LAWS AFFECTING COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING IN THE PHILIPPINES:

RA 7160 – Local Government Code: responsible for the delivery of the basic services and facilities of the National Government is transferred to the Local Government.

RA 1082 – Rural Health Act (1953) amended: employment of more physicians, dentist, nurses, midwives, and sanitary inspector who will live in rural areas where they will be assigned to help raise the health condition of Barrio people and thus help people abate. high incidence of preventable disease.

 RA 6425 – Dangerous Drug Act: the sale, administration, delivery, distribution and transportation of prohibited drugs.

PD No. 651 – requires all health workers shall identify and encourage the registration of all births within 30 days following delivery.

PD 996 – requires compulsory immunization of all children below 8 years old.

 PD 825 – improper disposal of garbage.

RA 6675 – Generic Act of 1988

 PD 965 – requires applicants for marriage license to receive instruction on family planning and responsible parenthood.

 RA 8479 – Clean Air Act RA 8423 – Alternative Traditional Medicine

PD 856 – Sanitation Code of the Philippines.

RA 8305 – Magna Carta for health workers.

EO 209 – Family Code

RA 9288 – Newborn Screening Act April 4 2004

RA 4073 – Leprosy law

RA 4226 – Hospital Licensure Act.

RA 8504 – Philippines AIDS Prevention and Control

RA 1080 – Civil Service Eligibility

Proclamation # 539 – Nurses Week (Last week of October

E.O. 51 – Milk Code of the Philippines

R.A. 7164 – Philippine Nursing Act of 1991 – nursing laws

R.A. 7600 – Breastfeeding and Rooming In Act