REPUBLI

CACTNO.8981

ANACTMODERNI ZI
NGTHEPROFESSIONALREGULATI
ONCOMMI SSI
ON,REPEALINGFORTHEPURPOSE
PRESIDENTIALDECREENUMBEREDTWOHUNDREDANDTWENTY- THREE,
ENTITLED"CREATINGTHE
PROFESSIONALREGULATI
ONCOMMI SSI
ONANDPRESCRIBINGI
TSPOWERSANDFUNCTI ONS,"ANDFOR
OTHERPURPOSES

Bei
tenact
edbyt
heSenat
eandHouseofRepr
esent
ati
vesoft
hePhi
l
ippi
nesCongr
essassembl
ed:

Sect
ion1.Ti
tl
e–Thi
sActshal
lbecal
l
edt
he"
PRCModer
nizat
ionActof2000.
"

Sect
ion2.St atementofPol
icy–TheStater ecogni
zest heimportantroleofpr ofessi
onalsinnation-
buil
ding
and,towardsthisend,pr
omotesthesustaineddevelopmentofar eservoi
rofpr ofessional
swhose
compet encehasbeendeterminedbyhonestandcr ediblel
icensureexami nati
onsandwhosest andar
dsof
prof
essionalservi
ceandpracti
cearei
nternational
l
yr ecognizedandconsi deredwor ld-cl
assbroughtabout
theregulator
ymeasures,pr
ogramsandact ivi
tiest
hatf ost
erprofessionalgrowthandadv ancement.

Sect
ion3.ProfessionalRegulat
ionCommi ssi
on–Ther eisherebycreatedathree-
mancommissi
ontobe
knownast heProfessionalRegulati
onCommission,her
einaft
erref
erredtoastheCommissi
on,whichshal
l
beattachedtotheof f
iceofthePr esi
dentf
orgeneraldi
rect
ionandcoor di
nat
ion.

Section4.Composition–TheCommi ssi
onshal lbeheadedbyone( 1)ful
l-
ti
meChai r
personandt wo( 2)f
ull
-
ti
meCommi ssi
oner
s, al
ltobeappoi ntedbythePr esidentforater
m ofseven( 7)yearswi t
hout
reappoint
mentt ostartf
rom theti
met heyassumeof fi
ce.Appoi
ntmentstoav acancythatoccursbeforethe
expirat
ionoftheter
m ofaCommi ssionershallcov eronlytheunexpi
redterm oftheimmedi at
epredecessor
.
Attheexpirati
onoft heChair
person, t
hemostseni oroft heCommi ssi
onersshal lt
empor ari
lyassumeand
performthedutiesandf unct
ionsoft heChairpersonunt i
lapermanentChairpersonisappoi nt
edbythe
President
.

TheChai rpersonorCommi ssionershall

beatl eastforty(40)y earsofage,holdi
ngav al
i
dcer ti
fi
cat
eof
regi
strati
on/pr ofessi
onall
icenseandav al
i
dpr ofessionalidentif
icati
oncardorav al
i
dcer t
ifi
cateof
compet encyi ssuedbytheCommi ssionorav ali
dpr ofessionalli
censeissuedbyanygov ernmentagency,
famili
arwi t
ht hepr i
nci
plesandmet hodsofpr ofessional r
egulati
onand/ orl
icensi
ngandhashadatl eastfi
ve
(5)yearsofexecut i
veormanagementexper i
ence: Provided,That ,
one(1)oftheCommi ssionersmustbea
pastChairper son/memberofaPr ofessi
onalRegul atoryBoard.

Sect i
on5.ExerciseofPowersandFunctionsoft
heCommi ssi
on–TheChair
per
sonoft heCommi ssion,
and
theCommi ssi
onersasmember st
hereofshal
lsi
tandactasabodyt
oexerci
segener
al admi
nist
rati
ve,
executiveandpol i
cy-
makingfunct
ionsoftheCommissi
on.TheCommissi
onshal
lestabli
shandmai ntai
na
highst andar
dofadmi ssi
ontothepracti
ceofall
prof
essi
onsandatal
lti
mesensureandsafeguardthe
i
nt egri
tyofalll
i
censureexaminati
ons.

TheChairpersonshal l
actasthepresi
dingandchiefexecut
iveoffi
ceroftheCommissi
on.Aspresi
ding
off
icer
,he/sheshal l
pr esi
deovert
hemeet ingsoftheCommissionsitt
ingasacoll
egi
albody
.Aschief
execut
iveofficeroftheCommi ssi
on,he/sheshall
beresponsibl
efortheimplement
ati
onofthepol
iciesand

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amsadopt edbytheCommissi
onforthegeneral
admini
strat
ionoftheCommissi
on.He/ sheshal
l
perfor
m suchotheract
ivi
ti
eswhi
charenecessar
yfortheeff
ect
iveexerci
seofthepower
s,funct
ionsand
responsi
bil
i
tiesoft
heCommi ssi
on.

Secti
on6.Compensat i
onandOtherBenefit
s–TheChai rper
sonshall
recei
vecompensationandall
owances
equivalentt
ot hatofaDepart
mentSecr et
ar ywhil
et heCommi ssi
oner
sshallr
ecei
vecompensationand
al
lowancesequi v
alenttot
hatofanUnder secret
ary.TheChairper
sonandthemember softheCommi ssi
on
shall
beent it
ledtor et
ir
ementbenefi
tsprovidedunderRepublicActNumberedFif
teenHundredandSixty
Eight
, asamendedbyRepubl icActNumber edThr eeThousandFiveHundredandNinetyFiv
e.

Secti
on7.Power s,
Funct
ionsandResponsi
bil
it
iesoft
heCommi
ssi
on–Thepower
s,f
unct
ions,
and
responsi
bil
i
tiesoft
heCommi ssi
onareasfol
lows:

(a)Toadminist
er,impl
ementandenf orcetheregul
ator
ypoli
ciesofthenati
onalgovernmentwit
hrespectto
theregul
ati
onandl i
censingofthevari
ousprofessi
onsandoccupati
onsunderitsjur
isdi
cti
onincl
udingthe
enhancementandmai ntenanceofprofessi
onalandoccupat
ionalst
andardsandethicsandtheenforcement
oftherul
esandr egul
ati
onsr el
ati
vetheret
o:

(b)Toperf
orm anyandal
lact
s,enteri
ntocont
ract
s,makesuchrulesandregul
ati
onsandissuesuchorders
andotheradmini
str
ati
vei
ssuanceasmaybenecessaryintheexecuti
onandimplementat
ionofi
tsfuncti
ons
andtheimprov
ementofit
sservices;

(c)Toreview,r
evi
se,andapproveresol
utions,embodyi
ngpolici
espromulgat
edbythePr ofessi
onal
Regulat
oryBoardsintheexer
ciseoftheirpowersandfunct
ionsorinimplementi
ngthelawsr egul
ati
ngt
hei
r
respect
iveprof
essi
onsandotherof f
ici
alactionsonnon-
minister
ial
matterswit
hint
heirrespecti
ve
j
ur i
sdi
cti
ons;

(d)Toadmi nisterandconductt hel icensur eexami nat ionsoft hev ariousr egulatoryboar dsi naccor dance
wi t
ht her ulesandr egul ati
onspr omul gat edbyt heCommi ssion; deter mineandf ixthepl acesanddat esof
exami nations;usepubl i
clyorpr i
v atelyownedbui ldingsandf acilit
iesf orexami nationpur poses; conduct
mor et hanone( 1)licensur eexami nat i
on: Provi
ded, That ,whent her ear et wo( 2)ormor eexami nationsgi ven
i
nay ear,atleastone( 1)exami nat ionsshal l
behel donweekday s( Mondayt oFriday )
:Pr ovi
ded, further ,That,
i
fonl yone( 1)exami nationisgiv eni nay ear,t
hisshal lbehel donl yonweekday s: Provided, finall
y ,
That ,the
Commi ssioni salsoaut horizedt or equi r
et hecompl etionofar efreshercour sewher et heexami neehas
fail
edt opasst hree( 3)t i
mes, exceptasot herwi sepr ov idedbyl aw; appr ov ether esultsofexami nat ionsand
ther eleaseoft hesame; adoptmeasur estopr eser vet hei ntegr i
tyandi nviolabil
ityofl i
censur eexami nati
ons;
appoi ntsuper v i
sor sandr oom wat cher sf r
om amongt heempl oyeesoft hegov ernmentand/ orpr i
vat e
i
ndi vidualswi thbaccal aureatedegr ees, whohav ebeent r
ainedbyt heCommi ssionf ort hepur poseandwho
shall beent it
ledt oar easonabl edai lyal l
owancef orev eryexami nat iondayact uallyat t
ended, t
obe
deter minedandf ixedbyt heCommi ssion;publisht hel istofsuccessf ulexami nees; prov ideschool s, col
leges
anduni versit
ies, publ i
candpr iv
at e,of f
er i
ngcour sesf orl i
censur eexami nations, withcopi esofsampl etest
quest ionsonexami nationsr ecent l
yconduct edbyt heCommi ssionandcopi esoft hesy llabi ortermsof
speci fi
cat i
onsofsubj ectsforl i
censur eexami nat ions; andi mposet hepenal tyofsuspensi onorpr ohi bit
ion
from t akinglicensur eexami nationst oanyexami neechar gedandf oundgui l
tyofv i
olatingt her ulesand
regulat i
onsgov er ni
ngt heconductofl i
censur eexami nat i
onspr omul gatedbyt heCommi ssion;

(
e)Toadmi
tthesuccessf
ulexamineest
othepract
iceoftheprofessi
onoroccupat
ion;
causetheentryof
t
hei
rnamesonit
sregist
rybookandcomputer
izeddatabase;
issuecerti
fi
cat
esofregi
str
ati
on/
professional

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icense, bearingtheregistrant’
sname, picture, andr egistr
ati
onnumber ,
signedbyal lthemember soft he
Boar dconcer nedandt heChai rperson, wi t
ht heof fi
cialsealoft heBoar dandt heCommi ssionaf f
ixedtheret
o
whi chcer t
if
icateshallbet heaut hori
tyt opr act ice; andatt heopt i
onoft hepr ofessional concerned,
mi nisterial
lyissuethepr ofessional i
dent if
icat ioncar d,tobeusedsol el
yf orthepur poseofi dentifi
cati
on,
uponpay mentoft heappr opr i
ateamount :Pr ov i
ded, That,marinedeckandmar ineengi neerofficersshall
alsobei ssuedendor sementcer tif
icatesex clusi velybyt heCommi ssi
onpur suantt othe1978and1995
Standar dsofTr ai
ning,Cert i
fi
cationandWat ch- keepi ng(STCW)Conv enti
on, totheexcl usionofanyot her
gov ernmentagency ,
Sect i
on1( 2)ofExecut i
v eOr derNo.149, Seriesof1999andpr ov i
sionsofot herexist
ing
l
aws, execut iveorders,admi ni
strativ
ei ssuance/ regul at
ionstot hecont r
arynot withstanding:Prov i
ded,
further,That ,onceacer tif
icateofr egistration/ pr ofessionall
icense, orcerti
ficateofcompet ency ,i
nthecase
ofmar inedeckandengi neof f
icersarei ssued, thiscannotbewi t
hdrawn, cancelled,revoked,orsuspended
exceptf orjustcauseasmaybepr ovi
dedbyl awaf terduenot i
ceandhear i
ng;

(f
)Tohav ecustodyofall
therecordsofthevari
ousBoar
ds,incl
udi
ngexaminati
onpapers,minut
esof
del
iber
ation,
recordsofadmini
strati
vecasesandinv
esti
gat
ionsandexaminati
onresul
tsforcont
rol
and
di
sposit
ion;

(g)Todet ermineandf ixtheamountoff eestobechar gedandcol l

ectedforexaminati
on,regi
strat
ion,
regi
strat
ionwi thoutexami nation,pr
ofessi
onalident
if
icati
oncar d,
certi
fi
cati
on,docket,appeal
,repl
acement,
accredit
ation,i
ncludingsur chargesandotherfeesnotspeci f
iedundertheprovisi
onsofRepublicAct
Number edFourHundr edSi xtyFiveasamendedbyRepubl icActNumber edSixtyFiv
eHundr edandEl ev
enor
tochargeandcol l
ectreasonabl efeesattherateshi
ghert hantheratesprovi
dedthereundersubjecttothe
approvalbyt heOf f
iceofthePr esi
dent.

(h)Toappoi ntsubj ecttotheCi vilSer

vicel aws, rul
es,andr egulati
ons, offici
alsandempl oyeesoft he
Commi ssionnecessar yfortheef fect
iveper formanceofi t
sf uncti
onsandr esponsi
bi l
it
ies;prescr i
bet heir
dutiesandf ixthei rcompensat ionsubj ecttot heprov isi
onsofRepubl icActNumber edSi xThousandSev en
Hundr edandFi ftyEightandal lowancesi ncludingot herf ri
ngebenef i
ts; andtoassignand/ orreassi gn
personnel ast heexi gencyoft heser v
icer equiressubj ectt otheCi vilServicelaws,rulesandr egul ations;and
toor gani
zeorr eor gani
zethest r
uctureoft heCommi ssion; andcreat eorabol ishpositi
onsorchanget he
designationofexi sti
ngposi t
ionsi naccordancewi thast affi
ngpat ternpr eparedbyi tandappr ov edbyt he
Of f
iceoft hePr esidentupont her ecommendat ionoft heDepar tmentofBudgetandManagement( DBM)t o
meett hechangi ngcondi t
ionsorast heneedar ises:Pr ovided,That, suchchangesshal l notaffectt he
empl oymentst atusoft heincumbent s, r
educet hei
rranksand/ orsalariesnorshal l
r esultintheirsepar ati
on
from theser vi
ce;

(i
)Tosubmi tandrecommendt othePresi
dentoft hePhil
ippi
nesthenamesoflicensed/
regi
ster
ed
professi
onal
sforappoint
mentasmember softhev ar
iousProfessi
onal
Regulat
oryBoardsfrom among
thosenominatedtofi
ll
upv acanci
espursuantt
ot heprovisi
onsofExecuti
veOrderNo.496,Seri
esof1991;

(j
)Uponr ecommendat i
onoft hePr ofessional Regul atoryBoar dconcerned,toappr ovet her egist
rati
onofand
authorizetheissuanceofacer ti
fi
cateofr egistr
at i
on/ li
censeandpr ofessional i
denti
fi
cat i
oncar dwithor
withoutexami nationtoaf or ei
gnerwhoi sr egisteredundert helawsofhi sstateorcount r
yandwhose
certi
fi
cat eofregistr
ati
oni ssuedt hereinhasnotbeensuspendedorr evoked: Provi
ded, That ,the
requir
ement sfortheregistrationorl i
censingi nsai df oreignstateorcountryar esubstantiallythesameas
thoser equir
edandcont empl at edbyt helawsoft hePhi l
ippinesandthatthel awsofsuchf oreignstateor
countryal l
owt heciti
zensoft hePhi li
ppinest opr acticet heprofessi
onont hesamebasi sandgr antthesame
pri
v i
l
egesast hoseenjoy edbyt hesubj ectsorci ti
zensofsuchf orei
gnstateorcount ry:Prov ided,furt
her,
That,theCommi ssionmay ,uponr ecommendat ionoft heBoar dconcerned, authori
zet heissuanceofa
certi
fi
cat eofregistr
ati
on/ l
icenseoraspeci al t
empor aryper mittoforei
gnpr ofessi
onalswhodesi reto

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ofessionsi nt hecount r
yunderr ecipr
ocityandot herinternati
onalagreement s;consul t
antsin
foreign-funded,joi
ntv entureorf oreign-assi
stedpr oj
ectsofthegov er
nment ,empl oyeesofPhi l
ippineor
foreignpr ivatef
irmsori nstituti
onspur suanttol aw,orhealthprofessionalsengagedi nhumani t
arianmi ssi
on
foral imitedperiodoft i
me: Provided,fi
nally,
Thatagenci es,organizati
onsori ndivi
dualswhet herpubl i
cor
pri
v ate,whosecur eheser vicesofaf orei
gnpr ofessi
onal aut
horizedbyl awt opracti
cei nthePhi l
ippinesfor
reasonsaf orement i
oned, shallber esponsibl
ef orsecuri
ngaspeci alpermitfrom theProfessional Regulati
on
Commi ssion(PRC)andt heDepar t
mentofLaborandEmpl oyment( DOLE) ,pursuanttoPRCandDOLEr ules:

(
k)Toaut
hor
izeanyof
fi
ceroft
heCommi
ssi
ont
oadmi
nist
eroat
hs:

(l
)Tosuper vi
sef oreignnat ionswhoar eaut horizedbyexi sti
ngl awst opr acticetheirprofessi onsei theras
holdersofacer t
ifi
cat eofr egi strationandapr of essional ident i
ficati
oncar dorat empor ar yspeci alpermi tin
thePhi li
ppines; toensuet hatt het ermsandcondi ti
onsf ort heirpracticeoroft hei
rempl oy mentar est r
ictly
compl iedwi th;tor equirethehi ringorempl oyinggov ernmentagencyorpr ivateentity/
inst i
tutiont osecur ea
tempor aryspeci al permi tfrom t heconcer nedBoar dsubj ectt oappr ov al bytheCommi ssionandt ofil
ea
criminalcompl aintagai nstt heheadoft hegov ernmentagencyorof ficer soft hesai dpri
v ate
entity
/instituti
on, whoshal lbel i
abl eundert hepenal typr ov i
dedf orint heconcer nedpr ofessi onal regulat
or y
l
awort hepenal tyimposedpur suantt ot hisAct ,whent hepr ofessional washi redandal lowedt opr acti
ce
his/herpr ofessionwi thoutper mi t
;tof i
leuponduepr ocessr equestf ordepor tati
onwi tht heBur eauof
Immi grationandDepor tation( BID); andt osuper visepr of essi onalswhower eformerci ti
zensoft he
Phili
ppinesandwhohadbeenr egister edandi ssuedacer tif
icateofr egi strati
onandapr ofessi onal
i
dent i
ficationcar dpr i
ort ot hei rnat uralizationasf oreignci ti
zens, whomay ,whileinthecount ryonav i
sit
,
sojournorper manentr esidence, pract icet hei
rpr ofession: Pr ovi
ded, That ,
pr i
ortot hepract iceoft heir
professiont heyshal l havef irstbeeni ssuedaspeci al per mi tandupdat edpr ofessionalident if
icationcar dby
theBoar dconcer nedsubj ectt oappr ov albyt heCommi ssi onanduponpay mentoft heper mi tandannual
registr
ationf ees;

(m)Tomoni t
ortheper
for
manceofschool
sinl
i
censur
eexami
nat
ionsandpubl
i
sht
her
esul
tst
her
eofi
na
newspaperofnati
onal
cir
cul
ati
on;

(n)Toadoptandi
nsti
tut
eacomprehensiv
erati
ngsy
stem foruni
ver
sit
ies,
col
leges,andt
rai
ningi
nst
it
utes
basedonthepassi
ngrati
oandov
erallper
for
manceofstudentsi
nboardexaminati
ons;

(
o)Toexer
ciseadmi
nist
rat
ivesuper
visi
onov
ert
hev
ari
ouspr
ofessi
onal
regul
ator
yboar
dsandi
tsmember
s;

(p)Toadoptandpromulgat
esuchrulesandregul
ati
onsasmaybenecessar
ytoef
fect
ivel
yimpl
ement
poli
ci
eswithrespectt
otheregul
ati
onandpracti
ceofthepr
ofessi
ons;

(q)Toi mpl ementt

hepr ogr
am fortheful
lcomputer
izati
onofalll
i
censur
eexaminat
ionsgi
venbythevar
ious
professionalregul
ator
yboardsincludi
ngtheregi
str
ationofpr
ofessi
onal
snotl
atert
hantheyear2003and
otheroper ati
onsoftheCommi ssion;

(r
)Toinvest
igateanddeci
deadmi
nist
rat
ivemat
ter
sinv
olv
ingof
fi
cer
sandempl
oyeesundert
hej
uri
sdi
cti
on
oftheCommi ssi
on;

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(s)Toi nvestigatemot uproprioorupont hefil
ingofav eri
fiedcompl aint,anymemberoft heProfessi
onal
RegulatoryBoar dsforneglectofdut y
, i
ncompet ence,unprofessional,unethical,
immor al
ordishonorable
conduct ,commi ssi
onofi rr
egulari
ti
esi nthelicensureexami nat
ionswhi cht aintorimpugntheintegri
tyand
authenticit
yoft heresultsofthesai dexami nationsand, i
ffoundgui l
ty,torev okeorsuspendthei
rcer t
if
icat
es
ofregistrati
onandpr ofessi
onal l
icenses/ i
dentif
icati
oncar dsandt or ecommendt othePresi
dentofthe
Phil
ippinest heirsuspensionorr emov alfrom officeast hecasemaybe;

(t
)Toissuesummons,subpoenaandsubpoenaducestecum i
nconnect
ionwit
htheinvest
igat
ionofcases
agai
nstoff
ici
alsandempl
oyeesoftheCommi ssi
onandthemembersoft hePr
ofessi
onalRegulat
oryBoar
ds;

(
u)Tohol
dincont
empti
ner
ri
ngpar
tyorper
sononl
yuponappl
i
cat
ionwi
thacour
tofcompet
entj
uri
sdi
cti
on;

(v)Tocall
uponorr equestanydepartment,
instr
umentali
ty,
offi
ce, bur
eau,i
nsti
tut
ionoragencyoft
he
governmentincludi
nglocalgov
ernmentunitstorendersuchassistanceasitmayrequi
re,ort
ocoordi
nat
eor
cooperat
einor dert
ocar r
yout,enf
orceorimplementtheprofessionalr
egul
atorypol
ici
esofthegover
nment
oranyprogram oracti
vit
yitmayunder t
akepursuanttotheprovi
sionsofthi
sAct ;

(w)Toi niti
ateani nvestigation,uponcompl ai
ntunderoat hbyanaggr i
ev edpart
y,ofanyper son,whethera
pri
v ateindivi
dual orprofessional ,l
ocalorforei
gn, whopr acticestheregul at
edprofessionoroccupat i
on
withoutbei ngaut hor
izedbyl aw, orwithoutbeingregisteredwi t
handl icensedbyt heconcernedr egulat
ory
boar dandi ssuedt hecor respondi ngli
cense/professi
onal i
denti
fi
cationcar dortempor ar
yorspeci alpermit
,
orwhocommi t
sanyoft hepr ohi
bi t
edactsprov i
dedint her egul
atorylawsoft hevariousprofessi
ons, which
actsar ecriminalinnat ure,andi ftheev i
dencesowar r ants,toforwardt herecor
dsoft hecaset otheof f
iceof
theci t
yorpr ovincial
prosecut orforthefil
ingofthecor respondinginformat ioni
ncour tbythelawy er
soft he
l
egal servicesoft heCommi ssionwhomaypr osecutesai dcase/suponbei ngdeputizedbyt heSecretaryof
Just i
ce;

(x)Toprepar
eanannual reportofaccompl
ishmentsonthepr ogr
ams,pr
oject
sandact i
vit
iesoft
he
Commi ssi
onduringtheyearforsubmissi
ontoCongressafterthecl
oseofit
scalendaryearandmake
appropr
iater
ecommendat ionsonissuesand/orpr
oblemsaf f
ecti
ngtheCommi ssi
on,t
hePr of
essi
onal
Regulat
oryBoard,andthev ar
iousprof
essi
onsunderitsj
uri
sdicti
on;
and

(
y)Toperf
orm suchotherfunct
ionsanddut
iesasmaybenecessaryt
ocarryoutt
heprovi
sionsofthisAct
,
t
hevar
iousprofessi
onalr
egulat
orylaws,
decrees,
execut
iveor
der
sandotheradmini
str
ati
veissuance.

Secti
on8.Regi
onalOf
fi
ces–TheCommi ssi
onisher
ebyauthor
izedt
ocr
eat
eregi
onal
off
icesasmaybe
necessar
ytocar
ryoutt
hei
rfunct
ionsmandat
edundert
hisAct.

Secti
on9.Power
s,Funct
ionsandResponsi
bil
i
tiesoftheVari
ousProf
essionalRegulat
oryBoards–The
var
ious,
prof
essi
onalr
egulat
oryboar
dsshallr
etaint
hefoll
owingpowers,
f unct
ionsandresponsi
bil
i
ties:

(a)Tor egulat
ethepract
iceoft
hepr
ofessi
onsi
naccor
dancewi
tht
hepr
ovi
sionsoft
hei
rrespect
ive
professionalr
egul
atoryl
aws;

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(b)Tomoni tortheconditionsaf f
ectingthepr acti
ceoft hepr ofessionoroccupat i
onundert heirr espectiv
e
j
ur i
sdi
ct i
onsandwhenev ernecessar y,adoptsuchmeasur esasmaybedeemedpr operfortheenhancement
ofthepr ofessionoroccupat ionand/orthemai nt
enanceofhi ghpr of
essional, et
hicalandtechni cal
standards,andf orthi
spur posethemember soft heBoar ddulyaut hori
zedbyt heCommi ssi
onwi t
h
deputizedempl oyeesoftheCommi ssi
on, mayconductocul arinspectioni nindustrial
,mechani cal,electr
ical
orchemi cal pl
ant sorestablishments,hospitals,cli
nics,l
aboratories,t
estingf aci
li
ties,minesandquar r
ies,
otherengineer i
ngf aci
li
ti
esandi nthecaseofschool s, i
ncoor dinati
onwi t
ht heCommi ssi
ononHi gher
Educat i
on( CHED) ;

(c)Tohearandi nvesti
gatecasesar isi
ngf r
om viol
ati
onsoft heirr
especti
velaws, t
herulesandr egulat
ions
promulgatedthereunderandt heirCodesofEt hi
csand, forthispurpose,mayissuesummons, subpoenaand
subpoenaducest ecum toall
egedv i
olatorsand/orwitnessest ocompel t
heiratt
endancei nsuch
i
nv est
igat
ionsorhearings:Provided,That,thedecisi
onoft hePr ofessi
onalRegulator
yBoar dshall,
unless
appealedtotheCommi ssi
on, becomef inalandexecutoryaf terfi
ft
een(15)daysf r
om receiptofnoticeof
j
udgmentordeci sion;

(
d)Todelegatetheheari
ngorinv est
igat
ionofadmini
str
ati
vecasesf
il
edbeforethem excepti
ncaseswher e
t
heissueorquesti
oninvolv
edstr i
ctl
yconcernsthepr
acti
ceofthepr
ofessi
onoroccupat i
on,i
nwhichcase,
t
heheari
ngshallbepresi
dedov erbyatleastone(1)memberoftheBoardconcernedassist
edbyaLegal or
Hear
ingOffi
ceroftheCommi ssion;

(e)Toconduct,t
hroughtheLegal Of f
icersoftheCommi ssion,summaryproceedi
ngsonminorvi
olat
ionsof
thei
rrespect
iver
egulatorylaws,violationsoftherul
esandr egulat
ionsi
ssuedbytheboar
dst oi
mplement
thei
rrespect
ivel
aws, i
ncludingviolationsofthegenerali
nst r
ucti
onstoexamineescommitt
edbyexami nees,
andrendersummar yjudgmentt her eonwhi chshal
l,
unlessappealedtotheCommi ssi
on,
becomefinaland
executor
yafterf
if
teen(15)day sfrom r ecei
ptofnoticeofjudgmentordecisi
on;

(
f)Subjectt
ofi
nalapproval
bytheCommi
ssi
on,torecommendr egist
rati
onwi t
houtexaminat
ionandt
he
i
ssuanceofcor
respondingcer
ti
fi
cat
eofr
egi
str
ati
onandprofessionalident
if
icati
oncard;

(g)Aft
erdueprocess,
tosuspend,
rev
okeorr
eissue,
rei
nst
atecer
ti
fi
cat
eofr
egi
str
ati
onorl
i
censesf
or
causesprov
idedbylaw;

(h)Topr epare,adoptandi ssuet hesyllabi ortablesofspecificationsoft hesubj ect

sf orexami nationsi n
consult
at i
onwi ththeacademe; determi neandpr eparethequest ionsfort helicensureexami nationswhi ch
shallst
rictl
ybewi thinthescopeoft hesy ll
abusort ableofspecif i
cati
onsoft hesubjectf orexami nat i
on;
scoreandr atetheexami nationpaper swi tht henameandsi gnat ureoft heBoar dmemberconcer ned
appearingthereonandsubmi tt
her esultsinal lsubjectsdulysignedbyt hemember soft heBoar dt ot he
Commi ssionwi thinten(10)day sfrom t hel astdayofexami nat i
onunl essext endedbyt heCommi ssionfor
j
ustif
iablecause/ s;andsubjecttot heappr ovalbyt heCommi ssion,determi netheappr opr i
atepassi ng
generalaverager ati
nginanexami nationi fnotpr ovidedforinthel awr egulati
ngt hepr ofession;and

(
i)Toprepar
eanannual r
eportofaccomplishmentsonprograms,proj
ectsandactivi
ti
esoft
heBoarddur
ing
t
heyearforsubmissi
ontotheCommi ssi
onaftert
hecloseofeachcalendaryearandmakeappropr
iat
e
r
ecommendat i
onsonissuesorproblemsaf f
ecti
ngtheprof
essiontotheCommi ssion.

Sect
ion10.Compensat
ionoft
heMember
soft
hePr
ofessi
onal
Regul
ator
yBoar
ds–Themember
soft
he

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Professi
onalRegulat
oryBoardsshallrecei
v ecompensat ionequival
entt
o, atl
east,
twosal arygr
adeslower
thanthesalar
ygradeoft heCommi ssi
oner s:Provided,ThattheChair
personoftheRegul ator
yBoardshall
receiv
eamont hlycompensationoftwost epshi gherthant hemembersoft heBoard,and:Provi
ded,f
urther
,
Thattheyshallbeenti
tl
edtoot heral
l
owancesandbenef itsprov
idedunderexist
inglaws.

Secti
on11.PersontoTeachSubjectsforLi
censureExami
nati
ononal l
Professions–Allsubjectsfor
l
icensur
eexaminati
onsshall
bet aughtbypersonswhoareholder
sofv al
idcerti
fi
catesofregi
strat
ionand
val
idprof
essi
onalli
censesoftheprofessi
onandwhocompl ywiththeotherrequir
ementsoft heCHED.

Secti
on12.AssistanceofLawEnf or
cementAgency–Anyl awenforcementagencyshall
,uponcallor
requestoft
heCommi ssi
onorofanyPr ofessi
onalRegul
atoryBoard,r
enderassist
ancei
nenforci
ngt he
regul
atoryl
awoft heprofessi
onincl
udingtherul
esandregulati
onspromulgatedther
eunderbyprosecuti
ng
theviol
ator
sthereofinaccordancewit
hlawandt herul
esofcour t
.

Secti
on13.Appr
opriat
ions–Theamountnecessar ytocarr
youtthei
nit
ial
implement
ationofthisActshall
bechargedagai
nstthecurrentyear
’sappr
opriat
ionsoftheProf
essi
onalRegul
ati
onCommi ssi
on.Thereaf
ter
,
suchsumsasmaybenecessar yforthecont
inuedimplementat
ionoft
hisActshal
lbeincludedinthe
succeedi
ngGeneral
Appr opri
ati
onsAct.

Secti
on14.Aut hori
tytoUseIncome–I naddi
ti
ont otheannualappropriati
onsoftheCommi ssi
onprovi
ded
undertheAnnual GeneralAppr
opriat
ionsAct,t
heCommi ssioni
sherebyaut hor
izedtouseitsi
ncomenot
exceedingtheamountofFor ty
-fi
vemi l
li
onpesos(P45,000,000.
00)ay earforaperiodoffi
ve(5)year
saft
er
theeffecti
vi
tyofthi
sActt oimplementtheprogram f
orfullcomputeri
zationoftheoperat
ionsofthe
Commi ssi
on,subj
ecttotheusualaccounti
ngandaudi t
ingrequi
rement s.

Sect
ion15.Penal
ti
esf
orMani
pul
ati
onandOt
herCor
ruptPr
act
icesi
ntheConductofPr
ofessi
onal
Examinat
ions–

(a)Anypersonwhomani pul
atesorrigsli
censureexami nati
onresults,secr
etlyi
nformsormakesknown
l
icensureexaminationquesti
onspri
ortot heconductoft heexaminat i
onortamper swit
hthegradesin
professi
onall
icensureexaminat
ionsshall,uponconv i
cti
on,bepuni shedbyimpr i
sonmentofnotlesst
hansix
(6)yearsandone( 1)daytonotmor ethant welve(12)year
soraf ineofnotl essthanFi
ft
ythousandpesos
(P50,000.
00)tonotmor ethanOnehundr edt housandpesos( P100,000.00)orbothsuchimpri
sonmentand
fi
neatt hedi
screti
onoft hecour
t.

(b)Incasetheoffenderisanoff
iceroremploy
eeoft heCommi ssionoramemberoft heregul
atoryboar
d,
he/sheshallberemov edfr
om offi
ceandshallsufferthepenal
tyofperpetual
absol
utedisqual
if
icati
onfr
om
publi
coffi
cet oaddit
iontothepenalt
iespr
escribedint hepr
ecedingsect
ionofthi
sAct;

(c)Thepenaltyofimprisonmentr angingfr
om four(4)yearsandone( 1)dayt osix(6)yearsoraf i
nerangi
ng
from Twentythousandpesos( P20, 000.
00)tonotmor ethanFor t
y-ni
nethousandpesos( P49,000.00),
or
bothimprisonmentandf ineatthedi scr
eti
onofthecour t,
shallbeimposedupont heaccomplices.The
penaltyofimpri
sonmentr angi
ngf rom two(2)yearsandone( 1)dayt ofour(4)yearsoraf i
ner angi
ngfrom
Fivethousandpesos( P5,000.
00)t onotmor et
hanNi neteenthousandpesos( P19,000.
00),orbot h
i
mpr i
sonmentandf i
neatt hediscreti
onofthecourt,shallbei
mposedupont heaccessor i
es.

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Sect i
on16.Penal ti
esforViolat
ionofSecti
on7–Subparagraph( 1)byHeadsofGov er
nmentAgenci esor
OfficersofPr i
vat
eEntiti
es/Inst
itut
ions–Anyheadofagovernmentagencyorof f
icer(
s)ofapr i
vate
fi
rm/ insti
tut
ionwhov i
olatesSect i
on7–subpar.(
1)ofthi
sActshal lbepuni
shedbyi mprisonmentofnot
l
esst hansi x(6)monthsandone( 1)daytonotmoret
hansix( 6)years,
orafi
neofnotl essthanFif
ty
thousandpesos( P50,
000.00)tonotmor ethanFi
vehundr
edt housandpesos(P500,000.00)orbothatthe
discretionofthecourt
.

Section17.Impl
ementingRulesandRegul ati
ons–Wi t
hinninety( 90)daysaft
ertheapprovalofthisAct,t
he
Professi
onalRegul
ati
onCommi ssi
on,togetherwit
hrepresentati
vesoft hevar
iousProf
essional Regul
atory
Boardsandaccredi
tedprofessi
onalorganizati
ons,t
heDBM, andt heCHEDshal lpr
epareandpr omulgatethe
necessaryrul
esandregulat
ionsneededt oimplementtheprov i
sionsoft hi
sAct.

Secti
on18.Transi
toryProv i
sions–TheincumbentCommi ssionerandtwo( 2)i
ncumbentAssociat
e
Commi ssi
onersshallserveasChair
personandCommissioner srespect
ivel
yundertheter
msf orwhichthey
havebeenappointedwi t
houtneedofnewappointments.Thei ncumbentExecuti
veDirect
orshal
lli
kewise
serv
easAssi st
antCommi ssi
onerwit
houtneedofnewappoi ntment .

Secti
on19.Separabi
lit
yClause–I fanyprovi
sionofthi
sActortheappl
i
cati
onofsuchprovi
siont
oany
personorci
rcumstancesisdeclar
edi nval
idorunconst
it
uti
onal
,ther
emainderoft
hisActorappl
i
cat
ionof
suchprovi
sionst
oot herpersonsorcircumstanceshal
lnotbeaff
ect
edbysuchdeclar
ati
on.

Secti
on20.Repeal i
ngCl ause–Republ i
cAct .No.546, Pr esi
denti
alDecreeNo.223, asamendedby
Presidential
Decr eeNo.657, Republi
cActNo.5181, andExecut iveOrderNo.266, Seri
esof1995ar ehereby
repealed.Sect i
on23( h)ofRepublicActNo.7836, Sect ion4( m &s).Section23ofRepubl icActNo.7920,
andSect ion29ofRepubl i
cActNo.8050, i
nsofarasitr equir
escompl eti
onoft herequir
ementsofthe
ContinuingPr ofessionalEducation(CPE)asacondi tionf ortherenewal ofthel i
censeareherebyrepeal
ed.
Allotherlaws, orders,rul
esandr egulat
ionsorresolutionsandal lpart
/st hereofinconsi
stentwit
hthe
provi
sionsoft hi
sActar eherebyrepeal
edoramendedaccor di
ngly.

Secti
on21.Ef
fect
ivi
ty–Thi
sActshallt
akeeffectaf
terfif
teen(15)daysfol
l
owingit
spubl
i
cat
ioni
nthe
Offi
ci
alGazet
teori
nt wo(
2)newspapersofgeneral
circulat
ion,whi
cheveri
searl
i
er.

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oved:
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2000

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