The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) has released the newly approved and standardized nomenclature for all licensure examinations.
According to the PRC, the prescribed names of licensure examinations and its abbreviations will be used in all PRC issuances, website and social media postings, publications, and other relevant communications.
1. Aeronautical Engineers Licensure Examination – ABLE
2. Agricultural and Biosystems Engineers Licensure Examination – ABELE
3. Agriculturists Licensure Examination – AgLE
4. Licensure Examination for Architects – LEA
5. Certified Public Accountants Licensure Examination – CPALE
6. Chemical Engineers Licensure Examination – ChELE
7. Chemists Licensure Examination – ChLE
8. Chemical Technicians Licensure Examination – CTLE
9. Civil Engineers Licensure Examination – CELE
10. Criminology Licensure Examination – LEC
11. Customs Brokers Licensure Examination – CuBLE
12. Dentists Licensure Examination – DLE
13. Dental Hygienists Licensure Examination – DHLE
14. Dental Technologists Licensure Examination – DTLE
15. Registered Electrical Engineering Licensure Examination – REELE
16. Registered Master Electricians Licensure Examination – RMELE
17. Electronics Engineers Licensure Examination – EELE
18. Electronics Technicians Licensure Examination – ETLE
19. Environmental Planners Licensure Examination – EnPLE
20. Fisheries Professionals Licensure Examination – FPLE
21. Professional Food Technologists Licensure Examination – PFTLE
22. Professional Foresters Licensure Examination – PFLE
23. Geodetic Engineers Licensure Examination – GELE
24. Geologists Licensure Examination – GLE
25. Guidance and Counselors Licensure Examination – GCLE
26. Interior Designers Licensure Examination – LEID
27. Landscape Architects Licensure Examination – LALE
28. Librarians Licensure Examination – LLE
29. Master Plumbers Licensure Examination – MPLE
30. Mechanical Engineers Licensure Examination – MELE
31. Certified Plant Mechanics Licensure Examination – CPMLE
32. Professional Mechanical Engineers Oral Examination Licensure Examination – PME-OELE
33. Medical Technologists Licensure Examination – MTLE
34. Physicians Licensure Examination – PLE
35. Physicians Qualifying Assessment-Foreign Medical Professionals Licensure Examination – PQA-FMP
36. Metallurgical Engineers Licensure Examination – MetELE
37. Midwives Licensure Examination – MidLE
38. Mining Engineers Licensure Examination – MinELE
39. Naval Architects Licensure Examination – NALE
40. Nurses Licensure Examination – NLE
41. Nutritionists-Dietitians Licensure Examination – NDLE
42. Optometrists Licensure Examination – OLE
43. Ocular Pharmacologists Special Certification Licensure Examination – OPSCLE
44. Pharmacists Licensure Examination – PhLE
45. Physical Therapists Licensure Examination – PTLE
46. Occupational Therapists Licensure Examination – OTLE
47. Licensure Examination for Professional Teachers – LEPT
48. Psychologists Licensure Examination – PsLE
49. Psychometricians Licensure Examination – PmLE
50. Radiologic Technologists Licensure Examination – RTLE
51. X-Ray Technologists Licensure Examination – XTLE
52. Real Estate Appraisers Licensure Examination – REALE
53. Real Estate Brokers Licensure Examination – REBLE
54. Real Estate Consultants Licensure Examination – RECLE
55. Respiratory Therapists Licensure Examination – ResTLE
56. Sanitary Engineers Licensure Examination – SELE
57. Social Workers Licensure Examination – SWLE
58. Speech-Language Pathologists Licensure Examination – SLPLE
59. Veterinarians Licensure Examination – VLE
PRC Regional Offices Directory
If you have concerns and you need help from the Professional Regulation Commission, you can now access their office address, contact number and email address through this link: PRC Official Directory
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