Registration of nursing licenses keds set by PRC in northern Luzon

By Carlito C. Dar

BAGUIO CITY— The Professional Regulation Commission is now accepting application for registration of license for passers of the  June 2012 Nursing Licensure Examination (NLE).

PRC regional director Teofilo Gaius Sison Jr, said successful examinees in Baguio, Dagupan, Cabanatuan and Laoag shall be registered by PRC-Baguio pursuant to the Commission’s Office Order No. 2009-90 (dated February 19, 2009) which sets a “Register Where You Applied for Exam” policy.

The PRC released last week result of the board exam given by the Board of Nursing in testing centers nationwide  on June  30-July 2012, of which  27,823 out of the 60,895 examinees passed for a national passing rate of 46 percent.

PRC-Baguio supervised the NLE in the cities of  Baguio, Dagupan, Cabanatuan and Laoag.

Sison said in Baguio, 45 percent, or 2,215 of the 4,917 examinees successfully hurdled the June NLE.

           

In  Dagupan,  891 of 2,385 (37%) passed, in Cabanatuan, 657 of 1,976 (33%) examinees passed, while in Laoag, 712 of 1,409 (51%) examinees passed.

           

To decongest the regional office and to enable passers to save on travel time and expenses, Sison announced that PRC-Baguio has also set schedules of initial processing in various registration areas in La Union, Pangasinan and Laoag.

           

For La Union, scheduled registration dates were earlier set in nursing schools.

           

The activity was held at Lorma Colleges in San Fernando City on Sept. 4.

           

For Union Christian College, also of San Fernando, registration will be on September 11.

           

Registration was held at Don Narciso Ramos Gym in Lingayen, Pangasinan on August 29 while in Urdaneta City, it was at the Urdaneta City Cultural and Sports Center on Sept. 3.

           

It will be Sept. 24 at Arenas-Resuello Sports Complex in  San Carlos City, Pangasinan.

           

For Laoag passers, registration was set at  theLaoag City Hall on Sept. 28 and at the University of Northern Philippines in Vigan, Ilocos Sur on October 2.

           

Registrants shall personally register in order to sign in the Roster of Registered Professionals with the following requirements:  Duly accomplished Oath Form or Panunumpang Propesyonal; 2012 Community Tax Certificate (Cedula); two   pieces passport-size pictures (colored with white background and nametag); one  piece 1”x1” picture (colored with white background and nametag); one  piece documentary stamp; Original and photocopy of National Statistics Office birth certificate (original copy for presentation purposes only);  and initial registration fee of P600.00 and annual registration fee of P450.00 for 2012-2015.

           

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