Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Public Health Laws
Public Health Laws
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
• The Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of 1997 RA
Number 8371