Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
Third Regular Session

9039

House Bill No.

Introduced by Representatives Ron P. Salo and Paul P. Hernandez

EXPLANATORY NOTE

“Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.”
- Albert Einstein

Lifelong learning among professionals is the primary objective or policy behind
the enactment of Republic Act No. 10912, otherwise known as the “Continuing
Professional Development Act of 2016”. Under its declared policy, it provides that the
State shall institute measures that will continuously improve the competence of the
professionals in accordance with the international standards of practice, thereby,
ensuring their contribution in uplifting the general welfare, economic growth and
development of the nation.

Unfortunately, such noble objective was abused when the Professional
Regulation Commission (PRC) started implementing the law in March 2017, resulting
to various complaints among professionals, raising such issues as; the high cost
trainings with approved CPD units, accessibility since most trainings are only
conducted in major cities, and the time needed by a particular professional in order to
comply with the required units, taking away his or her precious time from work and
family.

Despite the various complaints from among the members of the forty three (43)
regulated professions, the PRC can only come up with band aid solutions considering
that the long term remedy is a legislative enactment which is beyond the power of such
executive agency.

To date, one of the temporary solutions that the PRC came up with, is to allow
professionals with incomplete CPD units to still renew their respective Professional
Identification Card (PIC), provided that they will execute an undertaking to complete
their CPD unit requirements until their next compliance period.

Although such measure adopted by the PRC will give temporary relief among
professionals, a long term solution to the controversies brought about by the
implementation of R.A. 10912 can only be addressed through an appropriate
legislative measure, providing for the repeal of this law which imposed unnecessary
burdens among Filipino professionals. It is perhaps this burden, which moved then

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Pres. Benigno S. Aquino III, into simply letting R.A. 10912, lapse into law on July 21,
2016 without his imprimatur.

In the light of the foregoing, the approval of this bill is urgently sought.

RON’. SALO PAUL P. HERNANDEZ
KABAYAN Partylist “KABAYAN Partylist

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Republic of the Philippines.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
Third Regular Session

House Bill No._ 9939

Introduced by Representatives Ron P. Salo and Paul P. Hernandez

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:

SECTION 1. Short Title. -. This Act shall be known as “An Act Repealing the
Continuing Professional Development Act of 2016.”

SEC. 2. Repealing Clause. — Republic Act No. 10912, otherwise known as the
“Continuing Professional Development Act of 2016", is hereby repealed, all acts,
executive orders, administrative orders, proclamations, rules and regulations or parts
thereof inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or
modified accordingly.

SEC. 3. Effectivity. — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved.

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