NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
First Regular Session

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

oo 2836

H. B. No.

Introduced by Representative Ralph G. Recto

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

Section 10 of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 10912, otherwise known as the
“Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Act of 2016", requires CPD as a
mandatory requirement for the renewal of a Professional Identification Card every
three (3) years. The CPD Act lapsed into law on July 21, 2016 and its
implementation started on March 15, 2017, upon the effectivity of Resolution No.
1032 or the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of R.A. No. 10912.

R.A. 10912 was enacted “to promote and upgrade the practice of profession
in the country ... [and to} ... 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.” While the purpose is noble, many certified public accountants challenge
the practicality and reasonableness of the extensive CPD requirements imposed on
them. Several groups of teachers also point out that even before the
implementation of CPD, teachers and other professionals have already been
engaging in CPD activities?

Many professionals are against this law due to the costs of undergoing the
required trainings, seminars or other activities undertaken that is related to their
profession to earn the necessary CPD units. The CPD Act has only made the process
costly, more bureaucratic and unnecessarily regulative.

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While further training is needed to continuously grow and learn as
professionals, it does not come cheap especially to professionals who are just
starting to practice their respective careers and earn meager incomes. Some
professionals even have to work in graveyard shifts and do not have the luxury of
time to enrol in training programs.

The accessibility of these training programs also poses a challenge as they
may not be readily available to professionals in the countryside and, thus, the cost of
transportation and board and lodging in attending the required training programs
adds up to the already exorbitant training costs.

The CPD requirement becomes an even bigger problem for those who
temporarily resort to accepting jobs, usually menial, other than their profession in
the absence of job opportunities. It becomes more difficult to update themselves
and reintegrate into their chosen profession.

It is high time to unburden the 2.56 million registered Filipino professionals*
of RA 10912's requirements, especially amid the government's efforts to speed up
Processes and services. Compulsory requirements of doubtful value like CPD go
against this policy. Pulling the plug on the CPD experiment should give everyone
time to ponder other means of improving professional competence without the
coercive force of the CPD model.

At this time when inflation rate is unstable, the peso is at a weaker level and
oil prices are unpredictable, Filipinos do not need additional burden to worry about.
Thus, this bill seeks to repeal the CPD Act.

In the light of the foregoing, the immediate passage of this bill is earnestly
sought.

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NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
First Regular Session

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

bNo. 2238

H. B. No.

Introduced by Representative Ralph G. Recto

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. Republic Act No. 10912, otherwise known as the "Continuing
Professional Development Act of 2016", is hereby repealed.

SEC. 2. All other laws, executive orders, resolutions, rules and regulations,
and other issuances or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with this Act are hereby
repealed, amended or modified accordingly.

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

Approved,