Its mandate is to regulate and supervise the practice of the professionals (except lawyers, who are handled by the Supreme Court of the Philippines) who constitute the highly skilled manpower of the country.

[3] The Office of Board Examiners would later be renamed as Professional Regulation Commission through Presidential Decree No.

The PRC began issuing certificates of registration in Filipino with English translation.

In the same year, also saw the computerization of the database of registered professionals with the assistance of the National Computer Center.

In 1975, PRC began issuing computer-printed registration cards with one-year validity.