Philippine Laws PART 2

• RA 9482 – Rabies Law of 2007
• Provides for the control and elimination of human and animal rabies
• Rabies is a highly fatal disease caused by a Lyssa virus transmitted mainly through the bite of an infected animal
• Established the need for responsible pet ownership
• Hospital for rabies: San Lazaro Hospital
• Symptoms of rabies include hydrophobia
• National Rabies Prevention and Control Program includes:

  • Mass vaccination of dogs
  • Establishment of a central database system for registered and vaccinated dogs
  • Impounding, field control and disposition of stray and unvaccinated dogs
  • Conduct of information and education campaign on the prevention and control of rabies
  • Pre-exposure prophylaxis required for an animal keeper or zoo keeper
• RA 10054 – Motorcycle Helmet Act
• Mandates all motorcycle riders to wear standard protective motorcycle helmets while driving
• Aims to secure and safeguard citizens, particularly motorcycle operators and passengers, from fatal accidents
• New motorcycle helmets must bear the Philippine Standard (PS) mark or Import Commodity Clearance (CC) of the Bureau of Product Standards (BPS)
• RA 10354 – Reproductive Health Law (2012)
• Provides for a National Policy on Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health
• Enables individuals and couples to have the desired number of children with consideration to health and available resources
• Ensures access to ethical, safe, legal, affordable, and quality reproductive health care services and supplies
• Abortion is still illegal in the country
• RA 10643 – Graphic Health Warning Law
• Aims to instill health consciousness through graphic health warnings on tobacco products
• Requires cigarette companies to inform individuals of the health consequences of tobacco consumption
• Enacts measures to reduce tobacco use, especially among the youth, and protect public health policy from the tobacco industry's interests
• Graphic health warnings depict hazards of tobacco use and are accompanied by textual warnings
• Prohibits misleading descriptors like “low tar”, “light”, “ultra lights” or “mild” on tobacco products
• RA 10871 – CPR Act / Samboy Lim Law
• Also known as the “Basic Life Support Training in Schools Act”
• Mandates all public and private basic education schools to provide students with basic life support training
• Honors PBA player Samboy Lim who collapsed in November 28, 2014
• Presidential Decree (PD) 856 – Code on Sanitation of the Philippines
• Empowers the government to prescribe sanitation requirements for establishments and refuse collection and disposal systems
• Requires regular water sanitation testing and issuance of food sanitary permits
• Executive Order (EO) 51 – Milk Code (1986)
• National code on marketing of breastmilk substitutes and related products
• Aims to promote breastfeeding and proper use of breastmilk substitutes and supplements
• Colostrum is the first milk from the breast containing antibodies and immune cells
• Creates a tough coating on the baby’s stomach and intestines to prevent illness
• An act providing for the control and elimination of human and animal rabies, prescribing penalties for violation thereof and appropriating funds thereof

  RA 9482 – Rabies Law of 2007
• An act mandating all motorcycle ridders to wear standard protective motorcycle helmets while driving and providing penalties therefor

  RA 10054 – Motorcycle Helmet Act
• RA 10354 – Reproductive Health Law (2012)

  An act providing for a National Policy on Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health

  Enables individuals and couples to have the number of children they desire with due consideration to the health, particularly of women, and the resources available and affordable to them and in accordance with existing laws, public morals and their religious convictions
• Abortion – Still illegal in the country
• RA 10643 – Graphic Health Warning Law

  An act effectively instill health consciousness through graphic health warnings on tobacco products
• Remove misleading or deceptive numbers or descriptors like “low tar”, “light”, “ultra lights” or “mild” which convey or tend to convey that a product or variant is healthier, less harmful or safer