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(NAR) VOL. 5 NO. 2/APRIL-JUNE 1994

[ PRC RESOLUTION NO. 311, May 18, 1994 ]

WEARING OF UNIFORM BY EXAMINEES IN THE LICENSURE EXAMINATION



WHEREAS, in some courses with licensure examinations, students are required to wear their uniforms, including examination days, as part of their disciplinary training and as preparatory to their professional practice;

WHEREAS, the wearing of their uniforms when they become examinees in the licensure examinations is an extension of such training;

WHEREAS, if they wear their uniforms during college examination days, there is more reason to wear them in the licensure examinations, inasmuch as they provide them with the feeling of importance, dignity, confidence, independent-mindedness, and even integrity;

WHEREAS, every examinee must treat the licensure examination with utmost importance through their becoming appearance and deportment, holding that the primary objective of a professional licensure examination is to obtain valid and reliable information as to whether an examinee possesses the technical competence required for admission to the profession;

WHEREAS, the wearing of uniforms during the licensure examinations and during the practice of the profession is a badge of professionalism; and

WHEREAS, in carrying out the function of licensure examinations jointly with the concerned boards, the Commission has to adopt measures which will make the conduct of the examination more credible and effective,

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of Section 5 (b), (d) ,(n), and (o) of P.D. No. 223, as amended, the Commission hereby RESOLVED, as it now so RESOLVES, to require examinees in the following licensure examinations to wear their respective college uniforms:

  1. Dental
  2. Deck Officers (3rd, 2nd, Chief Mates and Master Mariner)
  3. Engine Officers (4th, 3rd, 2nd and Chief Engine)
  4. Medical Technology
  5. Physician
  6. Midwifery
  7. Nursing
  8. Nutrition-Dietetics
  9. Optometry
  10. Pharmacy
  11. Physical Therapy
  12. Occupational Therapy
  13. Radiologic Technology
  14. X-ray Technology
  15. Veterinary Medicine
FURTHER, RESOLVED, the herein Resolution shall upon approval hereof be effective after fifteen (15) days following its publication in the Official Gazette or any newspaper of general circulation, whichever is earlier.

FINALLY, RESOLVED, the herein Resolution shall be widely circularized and disseminated to all concerned through the schools/colleges/universities offering the courses covered by the examinations aforelisted and strictly implemented by the Examination Division.

Adopted: 18 May 1994

(SGD.) HERMOGENES P. POBRE
Commissioner
(SGD.) MARIANO A. MENDIETA
Associate Commissioner
(SGD.) ARMANDO C. PASCUAL
Associate Commissioner
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