RA - 7719 (NBSO1994)

Title

Section 1

Declaration of Policy

Section 2

Definitions

Section 3

Promotion of Voluntary Blood Donation

Section 4

National Voluntary Blood Services Program

Section 5

Upgrading of Services and Facilities

Section 6

Phase-out of Commercial Blood Banks

Section 7

Non-Profit Operation

Section 8

Regulation of Blood Services

Section 9

Importation of Blood Bank Equipment, Blood Bags, and Reagents

Section 10

Rules and Regulations

Section 11

Penalties

Section 12

Separability Clause

Section 13

Repealing Clause

Section 14

Effectivity

Section 15

May 5, 1994

When was RA 7719 approved?

Fidel V. Ramos

Who approved RA 7719?

August 18, 1994

When was RA 7719 published in the Official Gazette?

Blood/blood product

refers to human blood, processed or unprocessed and includes blood components, its products and derivatives

Blood bank/center

a laboratory or institution with the capability to recruit and screen blood donors, collect, process, store, transport and issue blood for transfusion and provide information and/or education on blood transfusion transmissible diseases

Commercial blood bank

a blood bank that exists for profit

Hospital-based blood bank

a blood bank which is located within the premises of a hospital and which can perform compatibility testing of blood

Blood collection unit

an institution or facility duly authorized by the Department of Health to recruit and screen donors and collect blood

Voluntary blood donor

one who donates blood on one's own volition or initiative and without monetary compensation

Department

the Department of Health

Blood transfusion transmissible diseases

diseases which may be transmitted as a result of blood transfusion, including AIDS, Hepatitis-B, Malaria and Syphilis

Secretary of Health

the Secretary of Health or any other person to whom the Secretary delegates the responsibility of carrying out the provisions of this Act

Walking Blood Donor

an individual included in the list of qualified voluntary blood donors referred to in Section 4, paragraph (e), who is ready to donate blood when needed in his/ her community

Department, PNRC, PBCC

Lead agencies that campaign the public education for blood donation?

the Department, PBCC, PSHBT, PSP, PMA, PAMET, and PNA

Who are encouraged to conduct for their respective members and as part of the continuing medical education, trainings on the rational use of blood and blood products including the merits of voluntary blood donation?

Philippine Society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion

PSHBT means?

Philippine Society of Pathologists

PSP means?

National Blood Transfusion Service Network, Department

Blood centers shall be strategically established in every province and city nationwide within the framework of a (1) spearheaded by the (2)?

Secretary

shall set the standards for the scientific and professional establishment and operation of blood banks/centers and collection units.

Walking blood donors

In areas where there may be inadequate blood banking facilities, this concept shall be encouraged and all government hospitals, rural health units, health centers and barangays in these areas shall be required to keep at all times a list of qualified voluntary blood donors with their specified blood typing

1. PCSO: 25 Million

2. PAGCOR: 25 Million

3. Duty Free Shop: 20 Million

Funds for the NVBSP purpose shall be provided by the Government through the budgetary allocation of the Department, by the?

Section 6 (Upgrading of Services and Facilities)

This section states that all blood banks/centers shall provide preventive health services such as education and counselling on blood transfusion transmissible diseases. All government hospitals, including those that have been devolved, shall be required to establish voluntary blood donation programs and all private hospitals shall be encouraged to establish voluntary blood donation programs

Department, PSHBT, and PSP

These three shall also establish guidelines for the rational use of blood and blood products

two (2) years

All commercial blood banks shall be phased-out over a period of (?) after the effectivity of this Act, extendable to a maximum period of (?) by the Secretary

Section 8 (Non-profit operation)

In which section does this statement belong "Blood shall be collected from healthy voluntary donors only"?

Section 9 (Regulation of Blood Services)

In which section does this statement belong "Such blood bank/center shall be under the management of a licensed and qualified physician duly authorized by the Department"?

Section 10 (Importation of Blood Bank Equipment, Blood Bags and Reagents)

In which section does this statement belong "Upon the effectivity of this Act, equipment, blood bags and reagents used for the screening and testing of donors, collection and processing and storage of blood shall be imported tax and duty-free by the PNRC, blood banks and hospitals participating actively in the National Voluntary Blood Services Program"?

sixty (60) days

The implementation of the provisions of this Act shall be in accordance with the rules and regulations to be promulgated by the Secretary, within (?) from the approval hereof.

penalty of imprisonment of not less than one (1) month nor more than six (6) months, or a fine of not less than Five thousand pesos (P5,000) nor more than Fifty thousand pesos (P50,000)

What penalty is given if: a blood bank/center collects charges and fees greater than the maximum prescribed by the Department

imprisonment of not less than twelve (12) years and one (1) day nor more than twenty (20) years or a fine of not less than Fifty thousand pesos (P50,000) nor more than Five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000)

What penalty is given if: A person establishes and operate a blood bank without securing any license to operate from the Department or fails to comply with the standards prescribed by the Department

imprisoned for ten (10) years

What penalty is given if: The head of the blood bank and the necessary trained personnel under the head's direct supervision found responsible for dispensing, transfusing and failing to dispose, within forty-eight (48) hours, blood which have been proven contaminated with blood transfusion transmissible diseases

RA 1517 (Blood Bank Act of 1956)

RA 7719 supersedes what law?

Fifteen days

RA 7719 shall take effect after (?) following its publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) national newspapers of general circulation

Authority to Operate (ATO)

An official permit issued by the DOH to an individual, corporation, partnership, or association to a Blood Collection Unit (BCU) or Blood Station (BS)

License to Operate (LTO)

A formal authority issued by the DOH to an individual, corporation, partnership, or association to a Blood Bank (BB) or Blood Center (BC)

Section 6 (Upgrading of Services and Facilities)

This section states that all blood banks/centers shall provide preventive health services such as education and counselling on blood transfusion transmissible diseases.

Section 9 (Regulation of Blood Services)

This section states that It shall be unlawful for any person to establish and operate a blood bank/center unless it is registered and issued a license to operate by the Department: Provided, That in case of emergencies, blood collection and transfusion under the responsibility of the attending physician shall be allowed in hospitals without such license under certain conditions prescribed by the Department.