ANNUAL REGISTRATION

Since the approval of Republic Act no. 465 on June 9, 1950, every practicing nurse has
been required to register annually with the secretary of the boards of examiners. The
application, duly accomplished and accompanied with the required fee., must be filed
with the Professional Regulation Commission on or before January 20 following the end
of the year in which payment of the is due. Failure to pay the annual registration fee on
or before said date will subject the defaulting registrant to a surcharge (additional charge)
of 20% of the fee for each year that the fee has not been paid. If a nurse practitioner has
failed to pay the annual registration fee for five consecutive years from the year she last
paid the fee, she will be deemed under the law as not having been in good standing in the
profession; in consequence, her certificate of registration as nurse will automatically be
considered suspended and her name stricken out from the annual roster of registered
nurse practitioners on the ground that she has not been a registered nurse in good
standing in the contemplation of Republic Act no. 6511.

A registered nurse whose registration certificate has been considered by law to be

suspended for her failure to pay the annul registration fee of 5.00php for five consecutive
years, may be reinstated in the practice of nursing upon application therefore and
payment of the fee required for registration as nurse without examination.

An annual registration card is issued by the Professional Regulation Commission to every

applicant who has filed the prescribed application and paid the required annual
registration fee.

A question maybe asked whether or not section 3 of Republic Act no. 465, as amended by
Republic Act no.6511, requiring every practicing professional to pay an annual
registration fee of 5.00php, should apply to Filipino professional practicing in the United
States or in other foreign countries. It will be noted that section 3 or any of the other
sections of Republic Act no. 465, as amended, does not expressly state nor infer that the
words “every practicing professional” shall be deemed to include Filipino professionals
practicing abroad.
 REVOCATION AND SUSPENSION OF CERTIFICATES

The term revocation is defined as the “recall of a power or authority that was conferred,
or the annulling of an instrument previously made.” It is the act of invalidating a nurse’s
certificate of registration, or cancelling it, after proper proceedings for revocation have
been conducted by the Board of Nursing. Revocation involves the severance or
elimination of professional status of a registered nurse, suspension merely signifies “a
temporary forced withdrawal from the exercise of the powers, office and prerogative of a
member of the nursing profession”

The word suspension means a temporary stop of a right, privilege, prerogative, or license.
To “suspend” a registered nurse from the practice of nursing is to cause her to
temporarily withdraw from the practice of nursing and to abstain in the meantime from
enjoying the privileges and prerogatives of a registered nurse.

While revocation involves the severance or elimination of the professional status of a

registered nurse, suspension merely signifies a “temporary forced withdrawal from the
exercise of the powers, office, and prerogatives of a member of the nursing profession.”

An order of suspension deprives a suspended registered nurse of the right to perform any
service which is usually performed by registered nurses in active practice; furthermore,
she is under the same obligation, as a nurse in active practice is, to comply with the
nurses code of professional ethics. A registered nurse who, after having been suspended
by the board, advertises as a registered nurse, or falsely poses as such, or uses any other
means that tend to convey the impression that he or she is a registered nurse, or appends
the letters B.S.N or R.N can be held liable for unprofessional conduct or for violation of
the nursing Act and thereby be subject to a fine or imprisonment, or both, in accordance
with the said Act.

Power to revoke certificates. in the practice of any profession, it is well recognized that
there should be a
Due process of law

Under the bill of rights provided in the Constitution of the Philippines. The phrase “due
to process of law” has been defined as a law which hears before it condemns, which
proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial; the meaning is, that every
citizen shall hold his life, liberty, property and immunities, under the protection of the
general rules which govern society. Due process of law means such an exercise of the
powers of government as the settled maxims of law permit and sanction. The
fundamental requirement of due process of law is an opportunity for a hearing and
defense, but no fixed procedure is demanded.

The purpose of due process of law is to prevent government unrestrained by the establish
principles of private rights and distributive justice.

The guaranties of due process of law extend to every governmental proceeding which
may interfere with personal or property rights, whether the proceeding be legislative,
judicial, administrative, or executive, and relate specially to that class of rights thre
protection of which is peculiarly within the province of the judicial branch of the
government.

To constitute due process of law, orderly proceedings according to established rules

which do not violate fundamental rights must be observed. Due process of law requires a
definite charge, adequate notice, and a full, fair and impartial hearing. Due process is
satisfied if a party has reasonable opportunity to be heard and to present his claim or
defense, due regard being had to the nature of the proceedings and the character of the
rights which may be affected by it.

Due process of law is not necessarily judicial. Much of the process by means of which
the government is carried on and the order of society maintained is purely executive or
administrative, which is as much due process of law as is judicial process; while a day in
court is a matter of right in judicial proceedings.
Fundamentals requirements of due process

In trials and investigations of an administrative character have been laid down in a

decision of the Philippine Supreme Court as follows:

1. the right to a hearing, which includes the right of the party interested or affected
to present his own case and submit evidence in support thereof;
2. the tribunal or board must consider the evidence presented;
3. the tribunal or board must deliberate on the merits of the case and such duty
implies a necessity of having something to supports its decision;
4. there must be some evidence to support a finding or conclusion and such evidence
must be substantial;
5. the decision must be rendered on the evidence presented at the hearing, or at least
in the record and disclosed to the party affected;
6. the tribunal or board, or judge, must act on its or his own independent
consideration of the ;aw and facts of the controversy and must not simply accept
the views of a subordinate in arriving at a decision; and
7. the tribunal or board should, in all controversial questions, render its decision in
such a manner that the parties to the proceeding can knows the various involved
and the reasons for the decision rendered.