Purpose of the amendment
- The Resolution is adopted to amend the existing dress code so examinees may wear an added form of attire suitable for the Nurses Licensure Examination.
- The amendment specifically adds School Uniform as another approved attire for examinees under the dress code rules previously set.
Covered examinees and attire rules
- The amended dress code applies to examinees in the Nurses Licensure Examination.
- Female examinees must wear a Clinical Uniform with white shoes and white stockings but without nameplate, school insignia/logo and pin or a School Uniform.
- Pregnant Female examinees must wear a white clinical scrub suit.
- Male examinees must wear a Clinical Uniform with white shoes and white socks but without nameplate, school insignia/logo and pin or a School Uniform.
- Repeaters may wear a White Clinical Scrub suit.
Prior resolution amendment mechanism
- The Resolution amends Board Resolution No. 2009-17, series of 2009 dated July 31, 2009 by prescribing additional attire for examinees in the Nurses Licensure Examination.
- The amendment’s new attire option is the School Uniform for Female and Male examinees, while Pregnant Female and Repeaters are covered by the specified scrub-suit attire rules.
Implementation and dissemination
- Copies of the Resolution are furnished to the Board of Nursing and the Office of the Director for Licensure, Application Division, Examination Division, Rating Division, ICT Division, Secretariat, Supply and Property Division, Budget Division, Accounting Division, and Legal Division.
- Copies are furnished to all PRC Regional Offices for dissemination to candidates/applicants.
- Copies are furnished to 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 for dissemination to candidates/applicants for the Nurses Licensure Examination.
- The dissemination is directed specifically to candidates/applicants for the Nurses Licensure Examination.
Compliance consequence referenced
- The earlier dress code framework referenced in the Resolution provides that examinees who are not in the prescribed dress code will not be allowed to take the examination.