Continuing Professional Development Act of 2016

RA 10912

This Act shall be known as the "Continuing Professional Development Act of 2016"

Accreditation

Refers to the formal or official approval granted to a person, a program or an organization, upon meeting essential requirements of achievement standards, including qualifications or unit(s) of a qualification, usually for a particular period of time, as defined by an accrediting agency

AIPO/APO

Refers to the Accredited Integrated Professional Organization or the Accredited Professional Organization in a given profession

ASEAN Qualification Reference Framework (AQRF)

Refers to the device that enables comparisons of qualifications across ASEAN Member States

ASEAN Mutual Recognition Arrangement or ASEAN MRA

Refers to a 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

Competence

Refers to an ability that extends beyond the possession of knowledge and skills, which include cognitive, functional, personal and ethical competence

CPD Council

Refers to a body created to promote and ensure the continuous improvement of professionals, in accordance with national, regional and international standards of practice

CPD Credit Unit

Refers to the value of an amount of learning that can be transferred to a qualification achieved from formal, informal or nonformal learning setting, wherein credits can be accumulated to predetermined levels for the award of a qualification

CPD Program

Refers to a set of learning activities accredited by the CPD Council such as seminars, workshops, technical lectures or subject matter meetings, nondegree training lectures and scientific meetings, modules, tours and visits, which equip the professionals with advanced knowledge, skills and values in specialized or in an inter- or multidisciplinary field of study, self-directed research and/or lifelong learning

CPD Provider

Refers to a natural or juridical person accredited by the CPD Council to conduct CPD Programs

Formal Learning

Refers to educational arrangements such as curricular qualifications and teaching-learning requirements that take place in education and training institutions recognized by relevant national authorities, and which lead to diplomas and qualifications

Informal Learning

Refers to learning that occurs in daily life assessed, through the recognition, validation and accreditation process, and which can contribute to a qualification

Learning Outcomes

Refer to what a learner can be expected to know, understand and/or demonstrate as a result of a learning experience

Lifelong Learning

Refers to learning activities undertaken throughout life for the development of competencies and qualifications of the professional

Nonformal Learning

Refers to learning that has been acquired in addition or alternatively to formal learning, which may be structured and made more flexible according to educational and training arrangements

Online Learning Activities

Refer to structured or unstructured learning initiatives, which make use of the internet and other web-based Information and Communications Technology solutions

Pathways and Equivalencies

Refer to mechanisms that provide access to qualifications and assist professionals to move easily and readily between the different education and training sectors, and between these sectors, and the labor market, through the Philippine Credit Transfer System

Philippine Qualification Framework (PQF)

Refers to the 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

Prior Learning

Refers to a person’s skills, knowledge and competencies that have been acquired through work experience, training, independent study, volunteer activities and hobbies, that may be applied for academic credit, as a requirement of a training program or for occupational certification

Professional

Refers to a person who is registered and licensed to practice a regulated profession in the Philippines and who holds a valid Certificate of Registration and Professional Identification Card (PIC) from the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC)

Qualification

Refers to a status gained after a person has been assessed to have achieved learning outcomes or competencies in accordance with the standard specified for a qualification title, and is proven by a document issued by a recognized agency or body

Quality Assurance

Refers to planned and systematic processes that provide confidence in the design, delivery and award of qualifications within an education and training system, and is a component of quality management that is focused on ensuring that quality requirements will be fulfilled

Self-directed Learning

Refers to learning activities such as online training, local/international seminars/nondegree courses, institution/company-sponsored training programs, and the like, which did not undergo CPD accreditation but may be applied for and awarded CPD units by the respective CPD Council

Chairperson and 2 members

There is hereby created a CPD Council in each of the regulated professions, which shall be under the supervision of the concerned PRB. Every CPD Council shall be composed of

10 working days

The first member shall be the president or officer of the AIPO/APO duly authorized by its Board of Govemors/Trustees. In the absence of the AIPO/APO, the PRB concerned shall submit within

3 recommendees

From notification of such absence, a list of how many recommendees from the national professional organizations

30 days

The PRC shall designate the first member within how many days from receipt of the list

10 working days

The second member shall be the president or officer of the national organization of deans or department chairpersons of schools, colleges or universities offering the course requiring the licensure examination. In the absence of such organization, the PRB concerned shall submit, within

3 recommendaees

How many recommendees from the academe

20 working days

The PRC shall designate the second member within how many working days from receipt of the list

2 years

The term of office of the chairperson of the CPD Council shall be coterminous with his/her incumbency in the PRB unless sooner replaced by the PRB concerned through a resolution, subject to the approval of the PRC. The first and second members shall have a term of office of how many years unless sooner replaced through a resolution by the AIPO/APO concerned or the organization of deans or heads of departments, respectively

2 year period

However, members of the CPD Council who are appointed by the PRC may be replaced before the end of how mnay year period, upon the recommendation of the PRB through a resolution

6 months

The PRC and the PRBs, in consultation with the AIPO/APO and other stakeholders, shall promulgate the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) within how many months from the effectivity of this Act

15 days

The RA shall take effect for how many days

July 21, 2016

The date that the RA 10912 was approved

Feliciano Belmonte, Jr.

Speakeof the House of Representatives

Franklin M. Drilon

President of the Senate

Marilyn B. Barua-Yap

Secretary General House of Representatives

Oscar G. Yabes

Secretary of the Senate

Benigno S. Aquino, III

The president who approved the RA 10912

Senate Bill No. 2581

Which was approved by the Senate on August 3, 2015 was adopted as an amendment to House Bill No. 6423 by the House of Representatives on May 23, 2016

House Bill No. 6423

Adopted as an amendment

19 Sections

How many sections does the RA 10912 have