Implementation 6-Months Rural Training Program for Nurses and Physicians
Letter of Instructions No. 377, issued on March 3, 1976, mandates that all successful candidates of the medical and nursing board examinations in the Philippines must complete a 6-month rural training program before they can register with the Professional Regulation Commission. This initiative, conceived by the Department of Health under the Rural Health Practice Program, aims to enhance healthcare services in rural areas. The directive emphasizes the importance of practical training in improving access to health services in underserved communities. The requirement is intended to ensure that newly licensed healthcare professionals are adequately prepared to serve in rural settings.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Letter of Instructions No. 377
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Presidential Issuances
- Subcategory
- Letters of Instructions
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
March 3, 1976
LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 377
| TO | : | The Commissioner |
| Professional Regulation Commission |
In order to insure the effective implementation of the 6-months rural training program required of nurses and physicians conceived by the Department of Health under the Rural Health Practice Program to make available more health and medical services to rural areas, you are hereby directed to require all successful examinees of the medical and nursing board examinations to present a duly signed certificate of completion of said 6-months rural training program as a prerequisite to their registration with that Commission. cdt
DONE in the City of Manila, this 3rd day of March, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Six. acd
Cite This Law
Implementation 6-Months Rural Training Program for Nurses and Physicians, Letter of Instructions No. 377, Mar 3, 1976 (Philippines)
Implementation 6-Months Rural Training Program for Nurses and Physicians, Letter of Instructions No. 377 (Phil. 1976)
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