Bacolod Rep. Monico Puentevella yesterday said he has filed a resolution calling on the House Committee on Civil Service and Professional Regulation to conduct an investigation in aid of legislation of the irregularities that reportedly occurred during the June 11-12 nursing board examination.

The inquiry should also look into the justification of the decisions of the Philippine Regulatory Commission and the Philippine Nursing Association to have the examinees sworn in as registered nurses and the action of other parties to block such, he said. The PNA deans of nursing schools and subjects of the nursing profession are questioning the integrity of the PRC, the agency supposed to be charged with the regulation of professionals, after the exposé of the alleged leakages in the June 11-12 examinations, Puentevella said in Resolution 1356.

If these allegations are proven to be true, the good standing of our professionals, particularly the nurses who are considered the biggest dollar earners, will be put under suspicion, he said.

"Affected nursing examinees who had nothing to do with the leakage allegations are being made to suffer for the actions of a selected group of recipients of the leakage. Determining the examinees who made use of this leakage is close, if not impossible to do so," he said.

The hearings in aide of legislation are aimed at amending the composition and tenure of the PRC Board Members, the rationalization of test questions for all types of licensure examinations, and to pave the way for the official swearing in of the examinees, he said.*CPG

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