Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Batasan Hills, Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bit No, 910

Introduced by
ACT Teachers Party-List Rep. FRANCE L. CASTRO,
BAYAN MUNA Party-List Rep. CARLOS ISAGANI T. ZARATE,
Rep. FERDINAND GAITE and Rep. EUFEMIA C. CULLAMAT,
GABRIELA Women’s Party Rep. ARLENE D. BROSAS,
and KABATAAN Party-List Rep. SARAH JANE I. ELAGO

AN ACT
REPEALING REPUBLIC ACT 10912, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2016”

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill proposes the repeal of the anti-professional Republic Act 10912 or the “Continuing
Professional Development Act of 2016.”

The general framework of RA 10912 merely follows the neoliberal economic blueprint fully
subscribed to by past and current administrations. The law was enacted in response to ASEAN
integration and its demand for greater labor migration, whereby Filipinos are exported as cheap
providers of professional services. The requirement for professionals to conform to the market-
based ASEAN Qualifications Reference Framework which “enables comparisons of qualifications
across ASEAN Member States” and the ASEAN Mutual Recognition Arrangement promotes further
the labor export policy, which already sends daily thousands of Filipinos, professionals among them.
This exacerbates the so-called “brain drain” problem leading to a lack of trained professionals to
serve the needs of Filipinos in our own country. It also relies mainly on the private provision of
continuing professional development, treating professionals as milking cows for profit.

Since its enactment, RA 10912 has imposed multiple financial, logistical, and psychological
burdens to professionals. It requires them to accumulate credit units (from 15 or 45 for most.
professionals to as high as 120 for certified public accountants) every three years by attending
seminars, training courses, and other professional development activities. Only then can they renew
their licenses and continue practicing their professions. Along the way, they are forced to spend
thousands of pesos, take unpaid leaves from work, withstand long queues, and go through a host of
other hardships.

But despite all these, RA 10912 is an unnecessary law. Prior to its enactment, laws and
regulations, including the various professional charters, codes of conduct, and complementary
administrative issuances governing all the 53 existing professions, were sufficient to regulate the
practice of these professions. The legal and administrative apparatus is already in place to ensure
that professional standards are upheld, professional competencies are continuously developed, and
public welfare is protected.


Approval of this bill is earnestly sought.

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Rep. CARLOS ae T. ZARATE Rep. FERDINAND GAITE
BAYAN MUNA Party-List BAYAN MUNA Party-List
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Rep. EUFEMIA C. CULLAMAT Rép. ARLENE D. BROSAS

BAYAN MUNA Party-List

GABRIELA Women’s Party


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Batasan Hills, Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

510

HOUSE BILL No.

Introduced by
ACT Teachers Party-List Rep. FRANCE L. CASTRO,
BAYAN MUNA Party-List Rep. CARLOS ISAGANI T. ZARATE,
Rep. FERDINAND GAITE and Rep. EUFEMIA C. CULLAMAT,
GABRIELA Women’s Party Rep. ARLENE D. BROSAS,
and KABATAAN Party-List Rep. SARAH JANE |. ELAGO

AN ACT
REPEALING REPUBLIC ACT 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:

SECTION 1. Republic Act 10912 or the “Continuing Professional Development Act of
2016” is hereby repealed.

SECTION 2. All laws, executive orders, resolutions, or rules and regulations or parts
thereof inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed, amended or modified

accordingly.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the
Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,


Approval of this bill is earnestly sought.

CASTRO
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Rep. CARLOS ISAGAMI T. ZARA’

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BAYAN MUNA Party-List

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Rep. EUFEMIA C. CULLAMAT Re. ARLE|YE D. BROSAS
BAYAN MUNA Party-List

GABRIELA Women’s Party