ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE ATTESTING TO A PERSON’S HAVING SUCCESSFULLY PASSED THE LICENSURE EXAMINATION OF HIS PROFESSION

WHEREAS, the issuance of a certificate attesting to an examinee’s
having passed the licensure examination of his/her profession as an
official requirement by some government or private offices, local or
foreign, is allowed by the rules and regulations being implemented by
the Commission.

WHEREAS, numerous individuals who passed licensure examinations of
their professions but failed to register, or who registered but did not
practice their profession or who practiced the profession but decided to
stop practicing for various reasons have expressed their interest in
securing from the Commission certificates attesting to the fact that
they have passed in the licensure examination of their profession
reduced to the size of an identification card for posterity or
sentimental reasons which they can carry with them anywhere they go for
identification purposes, or for other useful but lawful purposes.

WHEREAS, the issuance of such certificate could generate additional
income for the Commission in terms of the payment of the prescribed fees
for the issuance of such certificate.

WHEREFORE, the Commission resolved as it hereby resolves to issue
certificates to individuals attesting to their having passed the
licensure examination of their professions reduced to the size of an
identification card to the said persons.

I.          Persons qualified for the certificate. Those
persons who passed licensure examinations but did not register or those
who registered but did not practice or those who practiced but decided
to stop practicing their profession for any of the following reasons:

a)         Went abroad and permanently resided in a foreign country or became a citizen thereof;

b)         Have engaged in business or other undertaking than the practice of their profession or

c)         Have simply decided not to practice their profession or

d)         For such other reason is as peculiar to an individual applicant securing such certificate

II.         Procedures for securing certificate.

a)    An individual entitled to the issuance of a certificate
under this Resolution shall file an application. The applicant may
secure the application form from the Registration Division or the
nearest Regional Office of the PRC. Accomplish the said application
form, pay the prescribed fees, and file the same with the said offices.

b)    The application should be accompanied by a certified xerox
copy/photocopy of Report of Rating in the licensure examination’ taken
or a certified xerox copy/photocopy of Certificate of Registration or
certified xerox copy/photocopy of the last professional license issued.

c)    The application shall also be accompanied by an affidavit of
the applicant stating the reason why the applicant failed to register
after passing the licensure examination or did not practice his/her
profession after he/she registered or stopped practicing his/her
profession.

III.         Limitations on the use of the certificate. The holder of the certificate may use said certificate for identification purposes, and for
any useful but lawful purposes as are acceptable to those to whom the
said certificates are presented except the practice by the holders of
the said certificates of their respective profession.

IV.        Sanction. Any holder of the certificate who uses
said certificate to practice his/her profession for illegal purposes
shall be liable for illegal practice of his/her profession as provided
in the law regulating the profession of the certificate holder or such
other penal laws which penalize acts involving the use of said
certificates.

V.        Effectivity. This Resolution shall take effect
after fifteen (15) days from its publication in the Official Gazette or
in any newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines, whichever is
earlier.

Adopted: 07 Mar. 2000

(SGD.) HERMOGENES P. POBRE Commission Chairman
(SGD.) ALFONSO G. ABAD Associate Commissioner	(SGD.) AVELINA DE LA REA-TAN Associate Commissioner