Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
QUEZON CITY :

19" Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 1168

Introduced by: HON. LORNA C. SILVERIO

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks the repeal of Republic Act No. 10902 which mandated the

implementation of the Continuing Professional Development Program.

‘The Continuing Professional Development program was mandated and strengthened by
virtue of Republic Act No. 10912 which lapsed into law on July 21, 2016 and eventually paved
the way for guidelines and regulations of professionals. In essence, it was made a mandatory
requirement for the renewal of Professional identification card by the PRC and each
professional is given three years to complete and earn the required units varying from a low of
i as 120 for Certified Public Accountant

In this regard, most of our Professional Regulation Commission registered and licensed
professionals are having a hard time to comply with law as defined further in the Internal Rules
and Regulations last March 2017. They simply described the CPD as costly. unrealistic, and
effective due to the fact that the professional is looking for compliance rather than for
continuing professional development. There are reports of professionals looking for
compliance rather than for continuing professional development. ‘There are reports of
Professionals having to travel to various points of the country just to attend seminars and
training courses that would earn them only about one third of the required credit units. and in
some cases, the overall cost, which covers registration fees, airfare and accommodation, reach
as high as Php 20.000 pesos. There are also claims of some seminars and training courses turn
out to be unrelated to the field of expertise of attendee:

There is indeed a burden imposed upon our Filipino professionals most especially on
our minimum wage earners and Overseas Filipino Workers. While the intentions of the framers
of Republic Act No. 10902 was noble which is to encourage professionals to continually
undergo regular professional training and education to equip them the necessary updated
skills and information, the practice has resulted to unfavorable results for the man
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great costs to those undergoing the continuin

Reports continue to inform the people that the CPD is a financial burden to the
professionals as it is also a heavy load to many who have no more time because of their
workload. Adding on to the burden of professionals working abroad, the CPD constriets their


schedule and duplicates the professional training their companies and organizations conduct
for them. The result is a redundancy that cannot be tolerated for long

Although, this representation agrees in principle that continued growth and
development must be observed by our Filipino professionals, let not the law hamper the very
essence and purpose of why it was created. While there are efforts to temporarily relax the
requirements of the said law, (PRC Reso 1146 series 2019) the effects of it are only on a
temporary basis only.

In view of the foregoing, approval of this bill is earnestly sought.

Representative, 3” District of Bulacan


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
QUEZON CITY

19™ Congress
First Regular Session

House pit No._1168

Introduced by: HON. LORNA C. SILVERIO

AN ACT REPEALING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10912, OTHERWISE KNOWN
AS THE “CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2016”

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress
Assembled.

SEC 1. Title. Republic Act No. 10912 or the “Continuing Professional Development Act of
2016" is hereby repealed

SEC 2. All laws, presidential decrees, executive orders, ordinances, rules and regulation. and
other issuances or part thereof which are inconsistent with this Act, are repealed or modified
accordingly.

SEC 9. Effectivity. This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days after its publication in the
Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,

Wiles