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NLM Sas 10
NLM Sas 10
LESSON PREVIEW/REVIEW
Based on the previous lesson, give the title of the 7 articles of the amended Code of Ethics its Articles and Title:
ARTICLE I -
ARTICLE II -
ARTICLE III -
ARTICLE IV -
ARTICLE V -
ARTICLE VI -
ARTICLE VII -
MAIN LESSON
SEC. 16, ART IV. Inhibition against practice of nursing. Unless exempt from registration, no person shall
practice or offer to practice nursing in the Philippines as defined in this Act, without holding a valid certificate of
registration as nurse issued by the Board of Examiners for Nurses: provided, however, that for the protection of
life and the promotion of health, or for the prevention of illness and any communicable disease any person
practicing or offering to practice professional nursing in the Philippines must submit evidence that he/she is qualified
to practice, and shall be licensed as hereinafter provided.
Section 30 Article V not only prohibits the practice of nursing without a certificate of registration issued by the
Board of Nursing but also provides the penalty for doing so.
Prohibition in the practice of nursing. Penal Provision. Any person who shall practice nursing in the Philippines
within the meaning of this Act, without a certificate of registration issued in accordance with the provisions of this Act,
or without having been declared exempt for examination and registration, or any person presenting or using as his or
her own the certificate of registration of another, or any person giving any false or forged evidence to the Board in
order to obtain a certificate of registration, or any person assuming, using or advertising as a registered nurse, or
appending to his/her name the letters R.N. or B.S.N. without having been conferred such titles or degree in a legally
constituted school, college or university or Board of Examiners duly authorized by the government to confer the
same, or advertising any title or description tending to convey the impression that she/he is a nurse, e.g., using the
nurse's uniform and cap without holding a valid certificate of registration from the Board, or any person violating any
provision of this Act, shall be guilty of misdemeanor and shall upon conviction, be sentenced to a fine of not less
than one year or more than five years, or both in the discretion of the court.
On June 18, 1966, Republic Act 4704 amended certain portions of R.A. 877. Following were among the most salient
changes:
1. The membership of the Board of Examiners for Nurses was increased from three to five members.
2. Members of the Board were to be appointed by the President of the Philippines with the consent of the
Commission on Appointments and no longer "upon recommendation of the Commission of Civil Service."
3. The requisite academic degree for members of the Board was a Master's Degree, instead of a Baccalaureate
Degree in Nursing.
4. A disqualifying age limit for a Board Member was fixed. No person was eligible for membership in the board if
he/ she was over 65 years of age, heretofore, no such age disqualification was provided by law.
5. The maximum total compensation which a member of the Board of Examiners for Nurses could receive was
raised from P12,000.00 per annum, as provided in the 1965-1966 Appropriation Act (Republic Act No. 4642) to
P18,000.00 yearly.
6. The academic qualification for Deans, Directors and principals of Colleges and Schools of Nursing was raised
from the level of a Baccalaureate Degree to that of a Master's Degree in Nursing.
7. The areas of study required for entrance to colleges and schools of nursing were generalized to include courses
in physical, biological, social and behavioral sciences, as well as humanities, chemistry, psychology and
zoology.
8. The scope of nursing practice was broadened to circumscribe the whole management of the care of patients and
the acts constituting professional practice of nursing were spelled out to include such services as reporting,
recording and evaluation of a patient's case, supervision of persons contributing to the nursing care of patients,
execution of nursing procedures and techniques, direction and education to secure physical and mental care
and the application and execution of physician's orders concerning treatment and medication.
9. The date of holding of nurse's examination was no longer fixed but adjusted to the official closing of the
semestral term of classes in colleges and schools of nursing.
10. The minimum age required of applicants for admission to the nurse's examination was lowered from 21 to 18
years of age, but no candidate who passed the examination was permitted to practice the profession until he or
she reached the age of 21.
There were, however, changes in this Act. Prior to this amendment, the National League of Philippine Government
Nurses and the Philippine Nurses Association were the two nursing associations that recommended candidates to the
Board of Nursing, Now, it is only the Philippine Nurses Association that is accredited by the Professional Regulation
Commission to certify that the candidates to the Nursing Board possess the qualifications required for appointment.
One of the landmarks in the history of the nursing profession in the Philippines was the Presidential Proclamation of a
Nurses' Week. Under Proclamation No. 539 dated October 17, 1958 the President of the Philippines designated the last
week of October of every year, beginning in 1958, as Nurses' Week. The purpose of dedicating a period in a year for the
promotion of the ideals of the nursing profession was to develop consciousness and availability of nursing resources in
the Philippines.
Presidential Decree No. 223 issued on June 23, 1973 created the Professional Regulation Commission and
prescribed its powers and functions. Where before the function to regulate the different professions was under the Civil
Service Commission, this now belonged to the Professional Regulation Commission. This office was directly under the
Office of the President of the Philippines.
1. The fee for the nurse's examination was increased from P50.00 to P75.00 and the fee for registration as nurse
after passing the examination was increased from P20.00 to P40.00.
2. An applicant for registration as nurse without examination had to pay a statutory fee equal to the sum of the
examination fee and a registration fee, or a total amount of P115.00.
3. The annual registration fee should be paid on or before the 20th of January of the year. Failure to pay entailed a
surcharge of 20 percent and such additional charge was imposed for each year that the annual registration fee
was not paid, and if non-payment of the fee lasted for five consecutive years, the nurse concerned was deemed
as not of good standing and her certificate of registration should thereby be considered suspended and her
name removed from the annual roster.
4. Nurses in inactive status were exempted from paying the annual registration fee, provided they properly
informed the Nursing Board that they had stopped practicing their profession. Reinstatement to nursing practice
and in the annual roster of an inactive nurse could be effected by a request in writing and the payment of the
annual registration fee for the current year.
PRC Memorandum No. 2005-02 dated March 3, 2005, implementing the revised rates of fees charged and collected
by the Commission on Appointment.
Letter of Instruction No. 1000 from then President Ferdinand Marcos, dated March 20, 1980, required that members
of accredited professional organizations shall be given priority in the hiring of employees in the government service and in
the engagement of professional services.
Republic Act 1612 stated that a privilege tax shall be paid before any business or occupation can be lawfully begun
or pursued. The occupation or professional tax for nurses was P50.00 payable annually on or before January 31. Any
person who pursued any occupation without paying the tax required by law was liable to pay a fine not exceeding
P1,000.00 or imprisonment, for a term not exceeding six months or both. Any person who did not pay his annual privilege
tax for the current year was fined not less than P200.00 and not more than P500.00. Nurses working in the government
service were exempted from paying the privilege tax.
Previously, a nurse had to take the Civil Service Examination to enter government service. With the passage of R.A.
1080 those who passed the bar and board examinations were declared to be civil service eligibles. Nurses need not apply
to the Civil Service Commission for the conversion of the passed board examination. They just presented a photostatic
copy of their board rating and their professional license to the government agency where they were applying.
R.A. 7392 amended R.A. 2644 known as Midwifery Law, on June 18, 1960. It provided that only those who were
licensed midwives could practice Midwifery. Nurses, according to this Act, should pass the Board Examination for
Midwives and be registered as such upon payment of the prescribed fee and submit to the Midwifery Board a certification
from the Chief of Hospital or the Municipal or Provincial or City Health Officer that they actually had attended at least
Republic Act 2382, known as the Philippine Medical Act, defines the practice of medicine in the Philippines.
SEC. 10. Act constituting the practice of medicine. A person shall be considered as engaged in the practice of
medicine who shall for compensation, fee, salary, or reward in any form paid to him directly or through another or
even without the same may physically examine any person, and diagnose, treat, operate or prescribe any remedy for
any human disease, injury, deformity, physical, mental, physical condition or ailment, real or imaginary, regardless of the
nature of the remedy or treatment administered, prescribed or recommended.
Republic Act 5181. This act prescribes permanent residence and reciprocity as qualifications for any examination or
registration for the practice of any profession in the Philippines.
SEC. 1. No person shall be allowed to practice any profession in the Philippines unless he has complied with the
existing laws and regulations, is a permanent resident therein for at least three years, and, if he is an alien, the
country of which he is a subject or citizen permits Filipinos to practice their respective professions within its territories.
Provided, that the practice of said profession is not limited by law to citizens of the Philippines: Provided, further, that
Filipinos become American nationals by reason of service in the Armed Forces of the United States during the Second
World War and aliens who were admitted to the practice of their profession before July 4, 1946, shall be exempted
from the restriction provided herein.
Presidential Decree 541 allows former Filipino professionals to practice their respective professions in the
Philippines. Balikbayans, therefore, although not residents of the Philippines anymore, may practice their profession
during the period of their stay in the country provided they register with the Professional Regulation Commission and pay
their income tax on all earnings while in the country.
In 1972, Republic Act 6425 known as the Dangerous Drugs Act was passed. Article II, Section 4 states that sale,
administration, delivery, distribution, and transportation of prohibited drugs are punishable by law. The penalty of
imprisonment ranging from twelve (12) years and one (1) day to twenty (20) years and a fine ranging from twelve
thousand to twenty thousand pesos shall be imposed upon any person who, unless authorized by law, shall sell,
administer, deliver, give way to another, distribute, dispatch in transit, or transport any prohibited drug, or shall act as a
broker in any of such transactions. In case of a practitioner, the maximum penalty herein prescribed and the additional
penalty of revocation of his/her license to practice his/her profession shall be imposed. If the victim of the offense is a
minor, the maximum penalty shall be imposed.
Should a prohibited drug involved in any offense under this section be the proximate cause of death of the victim
thereof, the penalty of life imprisonment to death and a fine ranging from twenty thousand to thirty thousand pesos
(P20,000.00 - P30,000.00) shall be imposed upon the pusher.
SEC. 15. Sale, administration, dispensation, delivery, transportation, and distribution of regulated drugs.
The penalty of imprisonment ranging from six (6) years and one (1) day to twelve (12) years and a fine ranging from
six thousand to twelve thousand pesos (P6,000.00 - P12,000.00) shall be imposed upon any person, who, unless
authorized by law, shall sell, dispense, deliver, transport, or distribute any regulated drugs. In case of a practitioner,
the maximum penalty herein prescribed and the additional penalty of revocation of his license to practice his
profession shall be imposed.
Act No. 3573 in 1929 declared that all communicable diseases shall be reported to the nearest health station, and
that any person may be inoculated, administered or injected with prophylactic preparations. No person shall refuse as to
hinder or obstruct these protective measures deemed advisable by the Secretary of Health or the authorized
representatives.
Republic Act 1082 which was approved on June 1954 and amended by R.A. 1891 on June 22, 1957 provided for the
creation of rural health units. Public health nursing in the Philippines was in great demand particularly in the rural areas.
For this reason and to provide these areas with competent public health nursing service the government established rural
health units staffed with technical personnel, including public health nurses. The creation of rural health units all over the
Philippines was authorized by R.A. 1082, which was approved on June 15, 1954.
As amended by R.A. 1891 in June 22, 1957 the law provided for the creation of rural health units of eight different
categories corresponding to eight population groups of municipalities to be served. R.A. 4405, approved on June 16, 1965
enlarged the staff by integrating into these units the provincial, city, and municipal sanitary inspectors, nurses and
midwives covered by the act.
Republic Act 4073 liberalizes the treatment of leprosy.' Except when the disease requires institutional treatment, no
person afflicted with leprosy shall be confined in a leprosarium. Patients shall be treated in a government skin clinic, rural
health unit or by a duly licensed physician.
Presidential Decree 996 requires compulsory immunization for all children below eight years of age against
communicable diseases. Circular No. 14 of 1965 requires health examination and immunization of all prospective Grade I
pupils against smallpox, diphtheria and tuberculosis as a pre-requisite for enrolment.
Presidential Decree 825 provides penalty for improper disposal of garbage and other forms of uncleanliness.
Presidential Decree 856, the Code of Sanitation, provides for control of all factors in man's environment that affect
health including the quality of water, food, milk, control of insects, animal carriers, transmitters of disease, sanitary and
recreation facilities, noise, unpleasant odors and control of nuisance.
Presidential Decree No. 148 amending R.A. 679 (Woman and Child Labor Law), states that the employable age
shall be 16 years. This decree provides for the minimum employable age and for privileges of working women.
Republic Act 6365 established a National Policy on Population and created the Commission on Population
(POPCOM).
Presidential Decree No. 791 is the revised Population Act. It defines the objectives, duties and functions of the
POPCOM. Among others, it empowers nurses and midwives to provide, dispense and administer acceptable methods of
contraception after having undergone training and having been granted authorization by the POPCOM in consultation with
the appropriate licensing bodies.
General Order No. 18 enjoins all citizens of the Philippines, universities, colleges, schools, government offices, mass
media, voluntary and religious organizations of all creeds, business and industrial enterprises to promote the concept of
family welfare, responsible parenthood, and family planning.
Letter of Instruction No. 47 directs all schools of medicine, nursing, midwifery and allied medical professions and
social work to prepare, plan, and implement the integration of family planning in their curricula and to require from their
graduates sufficient appropriate licensing examination.
Department of Labor Order No. 7 requires all industrial establishments to provide family planning services.
Presidential Decree No. 48 limits paid maternity leave privileges to four children.
Multiple Choice
1. The first law that had to do with the practice of nursing was:
a. Act No. 2493 of 1915
b. Act 2808
c. RA 877
d. RA 4704
ANSWER: ________
RATIO:___________________________________________________________________________________________
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5. This act prescribes permanent residence and reciprocity as qualifications for any examination or registration for the
practice of any profession in the Philippines:
a. RA 2382
b. RA 5181
c. PD 541
d. RA 6425
ANSWER: ________
RATIO:___________________________________________________________________________________________
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6. Provides penalty for improper disposal of garbage and other forms of uncleanliness:
a. PD 996
b. PD 825
c. PD 856
d. PD 148
ANSWER: ________
RATIO:___________________________________________________________________________________________
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7. Requires compulsory immunization for all children below eight years of age against communicable diseases:
a. PD 996
b. PD 825
c. PD 856
d. PD 148
ANSWER: ________
RATIO:___________________________________________________________________________________________
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9. Provides penalty for improper disposal of garbage and other forms of uncleanliness:
a. PD 996
b. PD 825
c. PD 856
d. PD 148
ANSWER: ________
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RATIONALIZATION ACTIVITY (THIS WILL BE DONE DURING THE FACE TO FACE INTERACTION)
The instructor will now rationalize the answers to the students. You can now ask questions and debate among yourselves.
Write the correct answer and correct/additional ratio in the space provided.
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Teacher directs the student to mark (encircle) their place in the work tracker which is simply a visual to help students track
how much work they have accomplished and how much work there is left to do. This tracker will be part of the student
activity sheet.
You are done with the session! Let’s track your progress.