MANILA, Philippines—A lawmaker on Thursday called for the regulation of nursing review centers in the country.
In a statement, Nueva Vizcaya Representative Carlos Padilla said that there was no agency tasked to monitor and regulate the activities of nursing review centers after the Supreme Court declared Executive Order 566 and Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) Memorandum Order 30 to be unconstitutional.
“There is no government entity which regulates nursing review centers and enforces precautionary measures that will stem the rampant abuses or violations of these nursing review centers,” the Nueva Vizcaya representative said.
Executive Order No. 566 directed CHEd to monitor the operations of nursing review centers while CHEd’s Memorandum Order 30 revised the rules and regulations on the establishment and operation of such centers.
The high tribunal deemed the said orders to be unconstitutional following a petition from the Review Center Association of the Philippines.
Padilla said it was important to identify and designate a government agency which would oversee the operations of all centers offering review classes for nursing licensure exams in order to stamp out fake review agencies.