RA 7719

National Blood Services Act of 1994

Title of RA 7719?

May 5, 1994

When was RA 7719 approved on?

Fidel V. Ramos

Who approved RA 7719?

15 sections

How many sections are in RA 7719?

Blood (or blood product)

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

Blood Bank (or blood center)

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 exist for profit;

Hospital-based blood bank

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

Blood collection unit

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 of Health

Department referred to in RA 7719?

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

Secretary referred to in RA 7719?

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"

Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC),

Philippine Blood Coordinating Council (PBCC)

Lead agencies of public educational campaign by the Department

Philippine Red Cross (before it was PNRC)

Current name of Red Cross chapter in the Philippines?

No (According to section 4, non-monetary incentives are provided instead.)

Are voluntary donors being paid for the blood they donated?

Department of Education, Culture and Sports

Which department includes benefits and rationale of voluntary blood donation in its non-formal education curricula?

Philippine Blood Coordinating Council

PBCC means?

Philippine Society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion

PSHBT means?

Philippine Society of Pathologists

PSP means?

Philippine Medical Association

PMA means?

Philippine Association of Medical Technologists

PAMET means?

Philippine Nursing Association

PNA means?

National Blood Transfusion Service Network

Blood centers shall be strategically established in every province and city nationwide within the framework of a __________________ spearheaded by the Department, in coordination with the PNRC

Secretary

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

Department

Who provide training programs and technical assistance to enable communities, schools, industrial and business sites, barangays, military camps and LGUs to implement their own voluntary blood donation programs?

National Voluntary Blood Services Program

NVBSP means?

Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office

PCSO means?

At least P25,000,000 (Twenty-five million pesos)

How much money is set aside by PCSO for the NVBSP?

Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation

PAGCOR means?

At least P25,000,000 (Twenty-five million pesos)

How much money is set aside by PAGCOR for the NVBSP?

At least P20,000,000 (Twenty million pesos )

How much money is set aside by Duty Free Philippines for the NVBSP?

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 two (2) years by the Secretary.

non-profit

All blood banks/centers shall operate on a _______________ basis

Collecting and processing of blood

What is being paid for in the process of blood donation?

The blood

What is not being paid for in the process of blood donation?

DEPARTMENT (OF HEALTH)

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 _________________

EMERGENCIES

In case of ___________________, blood collection and transfusion under the responsibility of the attending physician shall be allowed in hospitals without such license

tax- and duty-free

equipment, blood bags and reagents used for the screening and testing of donors, collection and processing and storage of blood shall be imported ___________________

PNRC

equipment, blood bags and reagents will be imported by the ____________, blood banks and hospitals participating actively in the National Voluntary Blood Services Program

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE

Section 10 shall be implemented by the rules and regulations to be promulgated by the Department in consultation and coordination with the ______________

Revised Rules and Regulations Governing the Collection, Processing and Provision of Human Blood and the Establishment and Operation of Blood Banks

Existing rules enforced in this act, _______________________ shall remain in force unless amended or revised by the Secretary

maximum ceiling

The rules and regulations shall prescribe from time to time the ________________ for fees for the provision of blood, including its collection, processing and storage, professional services and a reasonable allowance for spoilage.

60

The implementation of the provisions of this act

shall be in accordance with the set rules and

regulations of the Secretary within ___ days

from the approval thereof

MORE THAN

License can be revoked or suspended

when Blood bank or center collects ______________

the prescribed amount of charges and

fees by the Department

1, 6

Person/s involved shall be penalized with imprisonment of not less than __ months and

not more than __ months

5,000, 50,000

Person/s involved shall be penalized with fine of not less than ___ thousand and not

more than ____ thousand

12 years and 1 day, 20 years

Any person who shall establish and operate a

blood bank without license or fails to comply

with the standards shall be penalized with imprisonment of not less than ________ and not

more than _____

50,000, 500,000

Any person who shall establish and operate a

blood bank without license or fails to comply

with the standards shall be penalized with fine not less than ___________ and not more than _____________

48 hours, 10 years

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 ___________ blood which have been proven contaminated with blood transfusion transmissible diseases shall be imprisoned for __________

No (because only the Board can remove licenses; Secretary can remove license to operate blood bank)

Can the Secretary suspend or revoke the license of a medtech?

1517

This Act shall supersede Republic Act

No. ________?

15 DAYS

This Act shall take effect after __________

OFFICIAL GAZETTE, 2

This Act shall take effect following its publication in the ____________ or in ____ national

newspapers of general circulation.

Malaria,

Syphilis,

Hepatitis A and B,

Human immunodeficiency virus

What are the five diseases which a blood bank tests for before someone can donate?

BLOOD BANK ACT

What is RA no. 1517?

OFFICIAL GAZETTE

What is the national magazine of the DOH?