Magna Carta of Public

Health workers - Republic

Act 7305
Definition
For purposes of this Act, “health workers” shall
mean all persons who are engaged in health and
health-related work, and all persons employed in all
hospitals, sanitaria, health infirmaries, health
centers, rural health units, barangay health stations,
clinics and other health-related establishments owned
and operated by the Government or its political
subdivisions with original charters and shall include
medical, allied health professional, administrative and
support personnel employed regardless of their
employment status.

Title

This Act shall be known as the

“Magna Carta of Public Health
Workers.“

Declaration of the Policy

The State shall instill health consciousness among our people to
effectively carry out the health programs and projects to the
government essential for the growth and health of the nation.
Towards this end, this Act aims:
(a) to promote and improve the social and economic well-being
of the health workers, their living and working conditions, and
terms of employment;
(b) to develop their skills and capabilities in order that they
will be more responsive and better equipped to deliver health
projects and programs; and
(c) to encourage those with proper qualifications and excellent
abilities to join and remain in government service.

Brief summary
SEC. 21. Hazard Allowance. – Public
health workers shall be compensated
hazard allowance equivalent to at
least twenty-five percent (25%) of
the monthly basic salary of health
workers receiving salary grade 19 and
below, and five percent (5%) for
health workers with salary grade 20
and above.

Brief summary
SEC. 22. Subsistence Allowance. – Public health
workers who are required to render service
within the premises of hospitals, sanitaria,
health infirmaries, main health centers, rural
health units and barangay health stations, or
clinics, and other health-related establishments
in order to make their services available at any
and all times, shall be entitled to full
subsistence allowance of three (3) meals which
may be computed in accordance with prevailing
circumstances as determined by the Secretary of
Health in consultation with the Management
Health Workers’ Consultative Councils.
 SANITATION CODE of
the philippines
Presidential Decree No.
856
WHEREAS, the health of the people, being of paramount importance,
all efforts of public services should be directed towards the protection
and promotion of health; and
WHEREAS, with the advance in the field of sanitation in recent years,
there arises the need for updating and codifying our scattered
sanitary laws to ensure that they are in keeping with modern
standards of sanitation and provide a handy reference and guide for
their enforcement;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution,
do hereby order and decree the following Code on Sanitation.

TITLE
The title of this Code is
"Code on Sanitation of the
Philippines".

DEFINITION OF TERMS
Whenever any of the following words or terms is used herein or in
any rule or regulation issued under this Code, it shall have the
meaning given it in this section, as follows:
(a) Code Code on Sanitation of the Philippines.
(b) Department The Department of Health.
(c) Secretary The Secretary of Health.
(d) Regional Director an official who heads a Regional Health Office.
(e) Local Health Authority an official or employee responsible for
the application of a prescribed health measure in a local political
subdivision.
(f) Health Officer Provincial, City or Municipal Health Officer.
(g) Engineer A Sanitary Engineer.
(h) Section any section of this code unless the term refers to other
statutes which are specifically mentioned. TURN ORGANIC WASTE
INTO FERTILIZER.

BRIEF
SUMMARY
Functions of the Department of Health.
– The Department shall have the
following powers and functions:
a. Undertake the promotion and
preservation of the health of the
people and raise the health
standards of individuals and
communities throughout the
Philippines;
b. Extend maximum health services
to the people in rural areas and
provide medical care to those who
cannot afford it by reason of
poverty;

BRIEF OF SUMMARY
REDUCE THE USE OF
PLASTIC OR OTHER
WASTE. c. Develop, administer and coordinate various health activities and services
which shall include public health, preventive, curative and rehabilitative
programs, medical care, health and medical education services;
d. Upgrade the standards of medical practice, the quality of health services
and programs to assure the people of better health services;
e. Assist local health agencies in developing public health programs including
medical care, and promote medical and public health research;
f. Issue permits to establish and operate government and private hospitals,
clinics, dispensaries, schools of nursing, midwifery, and other para-medical
courses, puericulture centers, clinical laboratories and blood banks;
g. Prescribe standard rates of fees for health, medical, laboratory, and other
public health services; and
h. Performs such other functions as may be provided by law.
 clean air act
Republic Act No. 8749

TITLE
Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999

DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES:

The State shall protect and advance the right of the people
to a balanced and healthful ecology in accord with the rhythm
and harmony of nature. The State shall promote and protect
the global environment to attain sustainable development
while recognizing the primary responsibility of local
government units to deal with environmental problems. The
State recognizes that the responsibility of cleaning the
habitat and environment is primarily area-based. The State
also recognizes the principle that "polluters must pay". Finally,
the State recognizes that a clean and healthy environment is
for the good of all and should, therefore, be the concern of all.

STATEMENT/DECLARATION OF
POLICY:

The State shall pursue a policy of balancing development and environmental

protection. To achieve this end, the framework for sustainable development
shall be pursued. It shall be the policy of the State to:

Formulate a holistic national program of air pollution management that

shall be implemented by the government through proper delegation and
effective coordination of functions and activities;
Encourage cooperation and self-regulation among citizens and industries
through the application of market-based instruments;

STATEMENT/DECLARATION OF
POLICY:

Focus primarily on pollution prevention rather than on control and

provide for a comprehensive management program for air pollution;
Promote public information and education and to encourage the
participation of an informed and active public in air quality planning and
monitoring; and
Formulate and enforce a system of accountability for short and long-
term adverse environmental impact of a project, program or activity.
This shall include the setting up of a funding or guarantee mechanism
for clean-up and environmental rehabilitation and compensation for
personal damages.
 clean air act
Republic Act No. 8749
RECOGNITION OF RIGHTS
Pursuant to the above-declared principles, the following rights of
citizens are hereby sought to be recognized and the State shall seek to
guarantee their enjoyment:

The right to breathe clean air;

The right to utilize and enjoy all-natural resources according to the
principles of sustainable development;

RECOGNITION OF RIGHTS

The right to participate in the formulation, planning, implementation

and monitoring of environmental policies and programs and in the
decision-making process;
The right to participate in the decision-making process concerning
development policies, plans and programs projects or activities
that may have adverse impact on the environment and public health;
The right to be informed of the nature and extent of the potential
hazard of any activity, undertaking or project and to be served
timely notice of any significant rise in the level of pollution and the
accidental or deliberate release into the atmosphere of harmful or
hazardous substances;

RECOGNITION OF RIGHTS

The right to bring action in court or quasi-judicial bodies to enjoin all

activities in violation of environmental laws and regulations, to compel
the rehabilitation and cleanup of affected area, and to seek the
imposition of penal sanctions against violators of environmental laws; and
The right to bring action in court for compensation of personal damages
resulting from the adverse environmental and public health impact of a
project or activity.

DEFINITION OF TERMS

"Air pollutant" means any matter found in the atmosphere other than oxygen,
nitrogen, water vapor, carbon dioxide, and the inert gases in their natural or
normal concentrations, that is detrimental to health or the environment, which
includes but not limited to smoke, dust, soot, cinders, fly ash, solid particles of any
kind, gases, fumes, chemical mists, steam and radioactive substances;
"Air pollution" means any alteration of the physical, chemical and biological
properties of the atmospheric air, or any discharge thereto of any liquid,
gaseous or solid substances that will or is likely to create or to render the
air resources of the country harmful, detrimental, or injurious to public
health, safety or welfare or which will adversely affect their utilization for
domestic, commercial, industrial, agricultural, recreational, or other
legitimate purposes;
 clean air act
Republic Act No. 8749
DEFINITION OF TERMS
"Ambient air quality guideline values" mean the concentration of air over
specified periods classified as shortterm and long-term which are intended to
serve as goals or objectives for the protection of health and/or public
welfare.
"Ambient air quality" means the general amount of pollution present in
a broad area; and refers to the atmosphere's average purity as
distinguished from discharge measurements taken at the source of
pollution;

DEFINITION OF TERMS

"Certificate of Conformity" means a certificate issued by the

Department of Environment and Natural Resources to a vehicle
manufacturer/assembler or importer certifying that a particular new
vehicle or vehicle type meets the requirements provided under this Act
and its rules and regulations;
"Department" means the Department of Environment and Natural
Resources;
"Eco-profile" means the geographic-based instrument for planners and
decision-makers which present an evaluation of the environmental quality
and carrying capacity of an area.
"Emission" means any air contaminant, pollutant, gas stream or unwanted
sound from a known source which is passed into the atmosphere;

BRIEF SUMMARY

Section 20. Ban on Incineration.

Local government units are hereby mandated to
promote, encourage and implement in their respective
jurisdiction comprehensive ecological waste
management that includes waste segregation,
recycling, and composting.

MISSION, VISION AND GOALS

The Act provides for the creation of a national

program of air pollution management focusing
primarily on pollution prevention; for the promotion
of mass media communication in order to create
social awareness and active participation in air
quality planning and monitoring.

GENERIC ACT
REPUBLIC
ACT NO.
6675
DEFINITION
An act to promote, require and ensure the
production of an adequate supply,
distribution, use and acceptance of drugs and
medicines identified by their generic names.
Title: This Act shall be known as the Generics
Act of 1988
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES
1
& POLICIES
It is hereby declared the policy of the State:
To promote, encourage and require the use of generic terminology in the
importation, manufacture, distribution, marketing, advertising and promotion,
prescription, and dispensing of drugs;
To ensure the adequate supply of drugs with generic names at the lowest
possible cost and endeavor to make them available for free to indigent patients;
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES &
2 POLICIES
To encourage the extensive use of drugs with generic names through a rational
system of procurement and distribution;
To emphasize the scientific basis for the use of drugs, in order that health
professionals may become more aware and cognizant of their therapeutic
effectiveness; and 
To promote drug safety by minimizing duplication in medications and/or use of
drugs with potentially adverse drug interactions.

3 DEFINITION OF TERMS
Generic Name or Generic Terminology- the identification of drugs and medicines by
their scientifically and internationally recognized active ingredients or by their
official generic name as determined by the Bureau of Food and Drugs of the
Department of Health.
Active Ingredient - the chemical component responsible for the claimed therapeutic
effect of the pharmaceutical product.
Brand Name- the proprietary name given by the manufacturer to distinguish its
product from those of competitors.
4
DEFINITION OF TERMS
Drug Product- the finished product form that contains the active ingredients,
generally but not necessarily in association with inactive ingredients.
Drug Establishment- any organization or company involved in the manufacture,
importation, repacking, and/or distribution of drugs or medicines.
Drug Outlets- means drugstores, pharmacies, and any other business establishments
which sell drugs or medicines.
Core List- a list of drugs that meets the health care needs of the majority of the
population.
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BRIEF SUMMARY
SECTION 4. The Use of Generic Terminology for Essential Drugs and Promotional
Incentives.
a) In the promotion of the generic names for pharmaceutical products, special
consideration shall be given to drugs and medicines which are included in the Essential
Drugs List to be prepared within one hundred eighty (180) days from approval of this Act
and updated quarterly by the Department of Health on the basis of health conditions
obtaining in the Philippines as well as on internationally accepted criteria.

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BRIEF SUMMARY
(b) The exclusive use of generic terminology in the manufacture, marketing and
sales of drugs and medicines, particularly those in the Essential Drugs List, shall
be promoted through such a system of incentives as the Board of Investments
jointly with the Department of Health and other government agencies as may be
authorized by law, shall promulgate in accordance with existing laws, within one
hundred eighty (180) days after approval of this Act.

7 BRIEF SUMMARY
SECTION 5. Posting and Publication – The Department of Health shall publish
annually in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation in the Philippines the
generic names, and the corresponding brand names under which they are
marketed, of all drugs and medicines available in the Philippines.
SECTION 7. Provision on Quality, Manufacturer’s Identity and Responsibility – In
order to assure responsibility for drug quality in all instances, the label of all drugs
and medicines shall have the following: name and country of manufacture, dates of
manufacture and expiration.
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BRIEF SUMMARY
SECTION 8. Required Production – Subject to the rules and
regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Health, every
drug manufacturing company operating in the Philippines
shall be required to produce, distribute and make available
to the general public the medicine it produces, in the form of
generic drugs.
 nal Health Insurance Act
Natio

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7875

1
Definition
An act instituting a national health
insurance program for all Filipinos
and establishing the Philippine
Health Insurance Corporation for
the purpose.

2
Title
This Act shall be known as the
"National Health Insurance Act of
1995.

3
Declaration of
Principles & Policies
Section 11, Article XIII of the 1987 Constitution of the
Republic of the Philippines declares that the State
shall adopt an integrated and comprehensive
approach to health development which shall
endeavor to make essential goods, health and other
social services available to all the people at affordable
cost. Priority for the needs of the underprivileged,

4
sick, elderly, disabled, women, and children shall be
recognized. Likewise, it shall be the policy of the State
to provide free medical care to paupers.
Definition of Terms
For the purpose of this Act, the following terms shall be defined as
follows;
Beneficiary - Any person entitled to health care benefits under this
Act.
Benefits Package - Services that the Program offers to its members.
Capitation - A payment mechanism where a fixed rate, whether per
person, family, household, or group, is negotiated with a health care
provider who shall be responsible for delivering or arranging for the
delivery of health services required by the covered person under the
conditions of a health care provider contract.

4
Responsiveness - The Program shall adequately meet the needs for
personal health services at various stages of a member's life;

Definition of Terms
Social Solidarity - The Program shall be guided by
community spirit. It must enhance risk-sharing
among income groups, age groups, and persons of
differing health status, and residing in different
geographic areas;
Effectiveness - The Program shall balance the
economical use of resources with quality of care;
Innovation - The Program shall adapt to changes
in medical technology, health service organizations,
health care provider payment systems, scopes of
professional practice, and other trends in the
health sector.
 nal Health Insurance Act
Natio

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7875

4
Definition of Terms
Devolution - The Program shall be implemented in consultation with
local government units (LGUs), subject to the overall policy directions
set by the National Government;
Fiduciary Responsibility - The Program shall provide effective
stewardship, funds, management, and maintenance of reserves;
Informed Choice – The Program shall encourage members to
choose from among accredited healthcare providers.
Maximum Community Participation - The Program shall build on
existing community initiatives for its organization and human

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resource requirements;
Compulsory Coverage - All citizens of the Philippines shall be
required to enroll in the National Health Insurance Program in order
to avoid adverse selection and social inequity;

Definition of Terms
Cost Sharing - The Program shall continuously evaluate its cost-
sharing schedule to ensure that costs borne by the members are
fair and equitable and that the charges by health care providers
are reasonable;
Professional Responsibility of Health Care Providers - The
Program shall assure that all participating health care providers
are responsible and accountable in all their dealings with the
Corporation and its members;
Public Health Services - The Government shall be responsible

4
for providing public health services for all groups such as women,
children, indigenous people, displaced communities, and
communities in environmentally endangered areas, while the
Program shall focus on the provision of personal health services.

Definition of Terms
Quality of Services - The Program shall promote the
improvement in the quality of health services provided through the
institutionalization of programs of quality assurance at all levels of
the health service delivery system. The satisfaction of the
community, as well as individual beneficiaries, shall be a
determinant of the quality of service delivery;
Cost Containment - The Program shall incorporate features of
cost containment in its design and operations andprovide a viable
means of helping the people pay for health care services; and

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Care for the Indigent - The Government shall be responsible for
providing a basic package of needed personal health services to
indigents through premium subsidy, or through direct service
provision until such time that the program is fully implemented.

Brief summary
SEC. 5. Establishment and Purpose - provides health insurance
coverage and ensure affordable, acceptable, available and accessible
health care services for all citizens of the Philippines.
SEC. 8. Health Insurance ID Card - issue a health insurance ID
which shall be used for purposes of identification, eligibility
verification, and utilization recording.
SEC. 10. Benefit Package
SEC. 22. Establishment - establishment of Local Health Insurance
Office, hereinafter referred to as the Office, in every province or
chartered city, or wherever it is deemed practicable for services to be
made accessible
 REPUBLIC ACT NO.
7719

NATIONAL
BLOOD SERVICES
ACT
1

An act promoting voluntary

2
blood donation, providing Title: National
for an adequate supply of
Blood Services Act
safe blood, regulating
blood banks, and providing of 1994
penalties for violation
thereof.

Statement/Declaration of Policy:
In order to promote public health, it (b) to lay down the legal principle
3 3 that the provision of blood for
is hereby declared the policy of the
State: transfusion is a professional
(a) to promote and encourage medical service and not a sale of a
voluntary blood donation by the commodity;
(c) to provide for adequate, safe,
citizenry and to instill public
affordable and equitable
consciousness of the principle that
distribution of supply of blood and
blood donation is a humanitarian
blood products;
act;

(d) to inform the public of the need for

voluntary blood donation to curb the
3 hazards caused by the commercial sale
of blood;
(e) to teach the benefits and rationale of
voluntary blood donation in the existing
health subjects of the formal education
system in all public and private schools, in
the elementary, high school and college
levels as well as the non-formal
education system;
 REPUBLIC ACT NO.
7719

NATIONAL
BLOOD SERVICES
ACT
3

(f) to mobilize all sectors of the

community to participate in mechanisms
for voluntary and non-profit collection 3
(h) to provide adequate assistance to
institutions promoting voluntary blood
donation and providing nonprofit
blood services, either through a
of blood;
system of reimbursement for costs
(g) to mandate the Department of
from patients who can afford to pay,
Health to establish and organize a
or donations from governmental and
National Blood Transfusion Service
non-governmental entities;
Network in order to rationalize and
(i) to require all blood collection units
improve the provision of an adequate
and blood banks/ centers to operate
and safe supply of blood; on a non-profit basis;

Definition of Terms
(k) to regulate and ensure the (a) Blood/blood product - refers to
3 safety of all activities related to the 4 human blood, processed or unprocessed
collection, storage and banking of and includes blood components, its
blood; and products and derivatives.
(l) to require upgrading of blood (b) Blood bank/center - a laboratory or
banks/centers to include institution with the capability to recruit
preventive services and education and screen blood donors, collect,
to control spread of blood process, store, transport and issue blood
transfusion transmissible diseases. for transfusion and provide information
and/or education on blood transfusion
transmissible diseases

(c) Commercial blood bank - a blood

bank that exists for profit.
4 (d) Hospital-based blood bank - a blood
bank that is located within the premises
of a hospital and which can perform
compatibility testing of blood.
(e) Blood collection unit - an institution or
facility duly authorized by the
Department of Health to recruit and
screen donors and collect blood
 REPUBLIC ACT NO.
7719

NATIONAL
BLOOD SERVICES
ACT
5

Brief summary
SEC. 4. Promotion of Voluntary
5
(a) Public Education. – Through an
organized and sustained nationwide public
education campaign by the Department,
Blood Donation. – In order to the Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC)
ensure adequate supply of and the Philippine Blood Coordinating
human blood, voluntary blood Council (PBCC), as the lead agencies, other
government agencies, local government
donation shall be promoted
units (particularly the barangays), non-
through the following:
governmental organizations, all medical
organizations, all public and private
hospitals, all health and health-related
institutions, print and broadcast media as
well as other sectors.

(b) Promotion in Schools. – The benefits (e) Walking Blood Donors. – In areas
and rationale of voluntary blood donation where there may be inadequate blood
5 shall be included and given emphasis in
5
banking facilities, the walking blood
health subjects of schools, both public and donor concept shall be encouraged and
private, at the elementary, high school and all government hospitals, rural-health
college levels.
units, health centers and barangays in
(d) Establishment of Blood Services
these areas shall be required to keep at
Network. – Blood centers shall be
all times a list of qualified voluntary
strategically established in every province
blood donors with their specified blood
and city nationwide within the framework
of a National Blood Transfusion Service
typing.
Network spearheaded by the Department,
in coordination with the PNRC.
Goals
The National Voluntary Blood Services
Program (NVBSP) aims to achieve the
following:
6 6 1. Development of a fully voluntary blood
Mission
donation system;
Blood Safety 2. Strengthening of a nationally coordinated
Blood Adequacy network of BSF to increase efficiency by
centralized testing and processing of blood;
Rational Blood Use 3. Implementation of a quality management
Efficiency of Blood system including of Good Manufacturing
Services Practice GMP and Management Information
System (MIS);
4. Attainment of maximum utilization of
blood through rational use of blood products
and component therapy; and
5. Development of a sound, viable sustainable
management and funding for the nationally
coordinated blood network.
 RA 11332
LAWS ON
NOTIFIABLE DISEASE
TITLE AND DEFINITION

Mandatory Reporting of Notifiable Diseases

and Health Events of Public Health Concern
Act" o An Act Providing Policies and
Prescribing Procedures on Surveillance and
Response to Notifiable Diseases, Epidemics, and
Health Events of Public Health Concern, and
Appropriating Funds Therefor, Repealing for
the Purpose Act No. 3573, Otherwise Known as
STATEMENT/DECLARATION OF POLICY
the "Law on Reporting of Communicable It is hereby declared the policy of the
Diseases" State to protect and promote the right to
This Act was passed by the Senate of the health of the people and instill health
Philippines as Senate Bill No. 2186 on consciousness among them. It shall
February 4, 2019 and adopted by the House of endeavor to protect the people from
public health threats through the
Representatives as an amendment to House
efficient and effective disease
Bill No. 7134 on February 8, 2019.
surveillance of notifiable diseases

including emerging and re-emerging
infectious diseases, diseases for
elimination and eradication, epidemics, and
health events including chemical, radio-
nuclear and environmental agents of
public health concern and provide an
effective response system in compliance
DEFINITION OF TERMS with the 2005 International Health
Regulations (IHR) of the World Health
DISEASE - Illness due to a specific toxic
Organization (WHO).
substance, occupational exposure or

infectious agent, which affects a susceptible

individual, either directly or indirectly, as
from an infected animal or person, or
definition of terms
indirectly through an intermediate host, DISEASE SURVEILLANCE - Ongoing
vector, or the environment. systematic collection, analysis,
DISEASE CONTROL - Reduction of disease interpretation, and dissemination
ncidence, prevalence, morbidity or mortality of outcome-specific data for use
to a locally acceptable level as a result of in the planning, implementation,
deliberate efforts and continued intervention and evaluation of public health
measures to maintain the reduction. practice.

DISEASE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM -
Includes the functional capacity
for data analysis as well as the
Brief of summary timely dissemination of these data
SECTION 5 DOH’s Epidemiology Bureau is to persons who can undertake
responsible for updating and issuing a list effective prevention and control
of nationally identifiable diseases and activities.

Leafy
health events of public health concerns.
SECTION 7 Secretary of Health shall have

greens
the authority to declare epidemics of
national and/or international concerns
except when the same threatens national
security. President of the Republic of the
Philippines shall declare a State of Public
Health Emergency and mobilize
governmental and non-governmental
agencies to respond to the threat.
 REPUBLIC ACT No. 9994
SENIOR CITIZEN
LAWS
Title: "Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010."

Definition - An act granting additional

benefits and privileges to senior citizens,
further amending republic act no. 7432, as
amended, otherwise known as "an act to
maximize the contribution of senior
citizens to nation building, grant benefits
and special privileges and for other
purposes"

Statement/Declaration of Policy: As provided in

the Constitution of the Republic of the
Philippines, it is the declared policy of the State
to promote a just and dynamic social order that
will ensure the prosperity and independence of
the nation and free the people from poverty
through policies that provide adequate social
services, promote full employment, a rising
standard of living and an improved quality of life.

Definition of Terms -
Senior citizen or elderly refers to any resident citizen of the Philippines
at least sixty (60) years old; "
Geriatrics refer to the branch of medical science devoted to the study
of the biological and physical changes and the diseases of old age;
Lodging establishment refers to a building, edifice, structure,
apartment or house including tourist inn, apartelle, motorist hotel, and
pension house engaged in catering, leasing or providing facilities to
transients, tourists or travelers;
Medical Services refer to hospital services, professional services of
physicians and other health care professionals and diagnostics and
laboratory tests that the necessary for the diagnosis or treatment of an
illness or injury;

Dental services to oral examination, cleaning, permanent and

temporary filling, extractions and gum treatments, restoration,
replacement or repositioning of teeth, or alteration of the alveolar or
periodontium process of the maxilla and the mandible that are
necessary for the diagnosis or treatment of an illness or injury;
Nearest surviving relative refers to the legal spouse who survives the
deceased senior citizen: Provided, That where no spouse survives the
decedent, this shall be limited to relatives in the following order of
degree of kinship: children, parents, siblings, grandparents,
grandchildren, uncles and aunts; "
Home health care service refers to health or supportive care provided
to the senior citizen patient at home by licensed health care
professionals to include, but not limited to, physicians, nurses,
midwives, physical therapist and caregivers.
Indigent senior citizen, refers to any elderly who is frail, sickly or with
disability, and without pension or permanent source of income,
compensation or financial assistance from his/her relatives to support
his/her basic needs, as determined by the Department of Social
Welfare and development (DSWD) in consultation with the National
Coordinating and Monitoring Board."
Brief summary - The Department

of Health (DOH), in
collaboration with local government units (LGUs), non-
governmental organizations (NGOs), and POs for older
persons, will establish a national health program and provide
an integrated health service for senior citizens. To recognize
the rights of senior citizens and take them to a proper place in
society as well as make them a concern of the family,
community, and government by training community-based
health workers among senior citizens and health personnel to
specialize in geriatric care and health problems of senior
citizens.
REVISED
DANGEROUS
DRUGS LAW
Republic Act No.
9165
Definition - A person apprehended or
arrested, who is found to be positive
for use of any dangerous drug, after a
confirmatory test, shall be imposed a
penalty of a minimum of six (6)
months rehabilitation in a government
center for the first offense, subject to
the provisions of Article VIII of this
Act.

Title - This Act shall be known

and cited as the
"Comprehensive Dangerous
Drugs Act of 2002".

Statement/Declaration of Policy - It is the

policy of the State to safeguard the integrity of
its territory and the well-being of its citizenry
particularly the youth, from the harmful effects
of dangerous drugs on their physical and
mental well-being, and to defend the same
against acts or omissions detrimental to their
development and preservation. In view of the
foregoing, the State needs to enhance further
the efficacy of the law against dangerous
drugs, it being one of today's more serious
social ills.

Brief summary
Sec 2. - The policy of the State to
safeguard the integrity of its territory
and the well-being of its citizenry
particularly the youth, from the
harmful effects of dangerous drugs on
their physical and mental well-being
Sec 19. - Unlawful Prescription of
Dangerous Drugs
Sec 39 - The DOH shall be tasked to license and
accredit drug testing centers in each province and
city in order to assure their capacity, competence,
integrity and stability to conduct the laboratory
examinations and tests provided in this Article, and
appoint such technical and other personnel as may
be necessary for the effective implementation of
this provision.
Sec 41 - The family being the basic unit of the Filipino
society shall be primarily responsible for the education
and awareness of the members of the family on the ill
effects of dangerous drugs and close monitoring of
family members who may be susceptible to drug abuse.
Sec 57 – A drug dependent who is discharged as
rehabilitated by the DOH-accredited Center through
the voluntary submission program, but does not qualify
for exemption from criminal liability under Section 55
of this Act, may be charged under the provisions of
this Act, but shall be placed on probation and undergo
a community service in lieu of imprisonment and/or
fine in the discretion of the court, without prejudice to
the outcome of any pending case filed in court.
 Act on Cheaper Medicine -
REPUBLIC ACT No. 9502

Definition

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

Title

This Act shall be known as the

“Universally Accessible Cheaper
and Quality Medicines Act of
2008”

Statement/Declaration of Policy
It is the policy of the State to protect public
health and, when the public interest or
circumstances of extreme urgency so
require, it shall adopt appropriate measures
to promote and ensure access to affordable
quality drugs and medicines for all. Pursuant
to the attainment of this general policy, an
effective competition policy in the supply
and demand of quality affordable drugs and
medicines is recognized by the State as a
primary instrument.

Definition of Terms
(a) “Compulsory License” is a license issued by
the Director General of the Intellectual
Property Office to exploit a patented
invention without the permission of the
patent holder, either by manufacture or
through parallel importation;
(b) “Drug outlet” refers to drugstores,
pharmacies, and any other business
establishments which sell drugs and
medicines;

Brief summary
SEC. 24. Illegal Acts of Price Manipulation. –
Without prejudice to the provisions of existing
laws on goods not covered by this Act, it shall
be unlawful for any manufacturer, importer,
trader, distributor, wholesaler, retailer, or any
person engaged in any method of disposition
of drugs and medicines to engage in acts of
price manipulation such as hoarding,
profiteering, or illegal combination or forming
cartel, as defined under Section 5 of Republic
Act No. 7581, otherwise known as the Price Act,
and all other acts committed in restraint of
trade.