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PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISSION

STATUS OF MAJOR PROGRAMS/PROJECTS IMPLEMENTATION

Second Quarter of 2019

Sector Outcome : Income-earning ability increased

Organizational Outcome : Highly ethical, globally competitive and recognized Filipino professionals ensured

OFFICE/DIVISION PROGRAM/PROJECT BRIEF DESCRIPTION / RATIONALE BENEFICIARIES STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION /

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A. PROGRAMS

PRB Secretariat Division

CONTINUING IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF PRC / PRBs RULES AND PROCEDURES

The program aims to assess the adequacy of the existing laws, regulations, policies and procedures affecting the licensing and practice of profession. This will also assist the Commission and Professional Regulatory Boards in improving regulation.

Professionals and other stakeholders

Policy Issuances: PRC

Guidelines in the Reporting and Consolidation of Accomplishment Reports in the Delivery of PRC Services

Guidelines on Booking and Changing/ Cancellation of Flight Schedule with Airline Companies

Policies and Guidelines on Overtime Services and Overtime Pay

Advisory on the Implementation of the Apostille Convention

Updates on the Implementation of CPD Program

Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) New Procedures in the Authentication of Issued Certifications, Authentications,


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Verifications (CAVs) and Similar Documents

Designation of Fund Controller Professional Regulatory Policies: PRBs

1. Nutritionist-Dietitians: Prescribing New Documentary Requirements for Licensure Examination

2. Physical and Occupational Therapists: Prescribing New Documentary Requirements for Licensure Examination

3. Real Estate Service: National Code of Ethics, and Prescribing New Documentary Requirements for Licensure Examinations

4. Professional Teachers: Special Rules on the Decoding and Release of the Results of the Licensure Examination

International Affairs Office

PHILIPPINE QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK (PQF)

The PQF describes the levels of educational qualifications and set the standards for qualification outcomes. It is a quality assured national system for the development, recognition and award of qualifications based on standards of knowledge, skills and values acquired in different ways and methods by learners and


The International Affairs Office, presided/ attended/facilitated MRPQ meetings with 10 PRBs in April and 14 PRBs in June. Also, IAO facilitated the following meeting relative to the ASEAN MRAs and PRBs submission of reports on the MRPQ:

6th Preparatory Meeting for the 3rd


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workers of the country. The Commission, being one of the member agencies of the PQF-NCC is the lead for the Working Group on International Alignment (WG on IA). The functions of the WG on IA are to conduct researches/ studies for comparability/ benchmarking of the Philippine qualifications with other countries and regional/ international groupings and to coordinate with professional organizations in the pursuit of mutual recognition arrangements/ agreements.

PRC convenes a meeting among all concerned Professional Regulatory Boards every two months to monitor and map their progress, likewise to identify points of intervention where the Commission may have to come in.

AA Congress on 3 April 2019

APEC Architect Meeting on 4 April 2019

Request follow-up Meeting of PTC on APEC Engineer Interview in Bahrain on 4 April 2019

Meeting with DPWH, PCAB, BIR and DOF on ASEAN MRA on Engineering, Architecture and CPA on 5 April 2019

Technical Conference with PRB-Dentistry and Legal Service on 5 April 2019

APEC Engineering NMC Meeting on 8 April 2019

Consultation Meeting with PRB-Real Estate on their Operational Guidelines for STP Applications on 10 April 2019

Meeting with DFA Assistant Secretary Baja on MOU between PRC and SCE on 30 April 2019

APEC Meeting with PRC Civil-Engineering on 2 May 2019

Meeting with Legal Service and PRB-Accountancy on ASEAN CPA on 6 May 2019

Inter-Agency Meeting on ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineer request for courtesy lane on 24


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May 2019

Consultation Meeting with PRB-Architecture on AA Conferment and other matters on 27 May 2019

Consultation Meeting with PRB-Medicine on Residency Training and STP on 27 May 2019

Preparatory Meeting for the 92nd ASEAN CCS on 27 May 2019

Technical Conference with British Educational Inc. request for STP exemption on 28 May 2019

PRB-Geodetic Engineering Stakeholders consultation meeting on 29 May 2019

IAO participated and rendered technical assistance in the following series of meetings for the preparation, review an update of learning outcomes for PQF and AQRF:

Preparatory Meeting for the CPS Program Workshop on 15 April 2019

Writeshop on Career Progression with the Dental Specialty Society Presidents and Board Chairpersons on 25 April 2019

PRBs CPS Program Workshop on 29 April 2019


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Follow through CPS Meeting on 13 June 2019

Likewise, relative to the PQF and AQRF initiatives, IAO attended/participated and provided technical assistance on the PQF NCC Meeting on 6 June 2019

Continuing Professional Development Division

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Republic Act No. 10912 or otherwise known as the “Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Act of 2016,” is declared the policy of the State to promote and upgrade the practice of professions in the country. CPD refers to the inculcation of advanced knowledge, skills and ethical values is now a mandatory requirement in the renewal of professional identification cards (PICs) for all professionals under the regulation of PRC. The following shall be undertaken this 2019:

Conduct of capacity building and orientation on the implementation of Commission Resolution No. 2019-1146 (s. 2019) entitled “Amending Relevant Provisions of Resolution No. 1032 (s. 2017),


For the 2nd quarter, seventeen (17) consultative meetings of various PRBs were conducted and integrated the capacity building and orientation relative to the implementation of Commission Resolution No. 2019-1146. Further, four (4) CPD guidelines were reviewed by the CPD Program Management Committee:

Self-Directed Learning Activity

CPD Providers’ Seminar/ Registration Fee

Online Activities and Other Internet-Based Platform

Informal Learning and Professional Work experience

Meanwhile, thirteen (13) operational guidelines have been drafted for review.


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otherwise known as the “Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of R.A. No. 10912, known as the CPOD Act of 2016”

Issue and disseminate an average of 4 guidelines on the implementation of the CPD program

Issue Operational Guidelines of various PRBs during the transition period of the CPD implementation, pursuant to Resolution No. 2019-1146

Report on the number of accredited CPD Providers, Programs and number of professionals attended.

A total of 109 CPD Providers and 4,575 Programs have been accredited by various CPD Councils. A total of 219,557 professionals have attended the CPD Programs.

Legal Service

STRENGTHENING THE COMMISSION’S QUASI-JUDICIAL FUNCTION

The Legal Service will embark on the following:

Case Declogging Project, through streamlining of procedures and hiring of more lawyers

Introduction of new Records Management System and implementation of the Legal Management Information System to


On Case Declogging Project, the Legal Service crafted and submitted the Guidelines on the Centralization of Custody of Administrative Case Folders to Commission for consideration, approval and/or implementation. The additional budget for the hiring of new lawyers was approved, and the hiring


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enhance the monitoring and security of case folders

On illegal practice, the Commission is working on an arrangement with the NBI for the investigation and prosecution of complaints

process is on-going. The guidelines issued relative to the Records Management System are being implemented with the Archives and Records Division handling the storage and safekeeping of the administrative case folders. The same guidelines will be supplemented by the newly crafted ‘Guidelines on the Centralization of Custody of Administrative Case Folders” which was intended to enhance the security of the case folders. The ICT Service made new enhancements on the LMIS software, and will be scheduled for deployment and end-users’ training. On illegal practice, Legal Service crafted and submitted for consideration the Guidelines on the Filing and prosecution of Muto Propio Cases and Criminal Cases Involving the Commission and the Professional Regulatory Boards.

Licensure Office Regional Offices

SUPPORTING THE PROFESSIONAL REGULATORY BOARDS IN LICENSURE,

The Professional Regulatory Boards, as partners of the Commission in professional regulation shall be fully supported in the discharge of their functions, be it in:


For the 2nd quarter, the Commission, through the Licensure Office, conducted 19 licensure examinations in various testing centers in Manila, PRC Regional


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Accreditation and Compliance Division

DISCIPLINARY, AND VISITORIAL FUNCTIONS

Licensure o Number of licensure exams

conducted

Regulation/Disciplinary o Renewal of PICs o Initial Registration o Duplicate PICs o Duplicate CORs

Visitorial Functions o Number of inspections

conducted o Certification of Accreditation

issued o Certificate of Compliance

issued o Authority to Operate issued

Offices and other testing centers in selected regions. Further, the Commission, through the Licensure and Registration Division of the Regional Offices and the Professional Registry Division of the Central Office, processed /issued the following from April to June 2019: Renewal of Professional ID Cards (PIC) – 169,738 Initial Registration – 50,664 Duplicate PICs – 4,392 Duplicate CORs – 806 The PRBs, Accreditation and Compliance Division (ACD), and the Regional Offices conducted a total of 300 inspections of Establishments and Higher Education Institutions in Metro Manila and in different provinces. Furthermore, the ACD issued and approved a total of 246 certificates, with the breakdown as follows: Certificate of Accreditation – 238 Certificate of Compliance – 8


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PIMRU Records Division/FOI Committee

PROVIDE PROACTIVE MEASURES FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND INFORMATION, INCLUDING SOCIAL MEDIA

Being an agency with significant frontline services, the Commission will continue to adhere and support the principles of good governance and practices. Proactive measures shall be adopted, which include the use of social media as one of the mediums of communication in clarifying issues and concern to the public.

Online Information Dissemination

Request received and processed through FOI


Online Information Dissemination Information on PRC Services can be accessed through the PRC website and PRC Facebook and Twitter handles, on which, from April to June 2019, a total of 50 news items have been published. Moreover, inquiries and queries were responded and provided with positive feedback through social media accounts of the Commission:

Facebook – 1,657

Twitter – 252

E-mail – 1,028 Freedom of Information (FOI) From April to June 2019, a total of 290 FOI requests for documents through FOI policy have been received while 286 FOI requests have been processed.


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ICT Service DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION, AND DEPLOYMENT OF NEW SYSTEMS

NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE REHABILITATION This project aims to provide the internet connectivity specifically in the processing of PRC online transactions, and to connect all PRC support application systems to all PRC Offices and Service Centers nationwide. INTERACTIVE ARCHIVAL STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL OF RECORD SYSTEM This project is a document automation and management system that converts PRC’s physical permanent records to digital softcopy, extracts important information from each of these documents with automatic generation of metadata that will lessen, if not eliminate, manual data entry and stores it for easy retrieval. The system also provides an easier (electronic) access to documents, files, records, thereby eliminating handling of actual paper documents. CENTRALIZED DOCUMENT TRACKING SYSTEM This project is a windows-based or intranet-based application system that will handle internal communication within the PRC



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Central Office and Regional Offices. It will provide an automated, electronic workflow system for a paperless or less-paper system, and will also track any document from its creation-transmission-approval-distribution-storage-archiving-reporting, and other related processes. QUEUE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR KEY FRONTLINE SERVICES This project aims to enhance customer service and improve efficiency in the delivery of key PRC frontline services. Dashboards shall be made available on a computer monitor to provide a range of information, such as dynamic queue length and waiting time data.

Human Resource Development Division PRC Newly-Approved Regional Offices Task Force

COMPLETING THE PRC REORGANIZATION

In its commitment to provide quality and professional service to the public, the “PRC Reorganization” shall continue. Plantilla personnel shall be promoted, and qualified contractual staff regularized, thereby increasing the organization’s strength and significantly augmenting and invigorating the current the manpower complement.

PRC Officials and employees

Filled up 66% or 711 of the 1,074 approved plantilla positions. Continuous provision of learning and development programs to PRC employees, including onboarding of newly appointed and promoted employees The workshop on Competency Modeling


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The Commission is also aiming for Level II accreditation for the Program to Institutionalize Meritocracy and Excellence in Human Resource Management (PRIME-HRM)

and Profiling was conducted on 16-17 May 2019 resulting in the initial draft of the competency model for frontline staff. Pertinent documents relative to the bidding of a new and updated Aptitude, Personality and Integrity Test were finalized and submitted to the BAC. Ongoing updating of the payroll system Drafting of the PRC Employees Manual of Orientation.

B. PROJECTS

General Services Division Physical Infrastructure Committee

INFRASTRUCTURE

The Commission will undertake the following projects for year 2019:

Replacement of Elevator

Painting of PRC Building

Emergency Fire Exit Door .

Professionals Employees Other stakeholders

Replacement of Elevator already scheduled for Pre-Bid Conference. While, Purchase Request for the painting of PRC Build and Emergency Fire Exit door was already submitted to BAC.

International Affairs Office

INTER-AGENCY COLLABORATION

The Commission shall continue its collaboration with agencies of government on issues concerning the professions and professionals, particularly on initiatives to enhance the practice of Filipino professionals overseas, as well as to regulate domestic practice by foreign professionals. It shall work with the DFA and DTI for the inclusion of mutual recognition in


The International Affairs Office attended the following meetings relative to international agreements/cooperations:

Inter-Agency Meeting for the 19th PJEPA JCM and SCM on 1 April 2019

Meeting for the review of the draft Letter of Intent between DOLE and Yukon Department of


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their priority measures, and with DOLE for the welfare of professional working here and abroad.

Meetings attended/conducted

Number of registered o ASEAN Chartered

Professional Engineers o ASEAN Architect o ASEAN CPA

Number of Special Temporary Permits processed and issued

Education, Advanced Education Branch and Yukon Department of Economic Development on 8 April 2019

Tripartite Consultation Meeting on the 2019 National Voluntary Review of the Sustainable Development Goals on 10 April 2019

4th meeting of the Inter-Agency Committee on Green Jobs Human Resource Development Plan on 11 April 2019

Philippine Delegation Meeting on PJEPA JCM and SCM on 12 April 2019

DOLE Meeting on Chinese professionals working in the Philippines on 24 April 2019

Tripartite Industry Peace Council (TIPC) Meeting on the draft DOLE-DOJ-BI Joint Guidelines on 25 April 2019

Meeting with POEA technical Committee on the review of Standard Employment Contract (SEC) on 25 April 2019

PH Delegation Meeting for the upcoming 11th AANZFTA FJC and related meetings on 25 April 2019


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RCEP TIS Small Group Meeting on 9 May 2019

EVP TWG Meeting on 10 May 2019

Meeting on the proposed PH-ROK FTA on 15 May 2019

Consultation Meeting with the DOE on the Philippine Reservation List for TIS on 16 May 2019

Follow-up meeting on DOLE-DOJ-BI-BIR Joint Guidelines on 21 May 2019

25th ASEAN Matters Technical Board Meeting on 22 May 2019

2nd TWG meeting on Guidelines for the Local Representatives of U.S. Sponsoring Institutions participating in EVP on 28 May 2019

3rd Meeting of the Inter-Agency task Force on the Employment of Foreign Nationals in the Philippines on 30 May 2019

Inter-Agency Meeting on the Proposed PH-Thailand MOU on the Hiring of Filipino English Teachers on 31 May 2019

Meeting with the Department of Justice on Anti-Dummy Law on 7


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June 2019

Line-by-Line Review of the Philippines’ Draft Schedule of Specific Commitments for Trade in Services under RCEP on 14 June 2019

Preliminary FDG for the 2019 ILS Working Paper entitles “Labor and Employment in the Philippines’ International Trade Agenda: Institutional Mapping and Gap Analysis” on 19 June 2019

Special IAC-TS Meeting on 20 June 2019

Inter-Agency Task Force on the Employment of Foreign Nationals on 25 June 2019

FDG among DOLE Offices on Trade and Employment on 26 June 2019

Pacific Partnership 2020 Concept Development Conference on 24-26 June 2019

Meanwhile, a total of 60 ACPE and 8 ASEAN CPA were registered. While 107 Special Temporary Permits were processed and issued to foreign professionals to regulate the practice of


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profession.

ISO Committee ISO Certification The program is in compliance with Executive Order No. 605 series of 2007, and DOLE Memorandum Order No. 42-18 series of 2013, and in line with the Commission’s compliance with the ISO 9001:2015 standards.

Professionals Employees Other stakeholders

In compliance with the ISO 9001:2015 Standards and for the continual improvement of the Commission’s Quality Management System, an Internal Quality Audit (IQA) was conducted on May 15-17, 2019 by the designated IQA pool of auditors. A Management Review Meeting was also conducted in relation to the IQA held in May 2019. Meanwhile, an in-house training for ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System Awareness was also conducted in June 2019 to PRC employees.