PRC licensure exams this year get IATF nod

MANILA, Philippines — The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) has given provisional approval to the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) to conduct professional licensure examinations from July to September this year.

The IATF said the examinations would be subject to strict monitoring and observance of minimum public health standards and health and safety protocols of the community quarantine classifications of the concerned areas. It also asked the PRC to submit the list of venues and dates of the exams. —Leila B. Salaverria