Can an SQL procedure return a table?

Question

Can an Oracle SQL procedure return a table? I\'m currently using a dbms_output to print out the outputs of two cursors which are in a loop, although this would

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DECLARE
  TYPE t_emptbl IS TABLE OF scott.emp%rowtype;
  v_emptbl t_emptbl; 
  ret_val  t_emptbl; 
  --
  Function getEmployeeList Return t_emptbl 
  IS
  BEGIN
    SELECT * bulk collect INTO v_emptbl FROM scott.emp;
    -- Print nested table of records:
    FOR i IN 1 .. v_emptbl.COUNT LOOP
      DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE (v_emptbl(i).empno);
    END LOOP;
    RETURN v_emptbl;
  END;
  --
  BEGIN
    ret_val:= getEmployeeList;
  END;
  /