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MT 107-Prelim-Week 3
MT 107-Prelim-Week 3
Functions of PRC under PD 223 In fulfillment of its legal mandate, the PRC
1. Prepare the contents of the licensure exams. performs two important functions, which are:
2. Determine, prescribe, and revise the course 1. to conduct and administer licensure
requirements examinations to aspiring professionals, and
3. Visit or inspect schools and establishment 2. to regulate and supervise the practice of the
for feedback professions exercised in partnership with the
4. Adopt and enforce a Code of Ethics for the forty-six (46) Professional Regulatory
practice of their respective profession Boards (PRBs) in the fields of health,
5. Administer oaths and issue certificates of business, education, social sciences,
registration engineering and technology
6. Investigate violations of professional
standards and adjudicate administrative and
other cases against erring registrants o The PRBs govern their respective
7. Suspend, revoke, or reissue certificate of professions’ practice and ethical
registration for causes provided by law standards and accredit the professional
organization representing the
professionals.
o On January 4, 1974, the PRC became
o On September 11, 2006, as supplemented
operational and was attached to the Office
by Executive Order No. 565-A, PRC was
of the President for general direction and
attached to the Department of Labor and
coordination.