Membership Pledge and Agreement

The Philippine College of Optometrists (PCO) requires that you live up to this pledge.

Realizing that the PCO was founded in order to establish a distinctive nucleus of individuals who endeavor to develop and maintain the highest ideals and practices of professional life to the end that optometric science may be further developed and optometric services enhanced, I pledge myself as a condition of Membership in PCO to support the following Standards of Conduct:

1. Members of the PCO shall be of good moral character and maintain the highest level of ethical and professional standards of conduct.

2. Members of the PCO shall accept responsibility for the consequences of their actions, make every effort to insure that their services are used appropriately and, when indicated, recommend alternate sources of care.

3. Members of the PCO shall maintain the highest degree of professional competence by rendering services, using techniques and providing opinions that meet the highest standards of practice.

4. The moral, ethical and legal standards of behavior of members are a personal matter to the same degree that they are for any other citizen, except as they may compromise the fulfillment of their professional responsibilities.

5. The professional standards of members of the PCO require that public statements, announcements and promotional activities not be deceptive, fraudulent or misleading.

I hereby agree and subscribe to the Articles as above written and have signed as acknowledgment thereof, and apply for as thereof, and apply for as herein stated.

To become a Fellow, you may view the application requirements at: http://www.philippineoptometry.org/