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RESOLUTION NO. 2019-1215 Series of 2019
PRESCRIBING THE 2020 CALENDAR OF INSPECTION AND MONITORING OF HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND ESTABLISHMENTS
WHEREAS, Section 7 (a) of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 8981, otherwise known as the "PRC Modernization Act of 2000" states that one of the powers, functions and responsibilities of the Professional Regulation Commission (Commission) is to administer, implement and enforce the regulatory policies of the national government with respect to the regulation and licensing of the various professions and occupations under its jurisdiction including the enhancement and maintenance of professional and occupational standards and ethics and the enforcement of the rules and regulations relative thereto;
WHEREAS, Section 9 (b) of R.A. No. 8981 further provides for the powers, functions and responsibilities of the various Professional Regulatory Boards (Boards) to monitor the conditions affecting the practice of the profession or occupation under their respective jurisdictions and wherever necessary adopt such measures as may be deemed proper for the enhancement of the profession or occupation and/or the maintenance of high professional, ethical and technical standards, and for this purpose the members of the Board duly authorized by the Commission with deputized employees of the Commission, may conduct ocular inspection in industrial, mechanical, electrical or chemical plants or establishments, hospitals, clinics, laboratories, testing facilities, mines and quarries, other engineering facilities and in the case of schools, in coordination with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED);
WHEREAS, Commission Resolution No. 732, Series of 2013, provides for the guidelines in the conduct of inspection and monitoring of educational institutions and establishments;
WHEREAS, Section 5.1, Article II of Commission Resolution No.732, Series of 2013, states that the Boards shall submit a proposed annual schedule of all higher educational institutions and establishments to be inspected and monitored for the succeeding calendar year to the Office of the Commission Chairperson, through the Oversight Commissioner, on or before December 1 of the current year;
WHEREAS, on 22 August 2019, the Accreditation and Compliance Division issued a Memorandum for the various Professional Regulatory Boards to submit their Calendar of Inspection and Monitoring activities for the year 2020;
WHEREAS, the Boards have submitted their respective proposed schedule of inspection and monitoring activities for the year 2020.
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