Laws Affecting the Practice of Nursing in the Philippines

Republic Acts
RA 1080 -Civil Service eligibility.
RA 1082 -Creation of RHUs all over the Philippines.
RA 2493 -The first law affecting nursing in the Philippines [Feb. 5, 1915)
RA 3573 -Reporting of Communicable Diseases.
RA 4073 -Treatment of leprosy at the government skin clinic, RHU, or by duly licensed physician.
RA 4226 -Hospital Licensure Act.
RA 5181 -An act prescribing permanent residence and reciprocity as qualifications for any examination or
registration for the practice of any profession in the Philippines.
RA 5901 -Nurses working in 100-bed capacity and are working in an area of 1 million population are
supposed to work 40 hours/week.
RA 6365 -Establishment of national policy in population and created in the Commission on Population.
RA 6725 -Prohibition of discrimination against women.
RA 6675 -Generics Act of 1998 (medicines are prescribed in generics).
RA 6713 -Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Official and Employees.
RA 6758 -Salary Standardization of government employees.
RA 6972 -Day Care Center in every Barangay.
RA 7160 -Local Autonomy (Government) Code.
RA 7164 -Phil. Nursing Act of 1991.
RA 7192 -Women in development and nation building.
RA 7305 -Magna Carta for Public Health Workers.
RA 7432 -Senior Citizen Act.
RA 7600 -Rooming-in and Breastfeeding Act of 1992.
RA 7610 -Special protection for children against child abuse, exploitation and discrimination.
RA 7877 -Anti sexual harassment act of 1995.
RA 7883 -Barangay Health workers, benefits and incentives act of 1992.
RA 8187 -Paternity Leave Act of 1995.
RA 8282 -Social Security Law of 1997.
RA 8291 -GSIS act of 1997.
RA 8344 -Hospitals/Doctors to treat emergency cases referred for treatment.
RA 8749 -Clean Air Act.
RA 8981 -PRC Modernization Act of 2000 (Creation of PRC and prescribing its powers and funtions) .
RA 9173 -Philippine Nursing Act of 2002. An act providing for a more responsive nursing profession
repealing the purpose of RA 7164, otherwise known as Philippine Nursing Act of 1991.

Resolutions
BON Res. # 08 s. 1994
BON Res. # 14 s. 1999
BON Res. # 425 s. 2003
PRC Res. # 217 s. 1992
PRC-BON Res. # 27 s. 2004
PRC-BON Res. # 82 s. 1998
-Special training on Intravenous injections for RN
-Adoption of Nursing Speciality Certification Program and creation of the Nurse
Speciality
-Implementing rules & regulations of the Philippine Nursing
-Delisting of Names of Delinquent Professionals from the Rolls of Registered
Professionals
-Integrated Comprehensive PNLE
-Promulgation of standards on safe nursing practice.
BON Res. # 110 s. 1998 -Adoption of a guide to evaluate Compliance with Standards for Safe Nursing
Practice.
PRC-BON Res. # 220 s.2004 -Promulgation of the code of ethics for RNs

Executive Orders
EO # 51 -Milk Code
EO # 209 -Family Code of the Philippines (amended by RA 6809)
EO # 220 s. 2003 -Directing the adaptation of the code of good governance for the professions in the
Philippines.
EO #566 -Directing CHED to regulate establishment and operations of Review Centers.

Presidential Decrees
PD 48 -Four children with paid maternity leave privilege.
PD 69 -Four children for personal tax exemption.
PD 148 -Women and Child labor law; employable age should be 16.
PD 442 -New Labor Code.
PD 491 -Nutrition Program
PD 541 - Allowing former Filipino Professionals to practice their respective professions in the Phils..
PD 603 -Child and youth welfare code.
PD 626 -Employee Compensation and state insurance fund.
PD 651 -Birth registration program following delivery.
PD 825 -Anti-improper garbage disposal
PD 856 -Code of Sanitation.
PD 965 -Family planning and responsible parenthood instructions prior to issuance of marriage license.
PD 996 -Compulsory immunization for children below eight against immunizable diseases.

Others
CMO # 13 s. 2006 -Prohibiting higher education institutions from forcing their graduates and graduating
students to enroll in their own review centers and of review centers of their preference.
DOLE # 7 -Requires all industrial establishments to provide family planning services
DOLE/PRC/DOH -Nurses Assigned in Rural Service (NARS) Program, a training cum deployment project
Project NARS designed to mobilize RNs in the poorest municipalities in the Philippines to improve the
delivery of health care services.
LI # 47 -Integration of family planning in the curriculum.
LOI #949 -Legal Basis of Primary Health Care
PA 851 -13th month pay

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