Question & AnswerQ&A (PRC Resolution NO. 448)
PRC Resolution No. 448 amends Paragraph one (1) of Section 14, Article III of the Rules and Regulations Governing the Regulation and Practice of Professionals, as amended by Section 2 of PRC Resolution No. 332, Series of 1994.
The Board Member assigned to a particular subject is responsible for personally preparing and constructing the questions for the test bank.
No, Board Members are not allowed to ask and/or accept questions from the academe under any circumstance.
The reasons include reliance on the competence of Board Members to prepare their own questions and to avoid temptation or motivation to favor examinees from the schools where the question suppliers are connected.
The questions must be within the contents of the syllabus of the subject assigned to the Board Member.
A Board Member who asks and/or accepts questions from the academe shall be amenable to administrative sanction.
It took effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation, whichever is earlier.
Previously, questions from the academe or any other sources could be adopted and inputted into the test bank after review and modification, but adoption in toto or verbatim was not allowed.
It was agreed that Chairmen and Members of Professional Regulatory Boards should not ask or accept questions from the academe.
These rules are mandated by the PRC Resolutions and the Rules and Regulations Governing the Regulation and Practice of Professionals issued by the Professional Regulation Commission.