New law expected to boost entry to state
MANILA
A new law, signed by Michigan governor Jennifer
Ganholm, would no longer require Filipino and
other foreign nursing graduates who wish to work
in the state of Michigan to take the Commission on
Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS)
once they passed the National Council Licensing
Exam (NCLEX).
This development was relayed to the Department of
Foreign Affairs office in Manila by Consul General
Blesila C Cabrera of the Philippine consulate
general in Chicago.
“The new law on nursing in the state of Michigan is
welcome news to thousands of Filipino nursing
graduates in the Philippines who wish to apply for
work as registered professional nurses in the
United States as it has made it easier for foreign
graduates of nursing, including the Filipino nurses,
to apply and take the licensure exams for nursing in
the state of Michigan without taking the usually
required CGFNS Qualifying Examination,” Cabrera
said.
She said the new law was the result of the efforts of
the Philippine Nurses Association of Michigan.
“The success of the PNAM in having the bill signed
into law indicates the growing empowerment of
Filipino-Americans in the American Midwest,
especially on issues affecting the interests of the
Filipino-American community,” she added.
House Bill 4207 was signed into law on 14 June
2007 at the Governor’s State Office in the State
Capitol in Lansing, Michigan, and was witnessed
by PNAM President Ellen Dioso, PNAM CGFNS
Task Force Chairperson Remedios Solarte, and
Representative Y. Hoon Hopgood.
Rep. Hopgood introduced the Bill in the Michigan
State House of Representatives.
MANILA
A new law, signed by Michigan governor Jennifer
Ganholm, would no longer require Filipino and
other foreign nursing graduates who wish to work
in the state of Michigan to take the Commission on
Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS)
once they passed the National Council Licensing
Exam (NCLEX).
This development was relayed to the Department of
Foreign Affairs office in Manila by Consul General
Blesila C Cabrera of the Philippine consulate
general in Chicago.
“The new law on nursing in the state of Michigan is
welcome news to thousands of Filipino nursing
graduates in the Philippines who wish to apply for
work as registered professional nurses in the
United States as it has made it easier for foreign
graduates of nursing, including the Filipino nurses,
to apply and take the licensure exams for nursing in
the state of Michigan without taking the usually
required CGFNS Qualifying Examination,” Cabrera
said.
She said the new law was the result of the efforts of
the Philippine Nurses Association of Michigan.
“The success of the PNAM in having the bill signed
into law indicates the growing empowerment of
Filipino-Americans in the American Midwest,
especially on issues affecting the interests of the
Filipino-American community,” she added.
House Bill 4207 was signed into law on 14 June
2007 at the Governor’s State Office in the State
Capitol in Lansing, Michigan, and was witnessed
by PNAM President Ellen Dioso, PNAM CGFNS
Task Force Chairperson Remedios Solarte, and
Representative Y. Hoon Hopgood.
Rep. Hopgood introduced the Bill in the Michigan
State House of Representatives.
The success of the
PNAM in having the
bill signed into law
indicates the
growing
empowerment of
Filipino-Americans
in the American
Midwest
PNAM in having the
bill signed into law
indicates the
growing
empowerment of
Filipino-Americans
in the American
Midwest
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