Republic of the Philippines

Cordillera Administrative Region

Province of Abra
MUNICIPALITY OF MALIBCONG
Barangay Bayabas

OFFICE OF THE PUNONG BARANGAY

Executive Order No.19

AN ORDER DESIGNATING EVANGELINE A. TAWAGUEN, ALMA P. BALNEG
AND ROLAND ANAASAN AS AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL TO ACCESS
ADOLESCENT MEDICAL RECORDS.
WHEREAS, the Policy on Patient/Physician Confidentiality states, “The privacy of
adolescent minors should be respected. Parents should not, in some circumstances, have
unrestricted access to the adolescent’s medical records,
WHEREAS, Policy on Adolescent Health Care, Confidentiality further states, “protection of
confidentiality is needed to appropriately address issues such as depression, suicide,
substance abuse, domestic violence, unintended pregnancy and sexual orientation,
WHEREAS, Confidentiality of information in the medical record is a personal to the
individual and must be properly safeguarded. It is handled in confidence so that personal
information is not made known to unauthorized persons,
WHEREAS, Policy on Adolescent Health Care, Protecting Adolescents states, “A key tenet
for all health professionals is to ensure that adolescents have access to the health services
they need, including sexual and reproductive health services.” And, while encouraging
involvement of parents in adolescent decisions about sexual health, “if communication
between the adolescent and parent cannot be facilitated, access to confidential health care for
the adolescent patient must be ensured,
NOW THEROF, I, ALEJANDRO E. BUSAY, Punong Barangay of Bayabas, by virtue of
the power vested in me by law do hereby designate EVANGELINE A. TAWAGUEN,
ALMA P. BALNEG AND ROLAND ANAASAN as authorized personnel to access
adolescent medical records.
Section I. APPOINTMENT OR DESIGNATION OF AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL WHO
CAN ACCESS ADOLESCENT MEDICAL RECORDS
1.1 The Punong Barangay shall designate personnel authorized to access medical
records of adolescents to maintain confidentiality of records at all times.
Section 2. SPECIFIC ROLES AND FUNCTIONS
1.1 Keep all medical records in a locked area, room or file to ensure safekeeping.
1.2 Take necessary precautions to avoid compromise of medical information.
 1.3 Restrict access to medical records to unauthorized personnel unless deem
necessary and permitted by the client.

ALEJANDRO E. BUSAY
Punong Barangay