Philippine laws related to public health

• RA 9482 - Rabies Law of 2007: an act providing for the control and elimination of human and animal rabies
• RA 10054 - Motorcycle Helmet Act: an act mandating all motorcycle riders to wear standard protective motorcycle helmets while driving
• RA 10354 - reproductive health law (2012): an act providing for a national policy on responsible parenthood and reproductive health
• RA 10643 - Graphic health warning law: an act to effectively instill health consciouness through graphic health warnings on tobacco products
• RA 10871 - CPR act/ Samboy Lim law: "Basic life support training in schools act"
• PD 856 - code on sanitation of the Philippines
• EO 51 - milk code (1986): national code of marketing of breastmilk substitutes, breastmilk supplement and other related product
• colostrum - first milk from the breast and contains antibodies and immune cells which helps build the immune system of the infant
• abortion - still illegal in country
• Republic Act - legislation passed by the Congress of the Philippines and

  approved by the President of the Philippines
• Senate bill - is a piece of proposed legislation which must win majority

  approval in both the Senate and the House of Representatives and then be

  approved by the President before becoming a law
• Executive Order – an order issued by the President in order to implement a

  constructional mandate or a statutory provision.
• Presidential Decree – An order of the President. This power of the

  President which allows him/her to act as legislators was exercised during

  the Martial Law period.
• RA 11223 - Universal health care act (2019): “An Act Instituting Universal Health Care for All Filipinos, Prescribing Reforms in the Health Care

  System, and Appropriating Funds Therefore”
• Population coverage – every Filipino citizen shall be automatically

  included into the NHIP
• Service coverage

  a)Every Filipino shall be granted immediate eligibility and access to

  preventive, promotive, curative, rehabilitative, and palliative care for

  medical, dental, mental, and emergency health services

  b) DOH and LGU shall provide every Filipino a primary care provider for

  initial and continuing point of contact; access to higher levels of shall

  be coordinated by the PCP
• RA 11223 - universal health care act: population coverage, service coverage, financial coverage
• RA 11332 - Mandatory Reporting of Notifiable Diseases

  and Health Events of Public Health Concern Act
• RA 11332 - Mandatory Reporting of Notifiable Diseases

  and Health Events of Public Health Concern Act : “An Act Providing Policies and Prescribing Procedures on Surveillance

  and Response to Notifiable Diseases, Epidemics, and Health Events of

  Public Health Concern, and Appropriating Funds Therefor, Repealing for

  the Purpose Act No. 3573, Otherwise Known as the "Law on Reporting

  of Communicable Diseases“
• Philippine Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (PIDSR)
• RA 6675 – Generics Act of 1988: An Act To Promote, Require And Ensure The

  Production Of An Adequate Supply, Distribution,

  Use And Acceptance Of Drugs And Medicines

  Identified By Their Generic Names
• Active Ingredient – is the chemical component

  responsible for the claimed therapeutic effect of

  the pharmaceutical product
• Chemical Name - is the description of the

  chemical structure of the drug or medicine and

  serves as the complete identification of a

  compound
• Brand Name – is the proprietary name given by

  the manufacturer to distinguish its product from

  those of competitors.
• Generic Drugs – are drugs not covered by patent

  protection and which are labelled solely by their

  international non-proprietary or generic name
• RA 7719 - National Blood Services Act of 1994: “An Act Promoting Voluntary Blood Donation, Providing for an

  Adequate Supply of Safe Blood, Regulating Blood Banks, and Providing

  Penalties for Violation Thereof”
• RA 8172 – An Act for Salt Iodization Nationwide (ASIN) Law: “An Act Promoting Salt Iodization Nationwide and for Related Purposes”
• Micronutrient malnutrition — a disorder resulting from deficiencies vitamin

  A, iron, iodine and other micronutrients which the body needs in minute

  quantities everyday.
• Iodine Deficiency Disorders — a broad spectrum of deficiencies resulting

  from lack of iodine in the diet which leads to the reduction of intellectual and physical capacity affecting everyone who is iodine-deficiency and may

  manifest as goiter, mental retardation, physical and mental defects, and

  cretinism.
• Salt iodization — the addition of iodine to salt intended for human or animal consumption in accordance with specifications as to form, fortificant, method, manner and composition as may be prescribed by the BFAD
• RA 8423 – Traditional and Alternative Medicine Act: An Act Creating the Philippine Institute of Traditional and Alternative

  Health Care to Accelerate the Development of Traditional and Alternative

  Health Care in the Philippines, Providing for a Traditional and Alternative

  Health Care Development and for other purposes
• Traditional Medicine - the sum total of knowledge, skills, and practice on

  health care, not necessarily explicable in the context of modern, scientific

  philosophical framework, but recognized by the people to help maintain and

  improve their health
• Alternative Medicine - non-indigenous or imported healing methods, though not necessarily practiced for centuries nor handed down from one

  generation to another.
• RA 8749 – Clean Air Act: An Act Providing for a Comprehensive Air Pollution Control Policy and for Other Purposes
• RA 9003 – Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000: An Act Providing for an Ecological Solid Waste Management Program,

  Creating the Necessary Institutional Mechanisms and Incentives, Declaring

  Certain Acts Prohibited and Providing Penalties, Appropriating Funds

  Therefor
• Composting - the controlled decomposition of organic matter by micro-

  organisms, mainly bacteria and fungi, into a humus-like product
• Recycling - treating of used or waste materials through a process of

  making them suitable for beneficial use and for other purposes
• Re-use - process of recovering materials intended for the same or

  different purpose without the alteration of physical and chemical

  characteristics
• Recovery - products diverted from solid waste for recycling
• Segregation - refer to a solid waste management practice of separating

  different materials found in solid waste in order to promote recycling