Presidential Decree/Proclamation/LOI/EO

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE

An order of the President. This power of the President which allows him/her to act as legislators was exercised during the Marshall Law period.

Presidential Decree 46

An act making it punishable for any public officials or employee, whether of the national or local government, to receive directly or indirectly any gifts or valuable things

Presidential Decree 166

Strengthened Family Planning program by promoting participation of private sector in the formulation and implementation of program planning policies

Presidential Decree 539

Declaring last week of October every as Nurse’s Week. October 17, 1958

Presidential Decree 541

Allowing former Filipino professionals to practice their respective professions in the Philippines so they can provide the latent and expertise urgently needed by the homeland

Presidential Decree 603

Child and Youth Welfare Act/Provision on Child Adoption

Presidential Decree 851

13th Month pay

Presidential Decree 856

Code of Sanitation

Presidential Decree 965

Requiring applicants for Marriage. License to receive instruction on family planning and responsible parenthood.

Presidential Decree 996

Provides for compulsory basic immunization for children and infants below 8 years of age

PROCLAMATION

An official declaration by the Chief Executive / Office of the President of the Philippines on certain programs / projects / situation

Proclamation No.6

UN’s goal of Universal Child Immunization; involved NGO’s in the immunization program

Proclamation No. 118

Professional regulation Week is June 16 to 22

Proclamation No. 499

National AIDS Awareness Day

Proclamation No. 539

Nurse’s Week – Every third week of October

LETTER OF INSTRUCTION

An order issued by the President to serve as a guide to his/her previous decree or order

LOI 47

Directs all school of medicine, nursing,

midwifery and allied medical professions and social

work to prepare, plan and implement integration of

family planning in their curriculum to require their

graduate to take the licensing examination.

LOI 949

Act on health and health related activities must be integrated with other activities of the overall national development program. Primary Health Care (10-19-79)

LOI 1000

Government agencies should be given

preference to members of the accredited

professional organization when hiring

EXECUTIVE ORDER

An order issued by the executive branch of the government to implement a constructional mandate or a statutory provision.

Executive Order 51

The Milk Code

Executive Order 174

National Drug Policy on Availability, Affordability, Safe, Effective and Good Quality drugs to all

Executive Order 203

List of regular holidays and special holidays

Executive Order 209

The Family Code (amended by RA 6809)