It is very important for practicing nurses to be aware of the Philippine laws and legal aspects associated with caring and helping people in the nursing industry.
Here are the laws and legal aspects that affect nursing in the Philippines:
Philippine Nursing Laws
An act regulating the practice of nursing profession in the Philippines
• RA 877
Philippine Nursing Law, June 19, 1953
• RA 4704
Creation of Board of Nursing
• PD223
Professional Regulation Commission has the power to recommend nominee
members of the board to the President of the Republic, June 22, 1973
• RA 7164
New Nursing law by Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, July 2, 2002 will be known as the ”
Philippine Nursing Act of 2002”
• RA 9173
LAWS AFFECTING NURSING PRACTICE
Presidential Decree
• PD 223 – Professional Regulation Commission (PRC)
• PD 541 – Practice of profession in the Philippines by former professionals
• PD 651 – Birth Registration Law
• PD 856 – Sanitation Code
• PD 996 – Compulsory immunization of children under 8 years
• PD 491 – Nutrition Program Law
• PD 825 – Penalty for improper garbage disposal
• PD 143 – Woman and Child Labor Law (no child below 14 shall be employed)
• PD 69 – Four children for tax exemption
• PD 48 – Four children for maternity privilege
• PD 965 – Family Planning and Responsible Parenthood
• PD 442 – New Labor Code of the Philippines
• PD 603 – Child and Youth Welfare Code
• PD 1 519 – Medicare Benefits for all government employees
• PD 1636 – Compulsory membership to SSS of self-employed persons
• PD 626 – Employee Compensation and State Insurance Fund
Executive Order
• EO 209 –
Family Code
• EO 51 -Milk Code
• EO 180 – Government worker’s CBA
• EO 857 – Compulsory Dollar Remittance Law
• EO – 1 74 – National Drug Policy (availability, affordability or
safe, effective, quality drugs)
Republic Acts
• RA 7164 – Philippine Nursing Act of 1991
• RA 9173- Philippine Nursing Act of 2002
• RA 1080 – Civil Service Eligibility for those who passed board and bar exams
• RA 2328 – Philippine Medical Act
• RA 1612 – Privilege Tax Law – professional tax payment
• RA 5181 – Permanent residence and Reciprocity
• RA 1082 – Rural Health Units all over the Philippines
• RA 4073 – Liberalizes leprosy treatment
• RA 1054 – Free emergency medical treatments to employees and laborers
• RA 4226 – Hospital Licensure Act
• RA 5901 – 40 hours/week for nurses in with 100-bed capacity…
• RA 3573 – Reporting of Communicable Diseases
• RA6111 – Medicare Act
• RA 6675 – Generics Act of 1988
• RA 6713 – Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials/Employees
• RA 6758 – Salary Standardization Law
• RA 7305 – Magna Carta for Public Health Workers
• RA 7277 – Magna Carta of Disabled Persons
• RA 7624 – Drug Education Law
• RA 6972 – Day Care Center for every barangay
• RA 7160 – Local Autonomy Code
• RA 7170 – Organ Donation
• RA 349 – Legalized use of human organs for scientific purposes
• RA 6809 – Amended Article 34 of Family Code, 18 years is majority age
Board Resolution
• No. 633 series of 1984 – ICN Code of Ethics
• No. 1955 s. 1989 – PNA Code of Ethics
• No. 1930s. 1985-CPE for Nurses
• No. 187 s. 1991 – Renewal of Professional license
• No. 217s. 1992 – Delisting of delinquent professionals
Letters of Instructions (LOI)
• LOI 949 – Legal Basis of Primary Health Care
• LOI 100 – Preference given to members of accredited professional organization for employment and seminars
Pronouncements
• Nurse’s Week – last week of October
• National Cancer Consciousness Week – second week of January
• International Women’s Day – March 8
• World Health Day – April 7
• Earth Ray- April 2
• National health Worker’s Day – May 7
• World Red Cross Day – May 8
• International Nurse’s Day – May 12
• World Diabetes Day-June 27
• International Day for Drug Abuse and Child Trafficking -January 2
• World Breastfeeding Day – August 1
• World AIDS Day – December 1
Source:PNA website