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is an authorization under past Acts of Congress, Presidential Decrees or other legislative enactment, for payments to be made with funds of the government, under specified conditions and/or for specified purposes
APPROPRIATIONS
a legal document telling someone that they must attend a court of law and give evidence as a witness
Subpoena
regulates the coming into operation of [an] enactment and (where necessary) modifies its effect during the period of transition
TRANSITORY PROVISIONS
describes an official act taken without a formal request from another party.
Matu proprio
a person who had a job or position before someone else, or a thing that comes before another in time or in a series
PREDECESSOR
is a legal provision that states that if any part of a contract or law is found to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining parts of the contract or law will still be valid and enforceable.
SEPARABILITY CLAUSE
AN ACT MODERNIZING THE PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISSION, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-THREE, ENTITLED "CREATING THE PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISSIONAND PRESCRIBING ITS POWERS ANDFUNCTIONS," AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
RA 8918
RA 8918 approved date
Dec. 5, 2002
SIGNED BY
PRES. JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA
Title of 8918
PRC modernization act of 2000
The State recognizes the important role of professionals in ()and, towards this end, promotes the sustained development of a reservoir of professionals whose competence has been determined by honest and credible licensure examinations and whose standards of professional service and practice are internationally recognized and considered world-class brought about the regulatory measures, programs and activities that foster professional ()()
nation-building growth and advancement.
There is hereby created a three-man commission to be known as the (), hereinafter referred to as the Commission, which shall be attached to the office of the President for general direction and coordination.
Professional Regulation Commission
The Commission shall be headed by
(1) fulltime Chairperson and two (2) full-time Commissioners,
The Commission shall be headed by one (1) fulltime Chairperson and two (2) full-time Commissioners, all to be appointed by the President for a term of () years without reappointment to start from the time they assume office.
seven (7)
Appointments to a vacancy that occurs before the expiration of the term of a Commissioner shall cover only the () term of the immediate predecessor.
unexpired
At the expiration of the Chairperson, the most () of the Commissioners shall temporarily assume and perform the duties and functions of the Chairperson until a permanent Chairperson is appointed by the President.
senior
The Chairperson or Commissioner shall be at least forty ()years of age
(40)
Holding a valid() and a valid ()or a valid () issued by the Commission or a valid () issued by any government agency
certificate of registration/professional license, professional identification card , certificate of competency, professional license
Familiar with the principles and methods of professional regulation and/or licensing and has had at least five () years of executive or management experience.
(5)
Shall establish and maintain a high standard of admission to the practice of all professions and at all times ensure and safeguard the integrity of all licensure examinations.
COMMISSION
