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RA 10912 – "Continuing Professional
Development Act of 2016”
• 4 articles, 19 sections
• Senate Hill No. 2581 - approved by the
Senate on August 3, 2015
• House Bill No. 6423 - adopted as an
amendment by the House of
Representatives on May 23. 2016
• Lapsed into law on July 21, 2016
without the signature of the president
• Signatories:
o Feliciano Belmonte - Speaker of
the House of Representatives
o Franklin Drilon - President of the
Senate
o Marilyn Barua-Yap - Secretary
General House of Representatives
o Oscar G. Yabes - Secretary of the
Senate
• “Accreditation” – refers to the formal or
official approval granted to a person, a
program or an organization, upon
meeting essential requirements of
achievement standards
• AIPO/APO - refers to the Accredited
Integrated Professional Organization or
the Accredited Professional
Organization
• ASEAN Qualifications Reference
Framework or AQRF refers to the
device that enables comparisons of
qualifications across ASEAN Member
States
• ASEAN Mutual Recognition
Arrangement or ASE.AN 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
• “Continuing Professional Development
or CPD” - refers to the inculcation of
advanced knowledge, skills and ethical
values in a post-licensure specialization
or in an inter- or multidisciplinary field of
study
• “CPD Council” - refers to a body created
to promote and ensure the continuous
improvement of professionals
• “CPD credit unit” - refers to the value of
an amount of learning that can be
transferred to a qualification achieved
from formal, informal or non-formal
learning setting
• “CPD Program” - refers to a set of
learning activities accredited by the
CPD 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
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• “CPD Provider” - refers to a natural or • “Self-directed learning” - refers to
juridical person accredited by the CPD learning activities which did not undergo
Council to conduct CPD Programs CPD accreditation but may be applied
• “Formal learning” - refers to educational for and awarded CPD units by the
arrangements that take place in respective CPD Council.
education and training institutions • Strengthening the CPD Program. —
recognized by relevant national There shall be formulated and
authorities, and which lead to diplomas implemented CPD Programs in each of
and qualifications the regulated professions in order to:
• “Informal learning” - refers to learning o Enhance and upgrade the
that occurs in daily life assessed, competencies and qualifications of
professionals
through the recognition, validation and
o Ensure international alignment of
accreditation process, and which can
competencies and qualifications of
contribute to a qualification
professionals
• “Learning outcomes” - refer to what a
o Ensure the development of quality
learner can be expected to know,
assured mechanisms
understand and/or demonstrate as a
o Ensure maintenance of core
result of a learning experience
competencies and development of
• “Lifelong learning” - refers to learning
advanced and new competencies
activities undertaken throughout fife for
o Recognize and ensure the
the development of competencies and
contributions of professionals in
qualifications of the professional
uplifting the general welfare,
• “Non-formal learning” - refers to learning
economic growth and development
that has been acquired in addition or
of the nation
alternatively to formal learning
• Nature of CPD Programs
• “Online learning activities” - refer to
o Formal learning
structured or unstructured learning
o Non-formal learning
initiatives, which make use of the
o Informal learning
internet and other web-based
o Self-directed learning
Information and Communications
o Online learning activities
Technology solutions
o Professional work experience
• “Pathways and Equivalencies” - refer to
• Powers, Functions and Responsibilities
mechanisms that provide access to
of the PRC and the Professional
qualifications and assist professionals to
Regulatory Boards (PRBs).
move easily and readily between the
o Organize CPD Councils
different education and training sectors,
o Review existing and the regulated
and between these sectors, and the
professions
labor market, through the Philippine
o Formulate, issue, and promulgate
Credit Transfer System
guidelines and procedures
• “Philippine Qualifications Framework or
o Coordinate with the academe,
PQF” - refers to the quality assured
concerned government agencies,
national system for the development,
and other stakeholders
recognition and award of qualifications
o Coordinate with concerned
at defined levels
government agencies
• “Prior learning” - refers to a person’s
• “CPD Council” - Every CPD Council
skills, knowledge and competencies that
shall be composed of a chairperson and
have been acquired through work
two (2) members.
experience, training, independent study,
o The chairperson - member of the
volunteer activities and hobbies
PRB so chosen by the PRB
• “Professional” - refers to a person who
concerned to sit in the CPD Council
is registered and licensed to practice a
o The first member - president or
regulated profession in the Philippines
officer of the AIPO/APO duly
and who holds a valid Certificate of
authorized by its Board of
Registration and Professional
Governors/Trustees
Identification Card (PIC) from the
o The second member - president or
Professional Regulation Commission
officer of the national organization
(PRC)
of deans or department
• “Qualification” - refers to a status gained
chairpersons of schools, colleges
after a person has been assessed to
or universities
have achieved learning outcomes or
• The term of office of the chairperson of
competencies in accordance with the
the CPD Council shall be coterminous
standard specified for a qualification
with his/her incumbency in the PRB
title, and is proven by a document
• The first and second members - term of
issued by a recognized agency or body
office of two (2) years
• “Quality assurance” - refers to planned
• Powers, Functions and Responsibilities
and systematic processes that provide
of the CPD Council.
confidence in the design, delivery and
o Ensure the adequate and
award of qualifications within an
appropriate provision of CPD
education and training system, and is a
Programs
component of quality management that
o Evaluate and act on applications
is focused on ensuring that quality
requirements will be fulfilled for accreditation of CPD Providers
and their CPD Programs
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o Monitor and evaluate the Section 18: Repealing Clause
implementation of the CPD Section 19: Effectivity
Programs
o Assess and/or upgrade the criteria
for accreditation of CPD Providers
and their CPD Programs
o Develop mechanisms for the
validation, accreditation and
recognition of learning
o Conduct researches, studies and
benchmarking for international
alignment of the CPD Programs
o Issue operational guidelines
o Perform such other functions
related or incidental to the
implementation of the CPD
• Implementing Rules and Regulations -
The PRC and the PRBs shall
promulgate the implementing rules and
regulations (IRR) within six (6) months
from the effectivity of this Act.

Article I. Title, Policy, and Definition of Terms

Section I: Title
Section 2: Declaration of Policy
Section 3: Definition of Terms

Article II. CPD Programs, Councils and

Secretariat

Section 4: Strengthening the CPD Program

Section 5: Nature of CPD Programs

Section 6: Powers, Functions and

Responsibilities of the PRC and the
Professional Regulatory Boards (PRBs)
Section 7: CPD Council
Section 8: Powers, Functions and
Responsibilities of the CPD Council
Section 9: Secretariat

Article III. CPD Program Implementation and

Monitoring
Section 10: CPD as Mandatory Requirement
in the Renewal of Professional License and
Accreditation System for the Practice of
Professions
Section 11: Recognition of Credit Units

Section 12: Career Progression and

Specialization
Section 13: Role of Concerned Government
Agencies and the Private Sector

Article IV. Final Provisions

Section 14: Funding

Section 15: Implementing Rules and

Regulations
Section 16: Fraud Relating to CPD
Section 17: Separability Clause