Pharmacists 04-2023
Pharmacists 04-2023
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Check or verify your school/building assignments at the PRC official website (www.prc.gov.ph) or
through the Notices/Announcements to be posted at the PRC premises two (2) to three (3)
working days before the date of examination.
2. Report to the school/building assignment before 5:30 a.m. on the first day of examination to verify
your room and seat number. Be punctual. Late examinees will not be admitted.
3. Examinees are required to wear the following attire every examination day:
1. Male Examinees - White polo shirt with collar (without any seal, logo or mark)
Decent pants or slacks
2. Female Examinees - White blouse or shirt with collar (without any seal, logo or mark)
Decent skirt or slacks
a. Notice of Admission
b. Official Receipt
c. Two or more pencils (No. 2)
d. Ball pens with BLACK ink only
e. One (1) piece long brown envelope
f. One (1) piece long transparent/plastic envelope (for keeping your valuables and other allowed
items)
g. One (1) piece metered-stamped window mailing envelope
h. Health Forms (Pursuant to Joint Administrative Order No. 01 (s 2021)
i. Negative RT-PCR Test Results, if applicable, or Certificate of Quarantine or Certificate
or copy of the Complete Vaccination Card for fully vaccinated examinees submitted to
the proctor on the examination day
5. The following items are strictly PROHIBITED inside the examination premises/rooms.
a. Books, notes, review materials, and other printed materials containing coded
data/information/formula.
b. Calculators which are programmable or with embedded functions especially CASIO
FX991ES and CASIO FX-991ES plus.
c. APPLE, SAMSUNG AND OTHER SMART WATCHES, CELLULAR PHONES, EAR PLUGS,
TRANSMITTERS, PORTABLE COMPUTERS, BLUETOOTH AND OTHER ELECTRONIC
GADGETS/DEVICES WHICH MAY BE USED TO STORE OR RETRIEVE
DATA/INFORMATION AND/OR TO COMMUNICATE FOR WHATEVER PURPOSE
d. Bags of any kind (ladies bag, shoulder bags, attaché case, backpacks, etc.)
e. Other examination aides not stated in this program.
All personal belongings of the examinees shall be surrendered to the proctor and shall be placed
in a secured space within the examination room.
The rules on the conduct of bodily search, inspection of personal belongings of the examinees,
and the seizure/confiscation of prohibited items during the licensure exam (Annex A of PRC
Memorandum Order No. 57, s. 2020) shall be strictly observed.
6. Per Joint Administrative Order No. 01 (s 2021)1, the following Health Standards for Examinees and
PRC Examination personnel shall be observed.
6.1. All examinees and examination personnel shall enforce the following precautionary
measures among themselves:
6.1.1. Observe physical distancing of at least two (2) meters between examinees.
Examinees shall be restricted to their assigned seat;
6.1.2. Wear face mask (at least 3-ply surgical mask, preferably N95 mask) and face
shield2 at all times;
6.1.3. Bring 70% ethyl alcohol for hand disinfection;
6.1.4. Wear latex gloves for exam personnel handling the test questionnaires;
6.1.5. Avoid close contacts like “beso-beso”, hugging, handshake, and directly touching
other persons;
6.1.6. Avoid touching one’s eyes, nose, and mouth;
6.1.7. When sneezing and/or coughing, facial tissues must be used to wipe the nose and
mouth areas. Dispose of used facial tissues properly; and
6.1.8. Avoid spitting in public, on floors, and along corridors.
6.2. Examinee shall submit the duly accomplished Informed Consent (Annex “A”) and Health
Declaration (Annex “B”) forms with the Notice of Admission (NOA) and the negative RT-
PCR test result/Quarantine Certificate or copy of the Complete Vaccination Card to the
proctor on the examination day.
1
PRC, DOH, and PNP JAO, entitled “Revised Standard Guidelines on the Strict Observance of Health Protocols in the Conduct of Licensure
Examinations during Public Health Emergency and/or Pandemic”
2
Because the exam room is an enclosed area for eight (8) hours, it is highly advisable for the examinees to wear their face shields at all times.
Informed Consent and Health Declaration Forms can be downloaded from the PRC official
website (www.prc.qov.ph);
6.3. Examinees and examination personnel shall bring their own meals (pre-packed
meal/snack and drink) to be eaten during breaks, on their assigned seats. Face masks
and face shields will only be removed when taking meals or drinks.
6.5. Examinees shall bring their own pens, pencils, and erasers. Borrowing from a seatmate is
strictly not allowed.
6.6. Talking and loitering are prohibited in the hallways or in the examination room.
6.7. Physical distancing shall be strictly observed in the queuing of the examinees entering the
testing venues;
6.8. All examinees and examination personnel shall undergo temperature scanning:
6.8.1. Only examinees with a temperature of less than or equal to 37.5 degrees Celsius
shall be allowed to enter the testing venue;
6.8.2. Examinee with a temperature of more than 37.5 degrees Celsius (37.5°C) shall be
referred to the Building Supervisor, who shall refer the concerned examinee to
onsite medical doctor/personnel for assessment. The examinee will not be allowed
to take the rest of the examination.
6.9. Examinees shall proceed immediately to their designated examination rooms after the
thermal scanning/screening.
6.10. During the examination proper, the following shall be strictly observed:
6.10.1. Watchers/Proctors and examinees shall practice social distancing measures at all
times within the examination rooms, particularly when examinees submit their
answer sheets and test booklets/questionnaires; only one examinee at a time shall
be accommodated;
6.10.2. Any examinee who needs to use the restroom shall be accompanied by a room
watcher/proctor, always maintaining social distancing measures. Only one
examinee at a time shall be allowed to go to the restroom. Proper hand hygiene
shall be observed particularly every after use of the restrooms; and
7. All examinees shall be required to download and fill-out a Post Examination Health Surveillance Form
and submit the same fourteen (14) days after the examination through the designated Regional
Offices’ email address. The said form can be downloaded from the PRC official website
http://www.prc.gov.ph.
8. In addition to the above, the examinees are required to submit results of their RT-PCR or Saliva tests
from any of the Department of Health (DOH) accredited facilities 3-5 days before the examination
date/s, if falling under the groups stated in DOH Memorandum 2020-258A3. Only those examinees
with negative results shall be allowed to take the examination.
If the examinee does not fall in the groups mentioned in DOH Memorandum 2588-A (s 2020), he/she
shall be allowed to take the examination in the absence of RT-PCR test provided that he/she must
undergo a fourteen (14)-day quarantine period wherein he/she is asymptomatic for at least fourteen
(14) days prior to the scheduled examination date/s. Provided further that he/she has no close
contact or exposure to the aforementioned cases. A Certificate of Quarantine or its equivalent signed
by any of the following shall be submitted instead:
3
Updated Interim Guidelines on Expanded Testing for COVID-19
3. Barangay Officer visiting the examinee’s residence or examination personnel attesting
that he/she has been in quarantine for fourteen (14) days.
Examinees coming from other countries are required to quarantine for fourteen (14) days in any
government accredited facility and/or provide a negative RT-PCR/Saliva test result whichever is
shorter.
10. Read carefully and follow the instructions on your Notice of Admission and Examinees Guide.
APPROVED:
CERTIFIED CORRECT:
PRB-PHA/D-SPRB
MBO/AGR/LTB/MADC/joanne
PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISSION Page 1 of 11
BAGUIO
PHARMACIST
APRIL 10 - 11, 2023
REMINDER: USE SAME NAME IN ALL EXAMINATION FORMS. IF THERE IS AN ERROR IN SPELLING AND OTHER DATA KINDLY REQUEST YOUR
ROOM WATCHERS TO CORRECT IT ON THE FIRST DAY OF EXAMINATION. REPORT TO YOUR ROOM ON OR BEFORE 6:30 A.M. LATE EXAMINEES
WILL NOT BE ADMITTED.
Pursuant to the PRC-DOH-PNP Administrative Order No. 01 dated July 28, 2021, examinees for the licensure examinations are
required to submit either (1) a negative RTPCR Test Results, if falling under the groups stated in DOH Memorandum 2020-258A, or (2) a
Certification issued by any government or private physician or barangay officer attesting that the examinee had undergone 14-day quarantine
prior to the examination, or (3) copy of the Complete Vaccination Card.
Failure to present either of the three health safety documentary requirements, shall prohibit the examinee to enter the examination
premises and to take the licensure examinations.
PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISSION Page 2 of 11
BAGUIO
PHARMACIST
APRIL 10 - 11, 2023
REMINDER: USE SAME NAME IN ALL EXAMINATION FORMS. IF THERE IS AN ERROR IN SPELLING AND OTHER DATA KINDLY REQUEST YOUR
ROOM WATCHERS TO CORRECT IT ON THE FIRST DAY OF EXAMINATION. REPORT TO YOUR ROOM ON OR BEFORE 6:30 A.M. LATE EXAMINEES
WILL NOT BE ADMITTED.
Pursuant to the PRC-DOH-PNP Administrative Order No. 01 dated July 28, 2021, examinees for the licensure examinations are
required to submit either (1) a negative RTPCR Test Results, if falling under the groups stated in DOH Memorandum 2020-258A, or (2) a
Certification issued by any government or private physician or barangay officer attesting that the examinee had undergone 14-day quarantine
prior to the examination, or (3) copy of the Complete Vaccination Card.
Failure to present either of the three health safety documentary requirements, shall prohibit the examinee to enter the examination
premises and to take the licensure examinations.
PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISSION Page 3 of 11
BAGUIO
PHARMACIST
APRIL 10 - 11, 2023
REMINDER: USE SAME NAME IN ALL EXAMINATION FORMS. IF THERE IS AN ERROR IN SPELLING AND OTHER DATA KINDLY REQUEST YOUR
ROOM WATCHERS TO CORRECT IT ON THE FIRST DAY OF EXAMINATION. REPORT TO YOUR ROOM ON OR BEFORE 6:30 A.M. LATE EXAMINEES
WILL NOT BE ADMITTED.
Pursuant to the PRC-DOH-PNP Administrative Order No. 01 dated July 28, 2021, examinees for the licensure examinations are
required to submit either (1) a negative RTPCR Test Results, if falling under the groups stated in DOH Memorandum 2020-258A, or (2) a
Certification issued by any government or private physician or barangay officer attesting that the examinee had undergone 14-day quarantine
prior to the examination, or (3) copy of the Complete Vaccination Card.
Failure to present either of the three health safety documentary requirements, shall prohibit the examinee to enter the examination
premises and to take the licensure examinations.
PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISSION Page 4 of 11
BAGUIO
PHARMACIST
APRIL 10 - 11, 2023
REMINDER: USE SAME NAME IN ALL EXAMINATION FORMS. IF THERE IS AN ERROR IN SPELLING AND OTHER DATA KINDLY REQUEST YOUR
ROOM WATCHERS TO CORRECT IT ON THE FIRST DAY OF EXAMINATION. REPORT TO YOUR ROOM ON OR BEFORE 6:30 A.M. LATE EXAMINEES
WILL NOT BE ADMITTED.
Pursuant to the PRC-DOH-PNP Administrative Order No. 01 dated July 28, 2021, examinees for the licensure examinations are
required to submit either (1) a negative RTPCR Test Results, if falling under the groups stated in DOH Memorandum 2020-258A, or (2) a
Certification issued by any government or private physician or barangay officer attesting that the examinee had undergone 14-day quarantine
prior to the examination, or (3) copy of the Complete Vaccination Card.
Failure to present either of the three health safety documentary requirements, shall prohibit the examinee to enter the examination
premises and to take the licensure examinations.
PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISSION Page 5 of 11
BAGUIO
PHARMACIST
APRIL 10 - 11, 2023
REMINDER: USE SAME NAME IN ALL EXAMINATION FORMS. IF THERE IS AN ERROR IN SPELLING AND OTHER DATA KINDLY REQUEST YOUR
ROOM WATCHERS TO CORRECT IT ON THE FIRST DAY OF EXAMINATION. REPORT TO YOUR ROOM ON OR BEFORE 6:30 A.M. LATE EXAMINEES
WILL NOT BE ADMITTED.
Pursuant to the PRC-DOH-PNP Administrative Order No. 01 dated July 28, 2021, examinees for the licensure examinations are
required to submit either (1) a negative RTPCR Test Results, if falling under the groups stated in DOH Memorandum 2020-258A, or (2) a
Certification issued by any government or private physician or barangay officer attesting that the examinee had undergone 14-day quarantine
prior to the examination, or (3) copy of the Complete Vaccination Card.
Failure to present either of the three health safety documentary requirements, shall prohibit the examinee to enter the examination
premises and to take the licensure examinations.
PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISSION Page 6 of 11
BAGUIO
PHARMACIST
APRIL 10 - 11, 2023
REMINDER: USE SAME NAME IN ALL EXAMINATION FORMS. IF THERE IS AN ERROR IN SPELLING AND OTHER DATA KINDLY REQUEST YOUR
ROOM WATCHERS TO CORRECT IT ON THE FIRST DAY OF EXAMINATION. REPORT TO YOUR ROOM ON OR BEFORE 6:30 A.M. LATE EXAMINEES
WILL NOT BE ADMITTED.
Pursuant to the PRC-DOH-PNP Administrative Order No. 01 dated July 28, 2021, examinees for the licensure examinations are
required to submit either (1) a negative RTPCR Test Results, if falling under the groups stated in DOH Memorandum 2020-258A, or (2) a
Certification issued by any government or private physician or barangay officer attesting that the examinee had undergone 14-day quarantine
prior to the examination, or (3) copy of the Complete Vaccination Card.
Failure to present either of the three health safety documentary requirements, shall prohibit the examinee to enter the examination
premises and to take the licensure examinations.
PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISSION Page 7 of 11
BAGUIO
PHARMACIST
APRIL 10 - 11, 2023
REMINDER: USE SAME NAME IN ALL EXAMINATION FORMS. IF THERE IS AN ERROR IN SPELLING AND OTHER DATA KINDLY REQUEST YOUR
ROOM WATCHERS TO CORRECT IT ON THE FIRST DAY OF EXAMINATION. REPORT TO YOUR ROOM ON OR BEFORE 6:30 A.M. LATE EXAMINEES
WILL NOT BE ADMITTED.
Pursuant to the PRC-DOH-PNP Administrative Order No. 01 dated July 28, 2021, examinees for the licensure examinations are
required to submit either (1) a negative RTPCR Test Results, if falling under the groups stated in DOH Memorandum 2020-258A, or (2) a
Certification issued by any government or private physician or barangay officer attesting that the examinee had undergone 14-day quarantine
prior to the examination, or (3) copy of the Complete Vaccination Card.
Failure to present either of the three health safety documentary requirements, shall prohibit the examinee to enter the examination
premises and to take the licensure examinations.
PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISSION Page 8 of 11
BAGUIO
PHARMACIST
APRIL 10 - 11, 2023
REMINDER: USE SAME NAME IN ALL EXAMINATION FORMS. IF THERE IS AN ERROR IN SPELLING AND OTHER DATA KINDLY REQUEST YOUR
ROOM WATCHERS TO CORRECT IT ON THE FIRST DAY OF EXAMINATION. REPORT TO YOUR ROOM ON OR BEFORE 6:30 A.M. LATE EXAMINEES
WILL NOT BE ADMITTED.
Pursuant to the PRC-DOH-PNP Administrative Order No. 01 dated July 28, 2021, examinees for the licensure examinations are
required to submit either (1) a negative RTPCR Test Results, if falling under the groups stated in DOH Memorandum 2020-258A, or (2) a
Certification issued by any government or private physician or barangay officer attesting that the examinee had undergone 14-day quarantine
prior to the examination, or (3) copy of the Complete Vaccination Card.
Failure to present either of the three health safety documentary requirements, shall prohibit the examinee to enter the examination
premises and to take the licensure examinations.
PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISSION Page 9 of 11
BAGUIO
PHARMACIST
APRIL 10 - 11, 2023
REMINDER: USE SAME NAME IN ALL EXAMINATION FORMS. IF THERE IS AN ERROR IN SPELLING AND OTHER DATA KINDLY REQUEST YOUR
ROOM WATCHERS TO CORRECT IT ON THE FIRST DAY OF EXAMINATION. REPORT TO YOUR ROOM ON OR BEFORE 6:30 A.M. LATE EXAMINEES
WILL NOT BE ADMITTED.
Pursuant to the PRC-DOH-PNP Administrative Order No. 01 dated July 28, 2021, examinees for the licensure examinations are
required to submit either (1) a negative RTPCR Test Results, if falling under the groups stated in DOH Memorandum 2020-258A, or (2) a
Certification issued by any government or private physician or barangay officer attesting that the examinee had undergone 14-day quarantine
prior to the examination, or (3) copy of the Complete Vaccination Card.
Failure to present either of the three health safety documentary requirements, shall prohibit the examinee to enter the examination
premises and to take the licensure examinations.
PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISSION Page 10 of 11
BAGUIO
PHARMACIST
APRIL 10 - 11, 2023
REMINDER: USE SAME NAME IN ALL EXAMINATION FORMS. IF THERE IS AN ERROR IN SPELLING AND OTHER DATA KINDLY REQUEST YOUR
ROOM WATCHERS TO CORRECT IT ON THE FIRST DAY OF EXAMINATION. REPORT TO YOUR ROOM ON OR BEFORE 6:30 A.M. LATE EXAMINEES
WILL NOT BE ADMITTED.
Pursuant to the PRC-DOH-PNP Administrative Order No. 01 dated July 28, 2021, examinees for the licensure examinations are
required to submit either (1) a negative RTPCR Test Results, if falling under the groups stated in DOH Memorandum 2020-258A, or (2) a
Certification issued by any government or private physician or barangay officer attesting that the examinee had undergone 14-day quarantine
prior to the examination, or (3) copy of the Complete Vaccination Card.
Failure to present either of the three health safety documentary requirements, shall prohibit the examinee to enter the examination
premises and to take the licensure examinations.
PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISSION Page 11 of 11
BAGUIO
PHARMACIST
APRIL 10 - 11, 2023
REMINDER: USE SAME NAME IN ALL EXAMINATION FORMS. IF THERE IS AN ERROR IN SPELLING AND OTHER DATA KINDLY REQUEST YOUR
ROOM WATCHERS TO CORRECT IT ON THE FIRST DAY OF EXAMINATION. REPORT TO YOUR ROOM ON OR BEFORE 6:30 A.M. LATE EXAMINEES
WILL NOT BE ADMITTED.
Pursuant to the PRC-DOH-PNP Administrative Order No. 01 dated July 28, 2021, examinees for the licensure examinations are
required to submit either (1) a negative RTPCR Test Results, if falling under the groups stated in DOH Memorandum 2020-258A, or (2) a
Certification issued by any government or private physician or barangay officer attesting that the examinee had undergone 14-day quarantine
prior to the examination, or (3) copy of the Complete Vaccination Card.
Failure to present either of the three health safety documentary requirements, shall prohibit the examinee to enter the examination
premises and to take the licensure examinations.