QuestionsQuestions (PRC Resolution NO. 217)
Their certificate of registration shall be suspended and their names shall be dropped from the annual roster of registered professionals.
The payment of the annual registration fee is mandated under Republic Act No. 6511.
Section 3 of R.A. No. 6511 specifies that if the annual registration fee is not paid for five continuous years, the certificate of registration shall be suspended and the professional's name shall be dropped from the roster.
The professional regulatory boards are directed to suspend the certificates of registration of professionals delinquent in the payment for five continuous years and delist their names from the Rolls of Registered Professionals.
Yes, every delinquent registrant shall be notified of the Commission's intention and given 30 days from receipt of the notice to make good their delinquency or submit a valid reason.
Yes, valid justification may warrant deferment within a reasonable period of 30 days after the receipt of the Boards' action on such deferment.
Substitute service by publication in the Official Gazette or any newspaper of general circulation may be allowed pursuant to the Rules of Court.
The names of delinquent professionals along with the requirements and period to cure the delinquency must be published in a newspaper of general circulation.
The professional must file an application, comply with Continuing Professional Education (CPE) requirements unless exempted, pay the annual registration fees and surcharges, and if the certificate was surrendered, it will be returned.
They shall be held criminally liable for illegal practice of their profession.
It takes effect fifteen (15) days after publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.