Duterte asks Congress to amend CPD Act

President Rodrigo Duterte has urged Congress to amend the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Act of 2016, citing it as a burden to professionals during the ongoing pandemic.

Duterte stated that requiring seminars for license renewal is not realistic in the current situation, particularly mentioning nurses who might need to travel for retraining.

The President emphasized that the practice of mandatory seminars should cease.

Following the SONA, Iligan City Representative Frederick Siao pledged that the House Committee on Civil Service and Professional Regulation would work on amending the law.

Siao suggested suspending the CPD training requirement for three to five years, followed by the implementation of new, less burdensome updating programs.