Section 4Sec./Art. 4

Definition of Terms. - As used in this Act, the following terms shall be defined as follows:

(a) APO refers to the Accredited Professional Organization of criminologists, that the Professional Regulatory Board of Criminology created hereunder and, hereinafter referred to as the Board, as the one and only recognized and accredited integrated national organization of criminologists, subject to the approval of the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) hereinafter referred to as the Commission created under Republic Act No. 8981, otherwise known as the "PRC Modernization Act of 2000";

(b) Board refers to the Professional Regulatory Board for Criminologists created hereunder;

(c) CHED refers to the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) created under Republic Act No. 7722, otherwise known as "Higher Education Act of 1994", in the formulation of policy standards, and monitoring of the criminology education in the country, which shall be assisted by the Criminology Technical Panel composed of the president of the APO, Chairperson of the Board of Criminology, one (1) from the academe, and two (2) from the law enforcement agencies;

(d) Commission refers to Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) hereinafter referred to as the Commission created under Republic Act No. 8981, otherwise known as the "PRC Modernization Act of 2000";

(e) Criminology refers to the scientific study of crimes, criminals, and victims, it also deals with the prevention, and solution of crimes;

(f) Profession refers to the art and science in the practice of criminology discipline; and,

(g) Registered criminologist refers to a natural person who holds a valid certificate of registration and an updated professional identification card as criminologist issued by the Board and the Commission pursuant to this Act.