Clarifying the Rules on Prescription Under P.D. 626, as Amended

March 17, 2010ECC BOARD RESOLUTION NO. 10-03-45CLARIFYING THE RULES ON PRESCRIPTION UNDER P.D. 626, AS AMENDEDExcerpts from the Minutes of the 3rd Regular Commission Meeting, Employees' Compensation Commission, Series of 2010, Convened at the Board Room, 5th Floor, ECC Building, 355 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue, Makati City on Wednesday, 17th day of March 2010 at 10:00 A.M.WHEREAS, Article 201 of P.D. 626, as amended, provides:"ART. 201. Prescriptive period. — No claim for compensation shall be given due course unless said claim is filed with the System within three years from the time the cause of action accrued." WHEREAS, in accordance with EC Board Resolution No. 93-08-0068, dated August 5, 1993, the practice of both Systems is that any claim filed within three years for any contingency that may be held compensable under the Employees' Compensation Program (ECP) shall be considered as the EC claim itself;WHEREAS, pursuant to EC Board Resolution No. 99-09-0538, dated October 7, 1999, the understanding of the Systems is that the period of filing EC claims for members and/or their beneficiaries...