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Overview of Philippine Nursing Laws

This document lists numerous Philippine laws related to nursing and healthcare, including: - RA 877 which regulates the nursing profession in the Philippines. - RA 4704 known as the Philippine Nursing Law of 1953 and RA 9173 the Philippine Nursing Act of 2002. - PD 223 which created the Board of Nursing and RA 7164 giving the Professional Regulation Commission the power to recommend board members. - Several laws covering various aspects of healthcare such as hospital licensure, working hours for nurses, disease reporting, Medicare, generics, conduct standards, and disability rights.

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Overview of Philippine Nursing Laws

This document lists numerous Philippine laws related to nursing and healthcare, including: - RA 877 which regulates the nursing profession in the Philippines. - RA 4704 known as the Philippine Nursing Law of 1953 and RA 9173 the Philippine Nursing Act of 2002. - PD 223 which created the Board of Nursing and RA 7164 giving the Professional Regulation Commission the power to recommend board members. - Several laws covering various aspects of healthcare such as hospital licensure, working hours for nurses, disease reporting, Medicare, generics, conduct standards, and disability rights.

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NURSING LAWS • RA 4073 – Liberalizes leprosy treatment

• RA 1054 – Free emergency medical


• RA 877- An act regulating the practice of treatments to employees and laborers
nursing profession in the Philippines • RA 4226 – Hospital Licensure Act
• RA 4704- Philippine Nursing Law, June 19, • RA 5901 – 40 hours/week for nurses in with
1953 100-bed capacity…
• PD223- Creation of Board of Nursing • RA 3573 – Reporting of Communicable
• RA 7164- Professional Regulation Commission Diseases
has the power to recommend nominee • RA 6111 – Medicare Act
members of the board to the President of the • RA 6675 – Generics Act of 1988
Republic, June 22, 1973 • RA 6713 – Code of Conduct and Ethical
• RA 9173- New Nursing law by Gloria Standards for Public Officials/Employees
Macapagal Arroyo, July 2, 2002 will be known as • RA 6758 – Salary Standardization Law
the Philippine Nursing Act of 2002” • RA 7305 – Magna Carta for Public Health
• PD 223 – Professional Regulation Commission Workers
(PRC) • RA 7277 – Magna Carta of Disabled Persons
• PD 541 – Practice of profession in the • RA 7624 – Drug Education Law
Philippines by former professionals • RA 6972 – Day Care Center for every barangay
• PD 651 – Birth Registration Law • RA 7160 – Local Autonomy Code
• PD 856 – Sanitation Code • RA 7170 – Organ Donation
• PD 996 – Compulsory immunization of • RA 349 – Legalized use of human organs for
children under 8 years scientific purposes
• PD 491 – Nutrition Program Law • RA 6809 – Amended Article 34 of Family Code,
• PD 825 – Penalty for improper garbage 18 years is majority age
disposal • No. 633 series of 1984 – ICN Code of Ethics
• PD 143 – Woman and Child Labor Law (no • No. 1955 s. 1989 – PNA Code of Ethics
child below 14 shall be employed) • No. 1930s. 1985-CPE for Nurses
• PD 69 – Four children for tax exemption • No. 187 s. 1991 – Renewal of Professional
• PD 48 – Four children for maternity privilege license
• PD 965 – Family Planning and Responsible • No. 217s. 1992 – Delisting of delinquent
Parenthood professionals
• PD 442 – New Labor Code of the Philippines • LOI 949 – Legal Basis of Primary Health Care
• PD 603 – Child and Youth Welfare Code • LOI 100 – Preference given to members of
• PD 1519 – Medicare Benefits for all accredited professional organization for
government employees employment and seminars
• PD 1636 – Compulsory membership to SSS of
self-employed persons
• PD 626 – Employee Compensation and State
Insurance Fund
• EO 209 – Family Code
• EO 51 -Milk Code
• EO 180 – Government worker’s CBA
• EO 857 – Compulsory Dollar Remittance Law
• EO 174 – National Drug Policy (availability,
affordability or safe, effective, quality drugs)
• 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

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