QuestionsQuestions (PRC BOARD OF NURSING BOARD Resolution NO. 2009-17)
Section 9, Paragraph (a) of Republic Act No. 9173 (Philippine Nursing Act of 2002).
To prescribe a dress code for examinees in the Nurses Licensure Examination and to disallow examinees not in the prescribed nurse uniform from entering/testing for the exam.
There were past incidents where applicants/examinees came to testing centers/examination rooms not in any of the prescribed nurse uniform.
Clinical uniform with white shoes and white stockings, but without nameplate, school insignia/logo, and pin.
White clinical scrub suit.
Clinical uniform with white shoes and white socks, but without nameplate, school insignia/logo, and pin.
Repeaters may wear a White Clinical Scrub suit.
They shall not be allowed to take the examination and their examination fees shall be forfeited.
No. If they arrive later and are already late for that particular examination subject, they shall likewise not be allowed to take the examination for being late.
No. The prescribed clinical uniform must be without nameplate, school insignia/logo, and pin.
After fifteen (15) days following its complete publication in the Official Gazette or in any newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines.
The resolution requires furnishing copies to the Board of Nursing, Office of the Director for Licensure, Application Division, Examination Division, Rating Division, ICT Division, Secretariat, Supply and Property Division, Budget Division, Accounting Division, Legal Division, and all PRC Regional Offices.
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED), the Philippine Nurses Association (PNA), and the Presidents and Deans of schools, colleges and universities offering the Nursing course.
It is an administrative regulation/board resolution prescribing mandatory requirements for examinees; it has binding effect in the context of the Nurses Licensure Examination by allowing denial of entry and forfeiture of fees for non-compliance.
Non-compliance with the dress code results not only in denial of entry but also in forfeiture of the examination fees, making it financially punitive for failure to meet requirements.
Even if an examinee later conforms to the dress code, if they are already late for a specific subject, they are still excluded for being late.