat
ion quest
ions i
n accor
dance with Sect
ion 15 her
eofort he
modif
icat
ion ther
eof,and cor
rectand ratethe examinat
ion paper
st hr
ough a process of
computer
izat
ion;

(d)  Prepar
e,adopti
ssueoramendthesyl
labif
orthesubj
ect
si nt
helicensur
eexami
nat
ion,i
n
consul
tati
onwiththeCommi ssi
ononHi
gherEducat
ion(
CHED),theacademeandtheaccr
edit
ed
prof
essional
organi
zat
ions;

(e)  Regist
ersuccessfulex
ami
neesi
nthel
i
censur
eexami
nat
ionandi
ssuet
hecor
respondi
ng
cert
if
icat
esofregi
strat
ion;

(f
)  Issuespecial
/temporar
yper
mitst
of or
eigngui
dancecounselorstopract
iceGui
danceand
Counseli
ngforspeci
ficdur
ati
onofti
meforafeeoronmedicalmissionwit
houtafee;

(g)  Moni t
ort hecondi
ti
onsaf fecti
ngthepract
iceofGui danceCounsel i
ng,conductocul
ar
i
nspectionofpl aceswhereguidancecounselor
spracticetheirprof
essionandadoptmeasur es
fortheenhancementoft heprofessionandthemaintenanceofhi ghprofessi
onal,t
echni
caland
ethi
calstandards;

(h)  Ensur e,i
n coordinat
ion wi
tht he CHED,thatal
leducation i
nst
itutions off
ering the
course/program of Gui dance and Counseli
ng comply wi
tht he poli
cies,st andards and
requi
r ementsofthesaidcourseprescr
ibedbytheCHEDintheareasofcurr
iculum,facult
y ,l
i
brary
andf acil
i
ties;

(i
)  Promul
gaterul
esandr
egul
ati
onsi
ncludingaCodeofEt
hics,
aCodeofTechnicalStandar
ds
forgui
dancecounselor
sandadmini
str
ativ
epol i
ci
es,or
der
sandi ssuances,t
ocar r
youtt he
prov
isi
onsofthi
sAct.

(j
)  Investi
gatesviolat
ionsofthi
sActandt heRulesandRegulati
ons,CodeofEt
hicsCodeof
Techni
calSt andards,admi ni
str
ati
ve poli
cies,orders and i
ssuances,promul
gated by t
he
Prof
essionalRegulatoryBoard.TheRul eonadmi ni
str
ati
veinvest
igat
ionpromul
gatedbythe
Commi ssi
onshallgov er
ninsuchinvest
igat
ion;

(
k)  I ssuesubpoenaorsubpoenaducestecum t
osecur
etheat t
endanceofrespondent
sor
wi
tnessesortheproduct
ionofdocument
srel
ati
vet
othei
nvest
igat
ionconduct
edbytheBoard;

(l
)  Renderdeci sion,or
derorresoluti
ononpreli
minaryi
nvest
igat
ionorinquiryagai
nstv i
olat
ors
ofthi
sAct ,RulesandRegul at
ions,CodeofEthi
cs,CodeofTechnicalStandardsoranypol i
cyon
undocketedcasesandt hedocketedadminist
rati
vecasesagainstexami neesandr egist
rants,
whichshallbecomef i
nalandexecutoryunl
essappealedwit
htheCommi ssionwit
hinfif
teen(15)
daysfrom receiptofthecopythereof;
(m)  I
ssue,suspend,rev
okeorr
e-i
ssueanyl
i
censef
ort
hepr
act
iceofGui
danceandCounsel
i
ng
asdefi
nedinthi
sAct .

(
n)  Admi
nist
eroat
hsnecessar
yfort
heef
fect
iveI
mpl
ement
ati
onoft
hisAct
;

(o)  I
nit
iat
ecr
imi
nalact
ionagai
nstanyv
iol
atoroft
hisActand/
ort
her
ulesandr
egul
ati
onoft
he
Board;

(
p)  Adoptt
heof
fi
cial
seal
oft
heBoar
d;

(
q)  Pr
escr
ibedgui
del
i
nesandcr
it
eri
aont
hecont
inui
ngpr
ofessi
onal
educat
ion(
CPE)
;

(r
)  Adoptsuchmeasur esnecessar
yandpr operforthemai
ntenanceofhi
ghet
hicaland
prof
essi
onal
standar
dsi
nthepract
iceofthepr
ofessi
on;and

(s)  Per
for
m suchot
herf
unct
ionsanddut
iesasmaybenecessar
ytoef
fect
ivel
yimpl
ementt
his
Act.

Thepol ici
esresol
uti
onsandr ul
esandr egulat
ionsissuedorpr omulgatedbyt hePr ofessional
RegulatoryBoardshallbesubjecttoreview andappr ovalbyt heCommi ssi
on;howev er
,the
Board'sdecisi
ons,r
esoluti
onsorder
swhichar enoti nt
erl
ocutory
,renderedinanadmi nistr
ativ
e
case,shallbesubj
ecttorevi
ewonlyifonappealwiththeCommi ssion.ThedecisionoftheBoar d
and/ortheCommi ssi
onmaybeappeal edtotheCour tofAppealsinaccordancewi t
htheRul esof
Court.

Sect
ion 6.Qual
if
icati
on ofProfessionalRegul
ator
y Boar
d Member s.-The Chair
man and
membersoftheProfessi
onal
RegulatoryBoar
d,att
hetimeofthei
rappoi
ntmentshal
l
;

(
a)  Beaci
ti
zenoft
heRepubl
i
coft
hePhi
l
ippi
nes;

(b)  Bear esi
dentoft
hecount
ryf
oratl
eastf
ive(
5)y
ear
simmedi
atel
ypr
iort
o hi
s/her
appoi
ntment;

(
c)  Beofgoodmor
alchar
act
erandmustnothav
ebeenconv
ict
edofanycr
imei
nvol
vi
ngmor
al
t
urpi
tude;

(d)  Beaqual
ifi
edguidancecounselorhol
dingav al
i
dCer t
if
icat
eofRegistrati
on;Pr
ovi
ded,That
i
nt hecaseofthefir
stmembersoft heBoardofGui danceandCounseli
ng,t heyshal
lbeissued
Certi
fi
cat
esofRegist
rat
ionasguidancecounselor
swithoutpri
orexami
nation;

(e)  Beaholderofadoctor
aldegr
eei
nGuidanceandCounseli
ngf
rom areputabl
ecoll
egeor
univ
ersi
tydul
yrecogni
zedbyt
heCHEDand/
orbyadulyaccr
edit
edcol
legeoruni
versi
tyabr
oad;

(f
)  Hav eatleastten(10)year
sofcont
inuouspr
ofessi
onalpr
act
iceasgui
dancecounsel
oror
counsel
oreducatorunderthi
sAct.

(g)  Notbeamemberoft hef
acult
yofanyschool
,col
lege,oruni
ver
sit
ywhereregul
arand/or
revi
ewcoursesi
ngui
danceandcounsel
i
ngeducat
ioni
staughtnorhaveanypecuni
aryi
nter
estin
suchinst
it
uti
on;
and

(
h)  Notbeanof
fi
cial
oft
hei
ntegr
atedandaccr
edi
tednat
ional
prof
essi
onal
organi
zat
ion.

Secti
on7.Term ofOffi
ce.-Themember softheBoardshal lholdoffi
ceforaterm ofthr
ee(3)
yearsorunti
lthei
rsuccessor
sshal
lhavebeenappointedandqual i
fi
ed.Theymay,however,be
reappoi
ntedforasecondt er
m.Oft hemember stobeappoi ntedforthefir
stBoard,one(1)
membershallholdoffi
ceasChair
manf ort
hree(3)years;one( 1)asmemberf ortwo(2)years;
andone( 1)memberforater
m ofone(1)y
ear
.Anyvacancyint
heBoar dshal
lbefi
l
ledfort
he
unexpir
edport
ionoft
heter
m only
.Eachmembershal
ltaket
heproperoathpri
ort
oassumpti
on
duty.

Secti
on8.Admi ni
str
ativeSuper vi
si
onoft heBoar d,Cust
odianofitsRecords,Secr
etari
atand
SupportSer vi
ces.-Al lrecords ofthe Board,i ncl
udi
ng appl
icati
on forexaminati
on and
administ
rati
veandot herinvest
igati
vecasesshallbeunderthecustodyoftheCommi ssi
on.The
Commi ssionshalldesignatetheSecretaryoftheBoar dandshallprovi
det hesecr
etari
atand
supportserv
icestoimplementt heprov
isionoft
hisAct .

Secti
on9.Compensat i
onandAll
owancesoft heBoard.-TheChairmanandmember softhe
Boardsshallrecei
vedthecompensat
ionandallowancescomparabl
etothecompensat
ionand
al
lowancesr eceiv
ed bythechai
rman and member sofexist
ing r
egul
ator
yboar
d underthe
Commi ssi
onaspr ovi
dedfori
nheGeneral
Appropri
ati
onsAct.

Secti
on10.Gr oundsf orSuspensi
onandRemov alofBoardMember s.-Thepr esi
dentoft
he
Phil
i
ppines,upont herecommendat i
onoft
heCommi ssi
on,aft
ergi
v i
ngtheconcernedmemberan
opport
unitytodef endhimself/
hersel
faproperadmini
str
ati
veinv
est i
gati
ontobeconductedby
theCommi ssion,mayr emoveandsuspendanymemberont hefol
lowinggrounds:

(
a)  negl
ectofdut
yori
ncompet
ence

(b)  v
iol
ati
ngortol
eranceofviol
ati
ngthisActortheCodeofEt
hicsandCodeofPr
ofessi
onal
andTechni
calSt
andar
dsf orgui
dancecounsel
ors;

(
c)  conv
ict
ionbyf
inal
judgementofcr
imesi
nvol
vi
ngmor
alt
urpi
tude;

(
d)  mani pulat
ion ofri
gging oft
he li
censur
e exami
nat
ion resul
ts,di
scl
osur
e ofsecr
et
i
nfor
mat
ionortheexaminat
ion,ort
amper
ingofthegr
adest
herei
n;or

(
e)  conv
ict
ionbyt
hef
inal
judgementofanycr
imi
nal
off
ensebyt
hecour
ts.

Sect
ion11.AnnualReport
.-TheChai
rmanoft heBoar d,shal
laftert
hecl oseofthef i
scalyear
,
submitanannualrepor
ttothecommission,gi
vi
ngadet ail
edaccountingoft heproceedingsof
theBoardduri
ngthey earandembodyingsuchr ecommendat i
onast heBoardmaydesi reto
make.

ARTI
CLEIII
EXAMINATION,
REGI
STRATI
ONANDLI
CENSURE

Sect
ion12.Examinat
ionRequi
red-Al
lappl
icantsf
orregi
str
ati
onf ort
hepr act
iceofGui danceand
Counseli
ngshal
lberequi
redtounder
goalicensur
eexaminati
ontobegi venbyt heBoar dandthe
Commi ssi
oninsuchplacesanddatesast heCommi ssi
onmaydesi gnateinaccor dancewith
Republ
ic ActNo.8981,subj ectto compli
ance withthe requir
ement s prescr
ibed by the
Commi ssi
on.

Sect
ion13.Qual
i
ficat
ionf
orExaminati
on.-I
nor
dert
oqual
i
fyf
ort
heexami
nat
ion,anappl
i
cant
must,att
heti
meoff i
l
ingt
heappl
icat
ionbe:

(
a)  acit
izenoft
herepubli
cofthePhili
ppi
nesorafor
eignerwhosecount
ryhasr
eci
proci
tywi
th
t
hePhil
i
ppinesint
hepracti
ceofGuidanceandCounsel
i
ng;

(
b)  hasnotbeenconv
ict
edofanyof
fensei
nvol
vi
ngmor
alt
urpi
tudebyacompet
entcour
t;and

(
c)  hol
derofaBachel
or'
sDegreei
nGuidanceandCounsel
i
ngori not
herAl
l
iedDisci
pli
nesand
amaster
'sdegr
eeinGuidanceandCounsel
ingfr
om aninst
itut
ionint
hePhil
ippi
nesorabroad
r
ecogni
zedoraccr
edi
tedbyt
heCHED.

Secti
on14.Regi st
rati
onWithoutTakingLicensureExami nat
ion.-Aper sonwhopossessest he
pert
inentquali
ficati
onsrequir
edf oradmissionintheexami nat i
onf orregist
rat
ionasgui dance
counselorpur
suantt otheprovi
sionsofthi
sActmay beregist
eredwi thoutexamination:Provided,
Thattheapplicantf i
l
eswiththeBoar dwithi
nt wo(2)y earsafterit
scr eati
on,anappl i
cat
ionf or
regi
strat
ionandi ssuanceofaCer ti
fi
cat
eofRegi str
ati
onandPr ofessionalIdent
ifi
cationCardby
submitti
ngcredential
sshowingthattheappli
cantbeforetheef f
ectiv
ityofthisAct;

(
a)  Hadbeendoctoralandmaster
sdegreeholder
sinGuidanceandCounsel
ingwithatl
east
t
hree(3)y
ear
softeachi
ngGuidanceandCounsel
i
ngcoursesand/orf
ull
-t
imecounsel
i
ngpract
ice
f
orthesameper
iod;

(b)  Hadpassedatl eastei
ght
een( 18)unitsofMast er'
sl evelcoursesinGuidanceand
Counseli
ng such as Counsel i
ng Techniques/Theori
es,Organizati
on or Admini
strati
on of
Guidance Ser v
ices, Test and Measur ements, Group Process/ Counsel
i
ng and Car eer
Guidance/Counseli
ng;
andhav eatl
eastseven(7)yearsofexper
ienceincounseli
ngwork;and

(c)  Hascompletedacademicrequi
rement
sforamaster'
sdegreeingui
danceandcounsel
i
ng
andhavefi
ve(5)yearsexper
ienceasf
ull
-t
imegui
dancecounsel
ors.

Sect
ion15.ScopeofExami
nat
ion.-Theexami
nat
ionshal
lcov
ert
hef
oll
owi
ngsubj
ectar
eas'

(
a)  Phi
l
osophi
cal
,Psy
chol
ogi
cal
andSoci
ologi
cal
Foundat
ionsofGui
dance;

(
b)  Counsel
i
ngTheor
ies,
Tool
sandTechni
ques;

(
c)  Psy
chol
ogi
cal
Test
ing;

(
d)  Or
gani
zat
ionandAdmi
nist
rat
ionofGui
danceSer
vices;
and

(
e)  Gr
oupPr
ocessandPr
ogr
am Dev
elopment
.

TheBoard,
subj
ectt
oapprovalbyt
heCommission,
mayr
evi
seorexcl
udeanyoft
hesubj
ect
sand
thei
rsy
ll
abi
,andaddnewonesastheneedar
ises.

Sect
ion16.Repor
tofRati
ng.-TheBoar
dshal
l,wi
thi
nten(
10)day
saf
tert
heexami
nat
ion,r
epor
t
ther
ati
ngsobtai
nedbyeachcandi
dat
etotheCommissi
on.

Sect ion17.Rat i
ngsint heExami nationandRe- examinati
on.-Tobequal i
fiedashav ingpassed
thel i
censureexami nati
onf orgui danceand counsel ors,acandi datemusthav eobt ai
ned a
wei ghtedgeneralaverageofsev ent y
-fi
ve(75%),withnogr adelowerthansixty(60%)inanygiven
subj ect.However,anexami neewhoobt ai
nsawei ght
edav erageofsev ent
y-fi
vepercent(75%)or
higherbutobt ainsarati
ngbel owsi xtyper
cent(60%)wi t
hint wo(2)yearsfr
om thedat eofthel
ast
exami nat
ion.Thesubjectsorsubj ectsretakenmusthav eeachar ati
ngofnol essthanseventy
-
fi
v e( 75%)inordertoquali
fyashav ingpassedt heexami nati
on.

Secti
on18.Oath-
Taki
ng.-Al
lsuccessf
ulexamineesshal
lber
equir
edt
otakeaprofessi
onaloath
beforeanymemberoftheBoardoranyoffi
ceroftheCommissi
onaut
hor
izedbythePRC, orany
off
iceraut
hor
izedbyl
aw.

Sect
ion19.I ssuanceofCer t
if
icat
esofRegi st
rat
ionandPr of
essi
onalI
denti
ficati
onCar d.-A
Cert
ifi
cateofRegistr
ati
onasagui dancecounsel
orshal
lbeissuedtoanyappli
cantwhopasses
the examinat
ion orwho i sr egi
ster
ed wit
houtexaminati
on,beari
ng the signatur
e ofthe
Commi ssionChair
personandChairmanandmember softheBoard,
andoff
ici
alSeal oft
heBoard.
Aprofessi
onali
dent
if
icat
ionCar
dbearingtheregistr
ati
onnumber,dat
eofissuance,expi
rydat
e,
dul
ysignedbytheCommi ssi
onChai
rpersonshallli
kewisebei
ssuedtoev
eryr egi
str
antwhohas
pai
dtheprescri
bedf
ee.

Secti
on20.Rost erofGui danceCounselors.-TheBoar
d,Incoordi
nati
onwit
ht heaccredi
ted
prof
essionalorganizat
ion,
shal lkeptar
osteroft
henames,r
esi
denceandoff
iceaddressesofal
l
regi
ster
edandl i
censedgui dancecounsel
orsandthesai
drost
ershallbemadeav ai
l
abletothe
publ
icuponr equest.

Section21.I ntegrationofGui danceCounsel ors.-Al lregistered/li

censedGui danceCounsel ors
whosenamesappeari ntherosterofgui dancecounsel orsshal lbeunitedandi ntegratedt otheir
automat i
cmember shipinaone( 1)andonl yregisteredandaccr edi
tednat i
onalor ganizationof
regi
st ered/l
icensedGui danceCounsel orwhi chtheBoar d, subjecttoappr ov
al bytheCommi ssion,
shallrecogni zedandaccr edi
taf terconsul tati
onwi thallexi sti
ngor ganizat
ionsofr egist
eredand
l
icensedGui danceCounsel orsand,i fpossi blewithal lthosewhoar enotmember sofanyoft he
saidor gani
zations.Themember sint hesai dintegratedandaccr edit
ednat ionalor ganizati
ons
shallr eceiv
edbenef itsandpr ivi
legesappur t
enantt heretouponpay mentofr equiredf eesand
dues.Member shipint egr
atedorgani zationshallnotbeabart omember shi
pinanyassoci ationof
GuidanceCounsel or s.

Secti
on22.Indi
cati
onofCerti
fi
cateofRegist
rat
ionNumberandPr ofessionalTaxReceipt
s(PTR).
-TheGuidanceCounselor
sshallber
equir
edt oi
ndicat
ehis/herCert
if
icateofRegistr
ati
onnumber ,
thedateofissuance,t
heperi
odofv al
idi
tyofthel i
cense,i
ncludi
ngt heprofessi
onaltaxrecei
pt
numberont hedocumentshe/shesi
gns,usesorissuesinconnecti
onwi ththepract
iceofhis/
her
prof
essi
on.

Secti
on23.Pr act
iceThr oughSpecial
/Temporar
yPermit
.-Special
/Tempor
aryPermi
tmaybe
i
ssuedbyt heBoar d,subj
ecttotheapprovaloftheCommissi
onandpaymentofthefeest
he
l
atterhaspr
escri
bedandchar gedther
eof,t
othefol
lowi
ngper
sons:

(
1)  LicensedGui
danceCounsel
orsf
rom f
orei
gncount
ri
es/
stat
eswhoseser
vicesar
eei
therf
or
afeeorfree;

(a)  I
ft heyar
einter
nat
ional
l
ywell-
knowncounsel
orsorout
standi
ngexper
tsi
nanybr
anchor
speci
alt
yofGuidanceandCounsel
i
ng;and

(b)  Iftheirservi
cesar eur gent
lyandi mport
ant
lynecessar
yforlackof,orinadequacyof
avai
l
ablelocalspeci
ali
sts/expertsf
ort hepr
omoti
onoradvancementofthepr
acti
ceofguidance
andcounseli
ngthroughtransferoftechnol
ogy.

(2)  Li
censedGuidanceCounsel
orsf
rom forei
gncountri
es/stat
eswhoseser
vicesshal
lbef
ree
andli
mitedtoindi
gentpat
ient
sinapar
ticul
arhospi
tal
,centerorcli
nic;

(3)  Li censedGuidanceCounsel
orsf r
om forei
gncount
ries/
stat
esempl oyedasexchange
professor
sinbranchorspecial
tyofGuidanceandcounsel
i
ngi nschool
s,coll
eges,uni
ver
sit
ies
offeri
ngthecourseofgui
danceandcounsel
ing.

Theper mi
tshal
l,amongot herthings,i
ncl
udetheseli
mitati
onsandcondi ti
onsforaperiodofnot
moret hanone(1)yearsubjectt orenewal
,thebranchorspeci al
tyofguidanceandcounseling,
and thespecif
icplaceofpr acticesuchascl i
nic,hospit
al,center
,school/col
l
ege/ uni
ver
sity
off
eri
ng the course ofgui dance and counsel
ing.The Boar d,subjectto approvalby the
Commi ssi
on,shallprescr
iber ulesand regul
ati
onson t hei mplementati
on ofthisparti
cular
sect
ion.

Secti
on24.Deni
al,Suspensi
on,Rev
ocationofaCer ti
fi
cati
onofRegist
rati
on,Cancel
l
ati
onof
Speci
alPer
mit
.-Theapplicat
ionf
orregi
strat
ionandt
heissuanceofaCert
if
icat
eofRegist
rat
ion
maybedeni
edf
oranyoft
hesecauses:

(
a)  Conv
ict
ionofanOf
fensei
nvol
vi
ngmor
al,
tur
pit
udebyacompet
entcour
t;

(b)  Findi
ngofGui
l
tbyt
hePr
ofessi
onalRegul
ator
yBoar
dfori
mmor
aland/
ordi
shonor
abl
e
conduct
;and

(
c)  Decl
arat
ionbyt
hecour
toft
heappl
i
cantasbei
ngi
nsane

TheCer t
ifi
cat
eofRegi strati
onmayber ev
okedorsuspended,ort hespeci alper mitmaybe
cancell
edf oranyoft heabov e-enumer atedcausesi ncludingthefol l
owi ng:f
raudul entacqui si
ti
on
ofCer t
ifi
cateofRegi str
ationand/ orspeci alper mit
;abet mentort oleranceofi l
legalpr acticeby
unquali
fiedpersont hrought heusebyt helatterofGui danceCounsel or'
sCer ti
ficate,orspeci al
permit;Viol
ati
onofanypr ov i
si
onoft hisAct ,RulesandRegul at
ionsoft heBoardandCommi ssi
on
andot herpolici
est hereof,includi
ngt heCodeofEt hi
cs,andCodeofTechni calSt andar dsor
GuidanceCounsel ors;unet hi
cal,immor al,dishonorabl eorunpr ofessionalconduct ;mal practi
ce;
guil
tyofdr ugoral coholabusei mpairinghi s/herabi li
tytopr acticehi s/herpr of
essi on;and
pract
iceoft heprofessiondur i
ngperiodofsuspensi onbyonewhoseCer ti
fi
cateofRegi str
ati
on
hadbeensuspendedbyt heBoar d.

Nocerti
fi
cat
eshal
lbedenied,rev
okedorsuspendedoranyoft hereasonher
einprov
ided,unt
il
aft
ersworncompl
ainti
nwrit
ingagainstt
heappl
icantorholdert
her
eofshal
lhavebeenfil
edand
heardi
napubli
cheari
ngoruponrequest,
behi
ndclosedoors.

Section25.Reinst
atement.-Aper
sonmayappl ytot heBoardforreinst
atementofacerti
fi
cat
e
theissuanceofwhichhasbeendulyr
evokedatanyt imeaftert
heexpirat
ionofone(1)yearf
rom
thedat eofrev
ocati
onofthesai
dcert
ifi
cat
e.Theappl i
cati
onshallbeinwrit
ingandshal
lconf
orm
torequi r
ementprovidedbytheBoard.Nocer t
if
icateshallber ei
nstat
edunlesstheBoardis
sati
sf i
edthatagoodcauseexi
stst
owar r
antsuchreinstat
ement.

Section26.Appeal
.-Thedeci
si
onont hedenialorref
usaltoissueCer
tif
icateofRegi
st r
ati
on,the
revocati
onorsuspensi
onoftheCer t
if
icateofRegist
rati
on,orcancel
lat
ionofspecialpermi tby
theBoardshallbefi
nalunl
essappeal
edt otheCommi ssi
onwi thi
nfi
ft
een( 15)daysfrom recei
pt
ofthedecisi
on.Thedecisi
onoftheBoar dand/orCommi ssi
onmaybeappeal edtotheCour tof
Appeals.

ARTI
CLEIV
PRACTI
CEOFGUI
DANCEANDCOUNSELI
NG

Secti
on27.Pr ohibi
tionAgainstthePr act
iceofGuidanceandCounsel i
ng.-Noper sonshall(
a)
engageinthepr act
iceofguidanceandcounsel ingwit
houtav ali
dCerti
fi
cateofRegistr
ati
onand
thevali
dPr ofessi
onalIdenti
fi
cationCar doraspecialper mit
;(b)maker epr
esentati
onstothe
publi
cortot hir
dper sonasal i
censedGui danceCounselorduri
ngthetimethattheli
censedhas
beenrevokedorsuspended, and,( c)al
lowanybodytousehi s/
herli
censeasguidancecounsel
or
toenabl
esuchunqual i
fi
edindiv
idual t
oengageinthepracti
ceofguidanceandcounseli
ng.

Nocorporat
ion,part
nership,associ
ati
onorent i
tyshalloper
ateaguidanceandcounsel
ingoff
ice
orcenter
,orot her
wiseengagei nthepracti
ceofgui danceandcounselingwi
thoutsecur
inga
per
mitf r
om t he Boar
d,whi ch shal
lbe issued onlyaf t
erithas sati
sfi
ed i
tsel
fthatsuch
est
abli
shmentisproperlystaffedbydul
yli
censedGui danceCounsel
ors

Anyunethicalpr
act
iceofguidanceandcounsel
i
ngasmaybedefi
nedi naCodeofet hicsand
Code ofTechnicalStandar
ds to be pr
epar
ed byt
he Boar
din consul
tat
ion wi
th Guidance
Counsel
ors,ispr
ohi
bit
ed

Sect
ion28.Ri
ghtt
oPr
ivi
l
egeCommuni
cat
ionf
orGui
danceCounsel
or.-A cer
ti
fi
edgui
dance
counselorwhoi sallowedt opract
iceguidanceandcounselinginaccordancewi t
hthi
sAct,
wit
houtt heconsentofthecli
ent,
beexaminedastoanycommuni cationori
nfor
mationwhi
chhas
beenacqui r
edwhileatt
endingtosuchcl
ient.Thepr
otect
ionaccordedherei
nshallal
soext
endto
therecordsandsecr et
aryorclerkofalicensegui
dancecounselor,whomaynotbeexami ned
concerninganyfact
,theknowledgeofwhichhasbeenacquir
edinsuchcapacity
.

Anyevi
denceobt
ainedi
nvi
olat
ionoft
hispr
ovi
si
onshal
lbei
nadmi
ssi
blef
oranypur
poseandany
pr
oceedi
ng

Secti
on29.For ei
gnReci proci
ty.-No f or
eignGuidanceCounsel orshal lbeadmi t
ted tot he
examinations,orbegi venacer ti
ficateofRegist
rati
on,orbeent i
tledt oanyoft herightsand
pri
vil
egesundert hisActunl esst hecount r
yorst ateofwhichhe/ shei sasubjectorci t
izen
permitsFili
pinoGui danceCounselor stoPracti
cewithi
nitster
ri
tor
iallimitsonthesamebasi sas
thesubjectsorci t
izenofsaidcount r
yorstate:Pr
ovided,t
hattherequirementforcert
ifi
cati
onof
GuidanceCounsel or si
nsaidforei
gnst at
eorcountr
yar esubst
anti
all
yt hesameast hoserequired
andcont empl atedundert hi
sAct :Provided,
furt
her
,Thatthelawssuchst at
esorcountr
ygr antthe
samepr ivil
eget oFi li
pinoGuidanceCounsel orsonthesamebasi sast hesubj
ectsorciti
zensof
suchforeignst ateorcount r
y

Sect
ion 30.Funding Provi
sions.
-The Chai
rper
son ofthe Commissi
on shal
lincl
ude i
nt he
Commi ssi
on'sPr
ogramst heimplement
ati
onofthi
sAct,t
hefundi
ngofwhichshal
lbeincl
udedin
theGeneralAppr
opri
ati
onsAct .

Secti
on31.Assi stanceofLaw Enfor
cementAgency .-Anylaw enfor
cementagencyshall,upon
cal
lorr equestoftheCommi ssi
onortheBoard,
renderassist
anceinenforci
ngthisAct
,includi
ng
al
lther ul
esandr egul
ati
onspromulgat
edthereunderbypr osecuti
ngthev i
olat
orsthereofin
accordancewi t
hlawandt heRul
esofCourt.

Secti
on32.I
mpl
ement
ingRul
esandRegul
ati
ons.-Wi
thi
nsi
xty(
60)day
saf
tert
heef
fect
ivi
tyof
thi
sAct,

SubjecttotheapprovaloftheCommi ssi
on,theBoar
dshallpr omulgatethenecessar
yrulesand
regulat
ions,incoordinat
ionwit
ht heintegr
atedandaccr editedprofessi
onalorgani
zation,t
o
i
mpl ementt heprov
isi
onsofthi
sAct ,whi
chshallbeeff
ecti
veaf terfi
ft
een(15)daysfol
lowingit
s
publi
cationintheOffi
cial
Gazet
teornewspaperofgeneral
circulati
on.

Secti
on33.Penal t
yClause.-Anypersonwhov i
olatesanyprov
isi
onoft hi
sActandther ul
esand
regulati
onsissuedbyt heBoardandt heCommi ssi
onorcommi tsfraudi ntheacquisi
ti
onof
Certi
ficateofRegi
str
ati
onorSpecialPer
mit,
shallbepunishedwit
himpr i
sonmentofnotlessthat
six(6)mont hsbutnotmor ethatei
ght(8)year
s,oraf i
neofnotlessthatFift
ythousandpesos
(P50,000.00)butnotmor ethanOnehundr edthousandpesos( P100,000.
00)orbot hint he
discr
et i
onofthecourt
.

Secti
on34.Separabi
li
tyClause.
-Ifanypartoft
hisActisdeclar
edunconst
it
uti
onal
,ther
emai
ning
part
snotaff
ectedtherebyshall
continuet
obev al
idandoperati
onal

Secti
on35.Repeal
i
ngCl
ause.-Alll
aws,decr
ees,
orders,
cir
cular
s,rul
esandregulat
ionsandot
her
i
ssuances,whicharei
nconsi
stentwit
ht hi
sAct ,ar
eher ebyrepealed,amendedormodi f
ied
accordi
ngl
y.

Sect
ion36.Ef f
ecti
vi
ty.-ThisActshal
ltakeeff
ectone(
1)mont
haf
teri
tspubl
i
cat
ioni
na
newspaperofgener
alcir
cul
ati
oni
nthePhil
i
ppi
nes.

Appr
oved,

FRANKLI
NDRI
LON
Pr
esi
dentoft
heSenat
e

JOSEDEVENECIAJR.
Speakeroft
heHouseofRepr
esent
ati
ves

ThisActwhi chaconsol
idat
ionofHouseBi l
lNo.5253andSenateBi
llNo.2126wasfi
nal
ly
passedbyt heHouseofRepresent
ati
vesandtheSenat
eonJanuar
y20,2004andFebr
uar
y19,
2004respecti
vel
y.

OSCARG.YABES
Secr
etar
yofSenat
e

ROBERTOP.NAZARENO
Secr
etar
yGeneral
HouseofRepr
esenat
ives

Appr
oved:
Mar
ch2,
2004

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dentoft
hePhi
l
ippi
nes

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lPr
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ell
anoLawFoundat
ion

 
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