WHEREAS the Professional Regulation Commission has issued policies and directives on licensure examinations: (1) MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 8, Series of 1992; (2) Res. No. 265, Series of 1993; (3) MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 93-03, Series of 1993; and (4) MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 93-04, Series of 1993, all of which provide for the adoption of a syllabus for every subject in the licensure examination;

WHEREAS every adopted syllabus which contains the various concepts, principles, and application thereof shall be the basis for the examination questions that will be inputted into the test question bank; and,

WHEREAS after consultation with the experts of the Academe, and the Philippine Pharmaceutical Association, Inc., the Board of Pharmacy formulate a set of syllabus for each subject in the Pharmacist Licensure Examination,

NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to its power under Sec. 11, (3), Art. III of R.A. 5921, the Board hereby RESOLVED, as it RESOLVES, to adopt and promulgate the syllabi of the subjects in Pharmacist Licensure Examination (Annex “A”*), appended thereto as an integral part hereof,

FURTHER, RESOLVED, that this resolution, upon its approval by the Commission shall be effective after fifteen (15) days following its publication in the Official Gazette or any newspaper of general circulation, whichever is earlier.

FINALLY, RESOLVED, that this resolution be disseminated to all recognized schools offering the course of Pharmacy and to other concerned entities.

Adopted: 12 April 1996