R.A. NO. 10912

• Continuing Professional Development (CPD)


  This law was enacted to ensure continuous education and improvement in the competence of the professionals for a longer term. As a result, the professionals will be updated with the current trends and skills that will be beneficial to us, Filipinos and the whole nation
• The technology is so advance and for us to cope with the changes brought about the phenomenon, we must study, restudy, evaluate, and reevaluate our capabilities
• The change is constant and with the ever-changing world we live in, it becomes almost imperative to keep progressing in our professional endeavors
• Continuing


  Without break in continuity; constant
• Professional


  Person's work requiring special training; job that will require advance education or learning wherein a person is earning money while doing so
• Development


  A process of growing or changing and becoming more advanced; transitional change [expert to more expert]
• Continuing Professional Development


  The inculcation of advanced knowledge, skills, and ethical values in a post-licensure specialization or in an inter- or multidisciplinary field of study, for assimilation into professional practice, self-directed research, and/or lifelong learning
• Continuing Professional Development


  Process of training and developing professional knowledge and skill through independent participation base or interactive learning
• Continuing Professional Development

  • Allows the professionals to improve their capabilities with the help of certified learning
  • The CPD courses for professionals should reflect their current expectations and their future ambitions
  • Learning will not stop after the licensure exam
• Since 1973, the Professional Regulatory Boards are authorized to look in the conditions affecting the practice of different professions and to adapt measure to enhance each specific field and to maintain high professional ethical and technical standards of the profession
• History of Continuing Professional Development in the Philippines

  • BOARD RESOLUTION NO. 167 S. 1988 - Implementation of CPE in Medical Technology
  • EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 266 - Institutionalizing CPE Programs [mandatory]
  • PRC RESOLUTION NO. 381 - Standardizing the guidelines for implementing CPE programs
  • R.A. NO. 8981 - Repealed P.D. 223
  • PRC RESOLUTION NO. 2004-179 S. 2004 - Standardizing the procedure of implementation of CPE Programs
  • PRC RESOLUTION NO. 2008-466 S. 2008 - Revising the previous issuance of PRC, introduction of the term continuing professional education or development (CPD/CPD) system
  • PRC RESOLUTION NO. 2013-774 S. 2013 - Revising the previous issuance and formally adopting the term "continuing professional development (CPD)" and dropping the old term CPE
  • R.A. NO. 10912 (CPD ACT OF 2016) - Compliance with CPD becomes compulsory and mandatory in renewing the PICs
  • PRC RESOLUTION NO. 1032 S. 2017 - Implementing rule of R.A. No. 10912
  • MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY RESOLUTION NO. 07 S. 2018 - Operational Guidelines on the Implementation of R.A. 10912 for Medical Technologists
  • PRC RESOLUTION NO. 2019-1146 S. 2019 - Amending certain provisions of PRC Resolution No. 1032 s. 2017
• Republic Act 10912


  Also known as the "Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Act of 2016", is an act which requires CPD as the mandatory requirement for the renewal of Professional Identification Card
• RA 10912 - This law was enacted to ensure the continuous education and improvement in the competence of the professionals for a longer term. As a result, the professionals will be updated with the current trends and skills that will be beneficial to us, Filipinos and the whole nation
• Fusion of Senate Bill No. 2581 and House Bill No. 6423 = CPD Law of 2016
• Approved by President Benigno S. Aquino III


  July 21, 2016
• AIPO/APO


  Accredited Integrated Professional Organization or the Accredited Professional Organization in a given profession
• ASEAN Qualifications Reference Framework (AQRF)


  Device that enables comparisons of qualifications across ASEAN Member States
• ASEAN Mutual Recognition Arrangement (ASEAN MRA)


  Regional arrangement entered into by the ASEAN Member States, predicated on the mutual recognition of qualifications, requirements met, licenses and certificates granted, experience gained by professionals, in order to enhance mobility of professional services within the region
• Philippine Qualifications Framework (PQF)


  Quality assured national system for the development, recognition and award of qualifications at defined levels, based on standards of knowledge, skills and values, acquired in different ways and methods by learners and workers
• Benefits of Continuing Professional Development for

  • Professionals
  • Professional's Career and Practice of Professions
  • Employer
  • Public and Nation
• Nature of CPD Programs

  • Formal Learning
  • Non-Formal Learning
  • Informal Learning
  • Online Learning Activities
  • Professional Work Experience
• The attendance and participation in the conferences and conventions sponsored by their AIPO/APO shall be given appropriate CPD credit units in recognition of the fact that the same contribute to the professional development and lifelong learning of the professionals (yearly)
• Power, Functions and Responsibilities of the PRC and the Professional Regulatory Board

  • Organize CPD Council for each of the regulated professions and promulgate guidelines for their operation
  • Review existing and new CPD Programs for all the regulated professions
  • Formulate, issue and promulgate guidelines and procedures for the implementation of the CPD Programs
  • Coordinate with academe, concerned government agencies and other stakeholders in the implementation of the CPD Programs and other measures
  • Coordinate with concerned government agencies in the development of mechanisms and guidelines, in the grant and transfer of credit units earned from all learning processes and activities
• CPD Council

  • Chairperson - member of the PRB so chosen by the PRB concerned to sit in the CPD Council
  • First member - president or officer of the AIPO/APO [PAMET] duly authorized by its Board of Governors/Trustees
  • Second member - president or officer of the national organization of deans or department chairpersons of schools, colleges or universities offering the course requiring the licensure examination
• AIPO/APO [PAMET]


  President or officer of the AIPO/APO duly authorized by its Board of Governors/Trustees
• Absence of the AIPO/APO

  1. The PRB concerned shall submit within ten (10) working days from notification of such absence, a list of three (3) recommendees from the national professional organizations

  2. The PRC shall designate the first member within thirty (30) days from receipt of the list
• Second member


  President or officer of the national organization of deans or department chairpersons of schools, colleges or universities offering the course requiring the licensure examination
• Absence of such organization

  1. The PRB concerned shall submit, within ten (10) working days from notification of such absence, a list of three (3) recommendees from the academe

  2. The PRC shall designate the second member within twenty (20) working days from receipt of the list
• Term of office of the chairperson of the CPD Council

  Coterminous [ex-officio] with his/her incumbency in the PRB unless sooner replaced by the PRB concerned through a resolution, subject to the approval of the PRC
• Term of office of the first and second members

  Two (2) years unless sooner replaced through a resolution by the AIPO/APO concerned or the organization of deans or heads of departments, respectively
• Members of the CPD Council who are appointed by the PRC may be replaced before the end of the two (2)-year period, upon the recommendation of the PRB through a resolution
• Powers, Functions and Responsibilities of the CPD Council

  • Ensure the adequate and appropriate provision of CPD Programs for their respective profession
  • Evaluate and act on applications for accreditation of CPD Providers and their CPD Programs
  • Monitor and evaluate the implementation of the CPD Programs
  • Assess and/or upgrade the criteria for accreditation of CPD Providers and their CPD Programs on a regular basis
  • Develop mechanisms for the validation, accreditation and recognition of self-directed learning, prior/informal learning, online learning, and other learning processes through professional work experience
  • Conduct researches, studies and benchmarking for international alignment of the CPD Programs
  • Issue operational guidelines, with the approval of the PRC and the PRB concerned
  • Perform such other functions related or incidental to the implementation of the CPD
• The funding requirement herein mentioned shall be used for the regular operations of the CPD Councils, including the monitoring of the conduct of the CPD Programs
• The PRC shall review and approve the proposed budget for each CPD Council, taking into consideration the reasonable expenses that will be incurred for travel, honorarium/allowances, and per diems, when attending official CPD Council meetings or performing other related functions assigned to them
• The PRC and the PRBs, in consultation with the AIPO/APO and other stakeholders, shall promulgate the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) within six (6) months from the effectivity of this Act
• Penalties for fraudulent acts relating to the implementation and enforcement of this Act

  • Punishable under the pertinent provisions of the Revised Penal Code, the New Civil Code and other applicable laws
  • Professional who is adjudged guilty shall also be meted with the penalty of suspension or revocation of his/her PRC Certificate of Registration and/or Certificate of Specialization
  • Government official or employee who is party to any fraudulent act shall also be subject to the administrative penalties that may be imposed under the anti-graft laws, the Administrative Code and the Code of Conduct of Public Officials and Employees
• If any part or provision of this Act is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the other provisions not affected thereby shall remain in full force and effect
• All laws, decrees, executive orders and other administrative issuances or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, are hereby repealed or modified accordingly
• This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following its complete publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation in the Philippines
• Composition of the CPD Council

  • Chairperson
  • Two (2) members (1 from PAMET & 1 from PASMET)