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[ PRC RESOLUTION NO. 98-560, s. 1998, April 22, 1999 ]

OMNIBUS REVISION OF THE RATES OF FEES CHARGED AND COLLECTED BY THE PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISSION

<DIV ALIGN = "JUSTIFY">In pursuance of the provisions of Section 1 of Executive Order No. 159* dated February 23, 1994, the rates of fees prescribed under PRC Resolution No. 168, Series of 1990 and Resolution No. 150, Series of 1988 are hereby revised as follows:
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 <td width="50%">NAME OF FEES</td>
 <td width="50%">RATE</td>
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 <td>A. Examination Fee:</td>
 <td> </td>
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 <td>1. For examination requiring baccalaureate degree</td>
 <td>P 600.00</td>
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 <td>2. For examination requiring less than a baccalaureate degree</td>
 <td>400.00</td>
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For licensure examinations outside the Philippines, applicants shall pay an examination fee of TWENTY-FIVE United States Dollars ($25) or its equivalent in other foreign currencies.
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 <td width="50%">B. Registration Fee:</td>
 <td width="50%"> </td>
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 <td>1. For those professions requiring a baccalaureate degree</td>
 <td>400.00</td>
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 <td>2. For those professions or occupations requiring less than a baccalaureate degree</td>
 <td>300.00</td>
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 <td>3. For registration under P.D. 541; Sec. 5(j) P.D. 223 as amended; P.D. 657; P.D. 819, R.A. 7836 or issuance of 
 a Special Permit or Temporary Special Permit, as the case may be</td>
 <td>400.00</td>
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Applicants for registration without examination or for registration for the issuance of new certificates and licenses (e.g. R.A. 7920) or for the issuance of special permits or temporary special permits under P.D. 541. P.D. 819; Sec. 5(j) of P.D. 223 as amended by P.D. 657 and the various laws regulating the professions in the Philippines shall, in addition to the above fees, pay application fees for the processing of their applications for registration, except those covered by Sec. 26 (a) and (b), Article III, R.A. No. 7836 who shall continue to pay in accordance with the provisions of Board Resolution No. 02** , Series of 1995; Provided, that applicants for the issuance of temporary special permits to incumbent teachers as of December 16, 1994 who failed to file applications for registration on or before September 19, 1997 as well as para-teachers shall pay a registration fee of P 300.00 and P 250.00, respectively.
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 <td width="50%">4. For original registration of detailmen</td>
 <td width="50%">200.00</td>
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 <td>C. Annual License Fee:</td>
 <td> </td>
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 <td>1. For professions requiring a baccalaureate degree</td>
 <td>100.00</td>
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 <td>2. For professions requiring less than a baccalaureate degree</td>
 <td>90.00</td>
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 <td>3. For detailmen</td>
 <td>100.00</td>
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 <td>D. Replacement Fee:</td>
 <td> </td>
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 <td>1. For issuance of a duplicate, or an amended annual registration card</td>
 <td>150.00</td>
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 <td>2. For issuance of a certificate of registration in lieu of a lost, worn-out or mutilated certificate of registration or for issuance of an amended certificate</td>
 <td>200.00</td>
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 <td>E. Certification Fee:</td>
 <td> </td>
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 <td>1. For certified true copy of the authentication of a photocopy of documents and other papers, per page</td>
 <td>50.00</td>
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 <td>2. For magnaprint copies of micro-filmed records per page</td>
 <td>60.00</td>
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 <td>F. Docket Fee:</td>
 <td> </td>
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 <td>1. Filing of petition for change of name</td>
 <td>150.00</td>
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 <td>2. Filing of administrative case before a Board</td>
 <td>150.00</td>
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 <td>3. Filing of an original case or an appeal before the Commission</td>
 <td>300.00</td>
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 <td>G. Inspection Fee:</td>
 <td> </td>
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 <td width="50%">For inspection of industrial, mechanical, electrical or chemical plants or works or other establishments for the issuance of certificate of compliance as well as schools, nursing review centers </td>
 <td width="50%">1,000.00</td>
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 <td>H. For registration of CPA Firms and Partnerships as provided in Board Resolution No. 38, s. 1990</td>
 <td>1,000.00</td>
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 <td>I. Accreditation Fee:</td>
 <td> </td>
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 <td>1. Professional Association/Organization</td>
 <td>2,000.00</td>
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 <td>2. Review Center for Nursing</td>
 <td>2,000.00</td>
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Resolution No. 168, Series of 1990; Memorandum No. 90-11, dated August 20, 1990; Resolution No. 158, Series of 1989; Memorandum No. 84-31, dated December 28, 1984 and Office Order No. 81-19, dated December 10, 1981 are hereby repealed. Resolution No. 150, Series of 1988 is modified with respect to the rate of inspection fees to be charged and collected. Resolution No. 38, Series of 1990 is modified with respect to the rate of registration fees to be charged and collected. Resolutions, orders, circulars, memorandums or parts thereof which are inconsistent with this Resolution are hereby repealed.

The rates of fees herein prescribed shall take effect after fifteen (15) days following its publication in full in a newspaper of general circulation or in the Official Gazette, whichever comes earlier.

Adopted: 22 April 1998

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(SGD.) HERMOGENES P. POBRE
Commissioner

(SGD.) ALFONSO G. ABAD

(SGD.) AVELINA DE LA REA-TAN
Associate Commissioners
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<HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="60%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE>* See NAR V/2, p. 263

** See NAR 8/1, p. 238
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