Nursing Laws

LAWS AFFECTING NURSING PRACTICE
RA’s • RA 7610 – Children’s Protection Act

• RA 2382 – defines practice of medicine in the • RA 7624 – Drug Education Law
Philippines • RA 7641 – New Retirement Law for Private Employees
• RA 2493 of 1915 – Phil. Medical Act • RA 7719 – Natl. Blood Services of 1994
• RA 2808 of 1919 – 1st True Nsg. Law • RA 7846 – Immunization Against Hep B
• 1920 – First NLE in the Phil. • RA 7875 – Natl. Health Insurance Act of 1995
• 1944 – First NLE outside Manila • RA 7876 – Senior Citizen Center in q Brgy
• RA 877 – Phil. Nsg. Law on June 19, 1953 • RA 7877 of 1995 – Anti-Sexual Harassment Act
• RA 7164 – Phil. Nursing Act of 1991 by Sen. • RA 7883 – BHW Benefits & Incentives Act of 1992
Heherson Alvarez • RA 8042 – Migrant Workers & Filipino Act
• RA 9173 – Phil. Nsg. Act of 2002 • RA 8187 – Paternity Leave Act of 1995 (1st 4 days pp)
• PD 223 – created PRC • RA 8232 – Social Security Law of 1997
• RA 8981 – PRC Modernization Act of 2002 • RA 8291 – GSIS Act of 1997
• RA 7392 amended by RA 2644 – Midwifery Law • RA 8344 – Hospitals/Doctors to treat ER Cases
• RA 6425 – Dangerous Drugs Act • RA 8423 – Phil. Institute of Traditional &
• RA 9165 of 2002 – Comprehensive Dangerous Alternative Health Care
Drugs Act • RA 8424 – Personal Tax Exemption
• RA 1054 – Free Medical & Dental Attendants • RA 8504 – Phil. AIDS Prevention & Control
• RA 1080 – Civil Service Eligibility Act of 1998
• RA 1082 – RHU • RA 8749 – Clean Air Act
• RA 1136 – TB Law • RA 8976 – Food Fortification Act
• RA 1612 – Privileges Tax/ Prof Tax • RA 9262 – VAWC
• RA 1891 – OPT Law • RA 8353 – Anti-Rape Law
• RA 3573 – Communicable D/s Reporting
• RA 4073 – Liberalization of Leprosy Tx PD’s
• RA 4226 – Hospital Licensure • PD 48 – 4 children w/ paid maternity leave
• RA 5181 – Permanent Residence for 3 consecutive privilege
yrs. • PD 67 – 4 children for personal tax exemption
• RA 5901 – working hrs. & compensation in • PD 442 – New Labor Code
agencies w/ 100 bed capacity • PD 491 – Nutrition Program
• RA 6365 -- POPCOM • PD 541 – Balikbayan Prof. Practice
• RA 6675 of 1988 – Generic Act • PD 568 – Role of PH Midwives expanded
• RA 6713 – Code of Conduct & Ethics for Public • PD 603 – Child & Youth Welfare Code
officials & employees
• PD 626 – Employee Compensation & State
• RA 6725 – Prohibition of Women Discrimination Insurance Fund
• RA 6727 – Wage Rationalization • PD 651 – Births Registration Law ff. Delivery
• RA 6758 – Salary Standardization of Govt. (w/in 30 days)
employees • PD 825 – Anti-Improper Garbage Disposal
• RA 6972 – Day Care Center in q Brgy. • PD 854 – 13th Month Pay
• RA 7160 – Devolution Code/ Local Authority • PD 856 – Code on Sanitation
Code
• PD 965 – FP & responsible Parenthood
• RA 7170 – Organ Donation Act
• PD 996 – EPI
• RA 7192 – Women in nation Bldg & Devt.
• PD 791 – POPCOM (Revised Pop. Act)
• RA 7277 – Magna Carta for the Disabled
• PD 1083 – Muslim Holidays
• RA 7305 – Magna Carta for the PHW
• RA 7432 – Senior Citizen Act (c 20% DC)
• RA 7600 of 1992 – Rooming-in & Breastfeeding
Act
• The Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of 1997 RA
Number 8371
EO’s
• EO 51 – Milk Code
• EO 180 – Guidelines on the Right to Organize
Govt. Strikes
• EO 203 – List of Regular Holidays/ Special Days
• PUBLIC LAW 94-247 – Child Abuse & Neglect
Act of 1973
PROCLAMATIONS
• PROC. #6 – UN Goal on Universal Child
Immunization y 1990
• PROC. #118 – Prof. Regulation Week
• PROC. # 539 – Nurses’ Week q last week of
October
• PROC. #1275 – Midwifery Week q 3rd week of
Oct.
LOI’s
• LOI 949 – PHC
• LOI 1000 – members of accredited prof org given
preference in having or attendance to seminars
• ILO CONVENTION #149 – improvement of life
and work conditions of Nsg. Personnel (ILO
Recommendation #157)
• R.A. NO. 8344 August 25, 1997 - an act
penalizing the refusal of hospitals and medical
clinics to administer appropriate initial medical
treatment and support in emergency or serious
cases, amending for the purpose batas pambansa
bilang 702, otherwise known as "an act prohibiting
the demand of deposits or advance payments for the
confinement or treatment of patients in hospitals
and medical clinics in certain cases"
• Republic Act No. 9502 June 6, 2008
-an act providing for cheaper and quality
medicines, amending for the purpose republic act
no. 8293 or the intellectual property code, republic
act no. 6675 or the generics act of 1988, and
republic act no. 5921 or the pharmacy law, and for
other purposes
• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9439 April 27, 2007
-an act prohibiting the detention of patients in
hospitals and medical clinics on grounds of
nonpayment of hospital bills or medical
expenses

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