Bill regulating practice of criminology approved

A HOUSE panel has approved an unnumbered substitute bill creating a Professional Regulatory Board of Criminology in order to regulate the practice of Criminology profession in the country.

The House Committee on Appropriations, chaired by Rep. Karlo Nograles of Davao City, rubber-stamped the funding provision of the substitute bill, which mandates the chairperson of the Professional Regulation Commission to include in the PRC’s programs the implementation of the Act.