LAWS ON

NOTIFIABLE
DISEASE
 R.A. 11332
“Mandatory Reporting
Of Notifiable Diseases
And Health Events Of
Public Health Concern
Act”
 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11332

SECTION 1. Short Title

 "Mandatory Reporting of Notifiable Diseases and

Health Events of Public Health Concern Act"
 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11332
General Objective
 “Protecting the people from public health threats through the efficient and
effective disease surveillance of notifiable diseases including emerging and re-
emerging infectious diseases, diseases for elimination and eradication,
epidemics, and health events”

 
AIM
- The law aims to protect people from public health threats through
the efficient and effective disease surveillance of diseases of public
health concern
 SECTION 2. DECLARATION OF POLICY
• It is hereby declared the policy of the State
to protect and promote the right to health of
the people and instill health consciousness
among them.
• It shall endeavor to protect the people from
public health threats through the efficient
and effective disease surveillance of
notifiable diseases and provide an effective
response system in compliance with the
2005 International Health Regulations
(IHR) of the World Health Organization
(WHO).
• Epidemics and other public health
emergencies as threats to public health and
national security, which can undermine the
social, economic, and political functions of
the State.
• Recognizes disease surveillance and
response systems of the Department of
Health (DOH) and its local counterparts, as
the first line of defense to epidemics and
health events of public health concern that
pose risk to public health and security.
 SECTION 3. Definition of terms
 Disease- an illness due to a specific toxic substance, occupational exposure or infectious agent, which
affects a susceptible individual, either directly or indirectly, as from an infected animal or person, or
indirectly through an intermediate host, vector, or the environment

 Diseasecontrol -the reduction of disease incidence, prevalence, morbidity or mortality to a locally

acceptable level
 Disease
surveillance -the ongoing systematic collection, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination of
outcome-specific data for use in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of public health practice

 Emerging or re-emerging infectious diseases

 Epidemic/outbreak - an occurrence of more cases of disease than normally expected within a specific place
or group of people over a given period of time

 Epidemiologic investigation - an inquiry to the incidence, prevalence, extent, source, mode of

transmission, causation of, and other information pertinent to a disease occurrence;
 SECTION 3. Definition of terms
 Health event of public health concern - either a public health emergency or a public health threat due to
biological, chemical, radio-nuclear and environmental agents;

 Infectious disease - a clinically manifested disease of humans or animals resulting from an infection

 Mandatory reporting - the obligatory reporting of a condition to local or state health authorities, as required
for notifiable diseases, epidemics or public health events of public health concern;

 Notifiable disease - a disease that, by legal requirements, must be reported to the public health authorities

 Publichealth authority - the DOH, the local health office, or any person directly authorized to act on behalf
of the DOH or the local health office

 Public health threat - any situation or factor that may represent a danger to the health of the people;

 Response- the implementation of specific activities to control further spread of infection, outbreaks or
epidemics and prevent re-occurrence
SECTION 4. Objectives

To continuously develop and upgrade the list of
nationally notifiable diseases and health events
of public health concern with their
corresponding case definitions and laboratory
confirmation
To provide accurate and timely health information
about notifiable diseases, and health-related events
and conditions to citizens and health providers as
an integral part of response to public health
emergencies

To establish effective mechanisms for

To expand collaborations beyond
strong collaboration with national
To ensure the traditional public health partners to
and local government health agencies
establishment and include others who may be involved
to ensure proper procedures are in
maintenance of in the disease surveillance and
place to promptly respond to reports
relevant, efficient and response, such as agricultural
of notifiable diseases and health
effective disease agencies, veterinarians,
events of public health concern,
surveillance and environmental agencies, law
including case investigations,
response system at the enforcement entities, and
treatment, and control and
national and local transportation and communication
containment, including follow-up
levels agencies, among others
activities
SECTION 4. Objectives
• To ensure that public health authorities have
the statutory and regulatory authority

• To respect to the fullest extent possible, the rights of people to liberty,

bodily integrity, and privacy while maintaining and preserving
public health and security

• To require public and private physicians, allied medical personnel, professional societies,
hospitals, clinics, health facilities, laboratories, pharmaceutical companies, private
companies and institutions, workplaces, schools, prisons, ports, airports, establishments,
communities, other government agencies, and nongovernment organizations (NGOs) to
actively participate in disease surveillance and response; and

• To provide sufficient funding to support operations needed to establish and maintain epidemiology and
surveillance units at the DOH, health facilities and local government units (LGUs); efficiently and
effectively investigate outbreaks and health events of public health concern; validate, collect, analyze and
disseminate disease surveillance information to relevant agencies or organizations; and implement
appropriate response;

SECTION 5.
Notifiable Diseases and
Health Events of Public
Health Concern
 The Epidemiology Bureau shall regularly update and
issue a list of nationally notifiable diseases and health
events of public health concern with their corresponding
case definitions.
 Selection and the deletion of diseases and health events
of public health concern shall be based on criteria
established by the DOH.

SECTION 6. The DOH, through the Epidemiology Bureau, shall

issue the official list of institutionalized public health
Mandatory Reporting information system, disease surveillance and response
of Notifiable Diseases systems for mandatory reporting of notifiable diseases
and Health Events of and health events of public concern provided in
Public Concern.  Section 5 of this Act.
SECTION 7. Declaration of Epidemic or Public Health Emergency 

Secretary of Health - authority to declare epidemics of

national and/or international concerns except when the same
threatens national security.
 

SECTION 8. Establishment of Epidemiology and. Surveillance Units

The DOH, in coordination with the LGUs,

shall ensure that the Epidemiology and
Surveillance Units (ESUs) are established
and functional.
 SECTION 9.
SECTION 10. Penalties
Prohibited Acts. 

• Unauthorized disclosure of private and

confidential information pertaining to a patient’s
medical condition or treatment;
• Tampering of records or intentionally providing
misinformation;
• Non-operation of the disease surveillance and
response systems;
• Non-cooperation of persons and entities that
should report and/or respond to notifiable diseases
or health events of public concern; and
• Non-cooperation of the person or entities
identified as having the notifiable disease, or
affected by the health event of public concern.
Violation • Not less than Twenty thousand pesos
of Section (₱20,000.00) but not more than Fifty
9 of this thousand pesos (₱50,000.00)
Act • Imprisonment of not less than one (1)
month but not more than six (6)
months
• Both such fine and imprisonment, at
the discretion of the proper court.
 
SENIOR CITIZEN
LAWS
R.A. 9994
“Expanded Senior
Citizens Act Of
2010”
 Section 1. Declaration of policies and
objectives.
• The State shall provide social justice in all phases of national
development and that the State values the dignity of every human person
and guarantees full respect for human rights.
• 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, sick, elderly, disabled,
women and children.
 OBJECTIVES OF R.A 9994
a. To recognize the rights of senior citizens to take their
proper place in society and make it a concern of the family,
community, and government;
b. To give full support to the improvement of the total well-
being of the elderly and their full participation in society,
considering that senior citizens are integral part of Philippine
society;
c. To motivate and encourage the senior citizens to
contribute to nation building;
d. To encourage their families and the communities
they live with to reaffirm the valued Filipino tradition
of caring for the senior citizens;
e. To provide a comprehensive health care and
rehabilitation system for disabled senior citizens to
foster their capacity to attain a more meaningful and
productive ageing; and
f. To recognize the important role of the private sector
in the improvement of the welfare of senior citizens
and to actively seek their partnership.
 Sec. 2. Definition Of Terms.
a. Senior citizen or elderly- 60 years old and above
b. Geriatrics- study of the biological and physical changes and the diseases of old age
c. Lodging establishment- 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 traveler
d. Medical Services
e. Dental services
f. Nearest surviving relative- legal spouse who survives the deceased senior citizen
g. Home health care service
h. Indigent senior citizen- elderly who is frail, sickly or with disability, and without pension
or permanent source of income, compensation or financial assistance from his/her
relatives
 SEC. 4. PRIVILEGES FOR THE
SENIOR CITIZENS.
GOODS AND SERVICES

1. Medicines and medical 5. Domestic air transport and

supplies seas shipping vessel
20 % DISCOUNT
FOR: 2. Professional fees for private 6. Hotels, restaurant and recreation
hospitals, medical facilities centers

3. Medical and dental

services

4. Land transportation
Exemption from the payment of individual
income taxes of senior citizens

Administer free vaccination

Educational assistance

GSIS, SSS, PAG-IBIG benefits

5 % discount for water and electricity

registered in their name which does not
exceed to 30m^3 and 100 kwh, respectively.
 Sec. 5. Government assistance

A.Employment
B.Education
C.Health
D.Social Services
 SEC. 10. PENALTIES.
• Any person who 1st offense: Imprisonment for 2-
refuses to honor the 6 years
senior citizen card
issued by this the Fine: 50,000-100,00
government or
violates any 2nd offense: Imprisonment for 2-
provision of this 6 years
Act shall suffer the Fine: 100,000- 200,000.00
following penalties:
 R.A. 9165
“COMPREHENSIV
E DANGEROUS
DRUGS ACT OF
2002”
•PDEA leads in the anti drug campaign of the
government, which includes the:

a)Implementation of RA 9165
b)Elimination of Illegal Drug Supplies
c)Ending the Demand of Illegal Drugs
d)Prevention and Control of Drug Related Crimes
e)Making of Filipino Communities Drug-Free
RA 9165
“COMPREHENSIVE DANGEROUS DRUGS ACT OF 2002”
• Signed by:
•Definition: Gloria
Macapagal
An intensive and Arroyo on June 7,
unrelenting campaign 2002 and took
against the trafficking effect on July 4,
and use of dangerous 2002
drugs.
ARTICLE II
SECTION 2. DECLARATION OF POLICY
It is the policy of the state to safeguard the integrity
of its territory and well being of its citizenry,
particularly the youth, from the harmful effects of
dangerous drugs on their physical and mental well-
being.
 UNLAWFUL ACTS AND
PENALTIES

Section 5: Sale, Trading,

Administration, Dispensation, Penalty: Life
Delivery, Distribution, and Fine: P500,000
Transportation of Dangerous Imprisonment
Drugs and of Controlled to P10,000,000
Precursors and Essential to Death
Chemicals
 SECTION 11: POSSESSION OF DANGEROUS DRUGS
 10 grams or more of opium,
morphine, heroine, cocaine,
marijuana resin, or marijuana resin
oil, ecstasy, and LSD
 500 grams or more of marijuana
 50 grams or more of
methamphetamine hydrochloride
(shabu)

Penalty: Life Imprisonment to Death

Fine: P500,000 to P10,000,000
Possession of 10 grams
or more but less than
50 grams of Shabu
•Penalty: Life
Imprisonment
•Fine: P400,000 to
P500,000
Possession of 5 grams or
more but less than 10 grams
of shabu or 300 grams or
more but less than 500
grams of marijuana
•Penalty: Imprisonment of 20
years and 1 day to life
•Fine: P400,000 to P500,000
Possession of less than 5
grams of shabu or less than
300 grams of marijuana
•Penalty: Imprisonment of
12 years and 1 day to 20
years
•Fine: P300,000 to P400,000
 SECTION 12: POSSESSION OF EQUIPMENT,
INSTRUMENT, APPARATUS AND OTHER
PARAPHERNALIA FOR DANGEROUS DRUGS

•Penalty: Imprisonment of 6
months and 1 day to 4 yrs

•Fine: P10,000 to P50,000

SECTION 15: USE OF DANGEROUS DRUGS (1ST
OFFENSE)
•Drugs Commonly Abused
1. Stimulants (Amphetamine,
Methamphetamine, Cocaine, Caffeine,
Nicotine)
2. Hallucinogens (LSD, Mescaline, Marijuana)
• Penalty: 6 years and 1 day to 3. Sedatives (Barbiturates, Non-Barbiturates,
Tranquilizer, Alcohol, Valium)
12 years
4. Narcotics (Opium, Morphine, Codeine,
Fine: P50,000 – P200,000
Heroin)
5. Inhalants (Rugby or Solvent)
6. Anabolic Steroids (Dianabol)
 SECTION 16: CULTIVATION OR CULTURE OF
PLANTS CLASSIFIED AS DANGEROUS DRUGS
Any person, who shall plant, cultivate or culture marijuana,
opium poppy or any other plant regardless of quantity, which is •Penalty:
or may hereafter be classified as a dangerous drug or as a
source from which any dangerous drug may be manufactured Life
or derived: 
imprisonment
Provided, That in the case of medical laboratories and medical to death
research centers which cultivate or culture marijuana, opium
poppy and other plants, or materials of such dangerous drugs
for medical experiments and research purposes, or for the
creation of new types of medicine, the Board shall prescribe
•Fine:
the necessary implementing guidelines for the proper
cultivation, culture, handling, experimentation and disposal of
P500,000 –
such plants and materials. P10,000,000
 ARTICLE IV: PARTICIPATION OF THE FAMILY,
STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND SCHOOL
AUTHORITIES IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE ACT

Section 41: Involvement of the Family
• The family being the basic unit of the
Filipino society should be primarily
responsible for the education and awareness
of the members of the family.
Section 42: Student Councils and Campus
Organizations
•All elementary, secondary, and tertiary schools,
student councils and campus organizations shall
include in their activities a program for the
prevention in the use of dangerous drugs.
ARTICLE IV: PARTICIPATION OF THE FAMILY, STUDENTS, TEACHERS,
AND SCHOOL AUTHORITIES IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE ACT

Section 43: School Curricula Section 44: Heads, Supervisors and Teachers of Schools

• All school heads, supervisors, and teachers shall

• Instruction on drug abuse, prevention,
and control shall be integrated in the
elementary, secondary, and tertiary of
all public and private schools.
deemed persons in authority and as such, are hereby
empowered to apprehend, arrest, or cause the
apprehension or arrest of any person who shall
violate any of the said provisions.
 R.A. 9502
“UNIVERSALLY
ACCESSIBLE CHEAPER
AND QUALITY
MEDICINES ACT OF
2008”
 R.A. 9502
“UNIVERSALLY ACCESSIBLE
CHEAPER AND QUALITY MEDICINES
ACT OF 2008”

• Originally proposed in Goal: To achieve better health

October 2007 outcomes for the Filipino people by
assuring that quality medicines are
• President Gloria accessible and affordable to as
Macapagal-Arroyo many Filipinos especially the poor.
signed on June 6, 2008
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. SEC. 4. Definition of Terms. 
It shall adopt appropriate a. Compulsory License
measures to promote and b. Drug outlet
ensure access to affordable c. Drugs and medicines
quality drugs and medicines
for all. d. Essential drugs list or national drug
formulary
e. Importer
f. Manufacture
g. Trader
h. Wholesaler
SEC. 23. List of Drugs and Medicines
that are subject to Price Regulation SEC. 25.Penalty for Illegal
Acts of Price Manipulation

• Treatment of chronic illnesses and life

threatening conditions Imprisonment for 5 to 15 years
• Vaccines and immunoglobulins
Fine: 100,000.00-
• Prevention of Pregnancy 10,000,000.00
• Anesthetic agents
• IV fluids
• All PNDF essential drug list
 REFERENCES
• https://www.doh.gov.ph/press-release/implement-Republic-Act-11332-to-prevent-epi
demics-DOH

• Republic Act No. 9994 (2010). https://

www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2010/02/15/republic-act-no-9994/
• https://
www.academia.edu/35191689/The_Cheaper_Medicines_Act_RA_9502_of_the_Phili
ppines_The_Political_Dimension_of_Implementation
• http://hrlibrary.umn.edu/research/Philippines/RA_9165.html
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