EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 56, February 09, 1993

[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 56, February 09, 1993 ]

DECLARING THAT ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISION OVER THE PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISSION PERTAINS TO THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

WHEREAS, the functions of the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) are executive in character and should properly pertain to the Executive Branch of Government which is under the control of the President;

WHEREAS, there is a pressing need to clarify where administrative supervision of the PRC should lawfully rest to insure the effective enforcement of all its policies and decisions;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, hereby declare that administrative supervision over the Professional Regulation Commission properly pertains to the Office of the President as an attached agency thereof.

This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 9th day of February in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Three.

(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS President of the Philippines

By the President: (Sgd.) ANTONIO T. CARPIO Chief Presidential Legal Counsel