8981 or the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) Modernization Act of 2000 repealed the provision of Republic Act No. 8050 that required CPD (then the Continuing Development Education) as a condition for the renewal of licenses of optometrists. Under the law, optometrists should earn a total of 45 points in three years to renew their licenses. Another organization, the Integrated Philippine Association of Optometrists, has been accredited as a CPD provider, Dichoso said. She said practitioners were paying as much as $300 to $400 for these seminars to earn CPD points from accredited providers.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 16, 2017 23:26 UTC