PRC
MODERNIZATI
ON ACT of 2000
Maria Cyril Dalusong, RMT
Professional Regulation Commission
• The creation of the PRC is embodied in PD 223 dated June
22, 1973
• Before that time, the Civil Service Commission was the
government agency in-charge of supervision and regulation
of professional practice through the various Professional
Regulatory Boards
– Presidential Decree No. 223 (June 22, 1973) created the
Professional Regulation Commission(PRC) attached to the Office of
the President (OP) for general direction and coordination.
– Republic Act No. 8981 (December 5, 2000), “The PRC
Modernization Act of 2000”, repealed PD 223 and modernized the
PRC, headed by a Chairman.
– Executive Order No. 565 (September 11, 2006), as amended by EO
565-A , attached the PRC to the Department of Labor and
Employment (DOLE) for general direction and coordination
PRC Law
RA 8981 – PRC Modernization Act of 2000
Repealed PD 223 (PRC Law of 1972)
RA 8981 – empowers the Commission to administer and conduct
the licensure exams of the various regulatory boards in
accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated by the
Commission and to adopt measures to preserve the integrity of
licensure exam.
Composition of PRC
o 3 persons ( 1 full-time chairperson, 2 full-time commissioners)
Qualifications of PRC Commissioners
1. At least 40 years old
2. With Professional License and ID
3. Familiar with principles and methods of professional
regulation/licensing
4. With 5 years Executive or Management Experience
5. One of the commissioners must be a past chairperson or
member of a Professional Regulatory Board
Tenure: 7 years without reappointment
Powers, Functions of the Commission
• To administer, implement and enforce the regulatory policies
• To perform any and all acts, enter into contracts, make such rules
and regulations and issue such orders and other administrative
issuances as may be necessary in the execution and
implementation of its functions and the improvement of its
services.
• To review, coordinate, integrate and approve the policies,
resolutions, rules and regulations, orders or decisions promulgated
by the various Boards
• To administer and conduct the licensure examinations of the
various Boards
• To keep and maintain a register of authorized practitioners of the
profession
• To have custody of all the records of the various Boards
• To determine, fix and collect the amount to be charged for
examination, registration, registration without examination,
licenses, annual registration fees, certifications,
• To appoint, subject to the provisions of existing laws,
• To submit and recommend to the President of the Philippines
nominees for appointment as members of the various Boards
• Approve the registration of and authorize the issuance of a
certificate of registration with or without examination to a
foreigner who is registered under the laws of his country.
• The Commission shall have general supervision over foreign
nationals who are authorized by existing laws or granted special
permits to, practice their profession temporarily in the
Philippines
• To exercise general supervision over the members of the various
Boards;
Powers, Functions and
Responsibilities of Various Boards
• To look from time to time into the condition affecting the practice
of the profession
• To investigate violations of their respective laws and the rules and
regulations
• To delegate the hearing of investigation of administrative cases
filed
• To determine and prepare the contents of licensure
examinations; score and rate the examination papers
Names of various Boards. The names of the various Boards
shall be changed by the Commission by deleting the word
"Examiners."
Issuance of COR/PRC License/ID
Card
1. Registrant’s name, picture, Registration number
2. Signed by all Board Members and Chairperson
3. Official seal
PRC Resolutions and Executive
Orders
1. PD 657 – amendments made to PD 223 (article I, III & X; sections
1, 10, 18-22, 25-26, 31-32 and 35) Approved: Jan. 5, 1988
2. Executive Order No. 496 – EO which institutes procedures and
criteria for the selection and the recommendation of nominees
for appointment to vacant positions in the Professional
Regulatory Board under the supervision of the PRC. Approved:
Dec. 9, 1991
3. PRC Resolution No. 217 – the policies adopted by the PRC on
the delisting of the names of delinquent professionals from the
rolls of registered professionals. Approved: May 14, 1992
4. PRC Resolution No. 93-268 – resolution which gives the
guidelines and procedures on the mass oath taking ceremonies
of professionals and as new members of the accredited
professional organizations. Approved: Apr. 19, 1993
5. PRC Resolution No. 323 – the policies on admission of
foreigners to the licensure examinations and the practice of
their professions. Approved: Jul. 27, 1994
6. Executive Order No. 200 – institutionalized the full
computerization of the licensure examination administered by
the various regulatory board under the supervision of the PRC.
Approved: Sept. 20, 1994
7. PRC Resolution No. 332 – amendments to and incorporation of
provisions on licensure exams and board obligations in the
rules and regulations governing the practice of the
professionals. Approved: Sept. 29, 1994
8. PRC Executive Order No. 266 – the institutionalization of the
Continuing Professional Education (CPE) program of the various
professional regulatory board under the supervision of the
PRC. Approved: Jul. 5, 1995
9. PRC Resolution No. 381 – standardized policies and procedures
for the implementation of the CPE program. Approved: Oct. 24,
1995
[Link] Resolution No. 96-400 – privileges for
applications/petitions for registration as a professional without
exam has expired, therefore no such privileges will be granted
by the PRC to present applicants. Approved: Jan. 30, 1996
[Link] Resolution No. 429 – CPE shall not be required as evidence
to renew professional license for the calendar year 1996 only.
Implementation will start in 1997.
Approved: May 21, 1996
[Link] Resolution No 96-436 – accreditation of governmental and
non-governmental agencies and educational institutions, firms,
partnership and corporations as providers of seminars for
registered professionals belonging to various professional
disciplines. Approved: Jun. 28, 1996
[Link] Resolution No. 2003-132 – requiring applicants in licensure
examinations to submit certification/testimonial of good moral
character to be executed in a prescribed form by a registered
professional in the same profession. Approved: Aug. 25, 2003
[Link] Resolution No. 2003-153 – fixed the dates and designated
the places for holding the various licensure examinations of the
Professional Regulatory Boards. Approved: Nov. 13, 2003
15. PRC Resolution No. 428 – removal of the names of
professionals from the annual roster for delinquency in the
payment of annual registration fees. Approved: May 21, 1996
[Link] Circular No. 96-01 – used of the standard forms
in the issuance of verification of credit unit earned to
registered professionals. Approved: Jan. 15, 1996
17. PRC Resolution No. 2004-211 – guidelines on the non-
admission of examinees arriving late during the conduct
of licensure exams. Approved: Jul. 21, 2004
18. PRC Resolution No. 06-342(A) s. 2006 – new rules of
procedure in administrative investigations in the
professional regulation commission and the professional
regulatory boards. Approved: Jun. 22, 2006
19. PRC Resolution No. 11 s. 2011 – prescribing guidelines on the
registration of medical laboratory technician under section 21
of RA 5527 cited as the Philippine Medical Technology Act of
1969, as amended by Section 10 of PD 438 (Jun. 28, 1974).
Approved: Aug. 8, 2011
20. PRC Resolution #2012-01 – Selection of the “Outstanding
Professional of the Year“ and “Outstanding Accredited
Professional Organization of the Year“ Awards for Conferment by
the PRC. Approved: Feb. 27, 2012
PRC
Resolution
No.338
Series of 1994
The Board of Medical Technology
• The Board of Medical Technology shall establish test banks for all
licensure examinations, which shall be set up using computer
facilities and specially authorized computer expert personal of the
Professional Regulation Commission.
The questions to be deposited into the test
bank should categorized according to :
• Topic or concept in the approved syllabus for the subject.
• Level of difficulty: easy, moderate and difficult.
• Cognitive level; memory; comprehension, interpretation, computa
tion, application, analysis, problem solving, and other high order
thinking skills or abilities.
The questions to be deposited into the test
bank should categorized according to :
• Knowledge and proficiency level.
• Question types – objective, essay, problem solving
or design/drawing – shall have four (4) items for the choice of one
(1) correct answer.
• The questions for each category must be represented of
the mass.
• The questions for each category must be represented of
the mass.
• Every question shall be fully edited to avoid clerical error.
• A test construction expert shall appraise it, if necessary, as to
clarity, objectivity, validity, relevance, reliability, and
effectiveness.
• It shall be specific calling only for one definite correct answer.
• At least five hundred (500) test questions/problems shall initially
be deposited in the Test Bank by each Board Member of each of
his/her assigned subjects.
• At each subsequent examination he/she at least deposit three
hundred (300) additional questions in the Test Bank until it shall
reach the ideal level of three thousand (3,000)
questions/problems.
• Based on a problem, questions extracted or drawn from the Test
Bank to be used in each examination subject shall be
representative in each topic in the syllabus to ensure a
comprehensive and balanced coverage and categorized according
to the level of difficulty – easy, moderate and difficult.
• No single topic or topics shall receive undue weight in
the examination.
• Two (2) sets of differently arranged questions shall be drawn and
assembled in an encrypted disk before printing.
