Laws Affecting the Practice of Midwifery in the Philippines

Vocabulary flashcards covering Philippine Presidential Decrees, Administrative Orders, Circulars, Executive Orders, House Bills, Board Resolutions, Presidential Proclamations, Letters of Instructions, Republic Acts, and Constitutional Provisions impacting healthcare and midwifery.

PD 48

Provides four (4) children with paid maternity leave privilege.

PD 69

Provides four (4) children for personal tax exemption.

PD 79

Revised the Population Act; defines the objectives, duties, and functions of POPCOM.

PD 223

Creation of Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) in 1973.

PD 442

New Labor Code.

PD 491

Nutrition program.

PD 541

Former Filipino professionals allowed to practice their respective professions in the Philippines.

PD 568

Role of Public health midwives expanded under the RHCDS; Restructuring of the Philippine Health Care Delivery System; Deployment of midwives to improve rural situation (1 PH Mid = 5,000 pop.; 1 PH Nurse = 10,000 pop; 1 RH Physician = 20,000 pop).

PD 603

Child and Youth Welfare Code.

PD 628

Employee Compensation & State Insurance Fund.

PD 651

Birth registration following delivery (all health workers shall identify and encourage the registration of all births within 30 days following delivery).

PD 825

Anti-improper garbage disposal (provides penalty for improper disposal of garbage).

PD 851

13th month pay.

PD 856

Code of Sanitation - provides for the control of all factors in man's environment that affect health including the quality of water, food, milk, control of insects, animal carriers, transmitters of diseases, sanitary and recreation facilities, noise, pollution, unpleasant odors and control of nuisance.

PD 965

Family Planning and responsible parenthood instructions prior to issuance of marriage license.

PD 996 September 16, 1976

Compulsory immunization for all children below eight (8) years old against six (6) immunizable diseases.

PD 1063

Muslim Holidays.

PD 1204

Amends PD # 79.

A.O. No. 114 s. 1991

Revised/updated the roles and functions of the Municipal Health Officers, Public Health Nurses and Rural Health Midwives.

Dept. Circular Order No. 75

Reinstitution of Tetanus Toxoid among Pregnant Women.

Min. Circ. No. 2 s. 1986

Includes AIDS as a notifiable disease.

EO 51

Milk Code.

EO 85

Integration of Public Health and Hospital Services.

EO 119

Reorganization of Department of Health.

EO 180

Guidelines on the right to organize of government employees.

EO 203

List of regular holidays & special days.

EO 209

Family Code of the Philippines (amended by RA 6609).

EO 226

Command Responsibility.

EO 503

Provides for the Rule and Regulation Implementing the Transfer of Personnel Assets, Liabilities and Records of National Government.

HB # 16

Two-Child Policy.

HB # 3773

Responsible Parenthood and Population Movement Act.

BOM # 557 Series 1988

Code of Ethics.

BOM # 17 Series 2017

Implementing Rules & Regulations of RA 7392.

Proc. # 4

Philippine Measles Elimination Campaign - Declaring the period of September 16 - October 14, 1998 as the "Ligtas Tigdas Month".

Proc. # 6 April 3, 1986

United Nations - Universal Goal on Child Immunization by 1990.

Proc. # 46 September 16, 1992

Reaffirming the commitment of the Philippines to the Universal Child and Mother Immunization Goal of the World Health Assembly.

Proc. # 118

Professional Regulation Week - June 16-22.

Proc. # 539

Nurse Week - every last week of October.

Proc. # 1275

Midwifery Week - every third week of October.

Proc. # 147 March 3, 1993

Declares April 21 and May 19, 1993 and every 3rd Wednesday of January and February and thereafter for 2 years as National Immunization Days.

Proc. # 773 March 28, 1996

Every 3rd Wednesday of April and May as the "Knock-out Polio Day".

Proc. # 1064 August 27, 1997

Enjoining all sectors of society to participate in the Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) surveillance component of polio eradication campaign.

Proc. # 1066

Declaring a National Neonatal Tetanus Elimination Campaign starting 1997.

LOI # 949 October 19, 1979

Adoption of Primary Health Care; Legal basis of primary health care.

LOI # 1000

Members of accredited professional organizations given preference in hiring or attendance to seminars.

ILO Convention # 149

Improvement of life and work conditions of nursing personnel (ILO Recommendation # 157).

RA 491

Nutrition Law (July month).

RA 611

MediCare - an employee becomes automatically a member; "Public office is a public trust".

RA 1054

Free emergency medical & dental attendance to employees/laborers of any commercial; industrial or agricultural establishments.

RA 1080

Civil Service eligibility for all degrees with licensure examinations.

RA 1082

Creation of 1st Rural Health Act in 1953 - The employment of more physicians, dentists, nurses, midwives and sanitary inspectors who will live in the rural areas where they are assigned to help raise the health condition of the barrio people and thus help abate the still high incidence of preventable diseases in the country. It created the first 81 Rural Health Units.

RA 1136

Tuberculosis Law (August Month).

RA 1612

Privilege Tax / Professional Tax.

RA 1891

Strengthening Health and Dental services in the rural areas and providing funds thereto; amended RA 1082.

RA 2382

Philippine Medical Act.

RA 3573

Reporting communicable Disease (all communicable diseases should be reported to the nearest health station and that any person maybe inoculated, administered or injected).

RA 4073

Liberalized the treatment of Leprosy - Except where the patient requires institutional treatment, no persons afflicted with leprosy shall be confined in a leprosarium. The shall be treated in a government skin clinic, rural health unit or by a duly licensed physician (February-as Leprosy Month).

RA 4226

Hospital licensure.

RA 5181

Permanent residence & reciprocity qualifications for examinations/ registration.

RA 5901

Working hours & compensation in agencies with 100 bed capacity.

RA 6365

Established a National Policy on Population and Created the Commission of Population.

RA 6425

Dangerous Drug Act - the sale, administration, delivery, distribution and transportation of prohibited drugs is punished by law.

RA 6675

Generics Act of 1988 - this promotes, requires and ensures the production of an adequate supply, distribution, use an acceptance of drugs and medicines identified by their generic names.

RA 6713

Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees. Upholds the principle that public office is a public trust, promoting high standards of ethics in public office.

RA 6715

Senior Citizen Center for every Barangay.

RA 6725

Prohibition on discrimination vs. women.

RA 6727

Wage Rationalization.

RA 6758

Salary Standardization of Government employees that includes nurses.

RA 6972

Day Care Center in every Barangay.

RA 7160

Local Government/Autonomy Code (the devolution of powers, functions and responsibility to the local government units).

RA 7170

Legacy of donation of all or part of a human body after death.

RA 7192

Women in development & Nation Building.

RA 7277

Magna Carta for Disabled persons.

RA 7305

Magna Carta for Public Health workers - aims to promote and improve the socio-economic well-being of health workers, their living and working conditions and terms of employment.

RA 7432

Senior Citizen Benefits & Privileges.

RA 7600

Rooming-In and Breast feeding Act of 1992.

RA 7610

Anti-Child Abuse Law (Special Protection of Children against Child abuse, Exploitation & Discrimination).

RA 7641

New Retirement Law of employees in the Private Sector.

RA 7719

National Blood Service Act of 1994.

RA 7846

Requires compulsory immunization against Hepatitis B among infants and below 8 years old.

RA 7875

National Health Insurance Act of 1995.

RA 7876

Senior Citizen Center for Every Barangay.

RA 7883

Barangay Health workers Benefits & Incentives Act of 1992.

RA 8042

Migrant workers & Overseas Filipinos Act of 1992.

RA 8172

Asin Law/Iodize Salt Law.

RA 8187

Maternity Leave Act of 1995.

RA 8282

Social Security Law of 1997 (amended RA 1101).

RA 8291

Government Service Insurance System Act of 1997 (amended PD 1146).

RA 8344

Hospitals/ doctors to treat emergency cases referred for treatment.

RA 8353

Anti-Rape Law.

RA 8423

Traditional and Alternative Medicine Act of 1997 ("Gamot na Mabisa sa Abot Kayang Halaga").

RA 8424

Personal Tax Exemptions.

RA 8479

Clean Air Act.

RA 8504

Philippine AIDS Prevention and Control Act of 1998.

RA 8972

Nationwide Iodination Law.

RA 8976

Food Fortification Act.

RA 8981

PRC Modernization Act of 2000.

RA 9173

The Nursing Act of 2002.

RA 9211

No Smoking Act.

RA 9257

Expanded Senior Citizen Act of 2003.