HEALTH

• Traditional and Alternative Medicine Act (TAMA) of 1997 (RA 8423)


  Legitimized the practice of acupuncture, chiropractic, nutritional therapy, and reflexology, created the Philippine Institute of Traditional and Alternative Health Care (PITAHC)
• Philippine AIDS Prevention and Control Act of 1998 (RA 8504)


  Promulgates policies and prescribes measures for the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS in the Philippines, instituting a nationwide HIV/AIDS information and educational program, establishing a comprehensive HIV/AIDS monitoring system, strengthening the Philippine National AIDS Council
• National Blood Services Act of 1994 (RA 7719)


  Promotes voluntary blood donation to provide sufficient supply of safe blood and regulates blood banks, aims to inculcate public awareness that blood donation is a humanitarian act
• Seat Belts Use Act of 1999 (RA 8750)


  Requires the mandatory compliance by motorists of private and public vehicles to use seat belts devices and requires vehicles manufacturers to install seat belt devices in all their manufactured vehicles, addresses the need to protect motorists from the worse impact of vehicular accidents
• Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 (RA 10175)


  The first law in the Philippines which specifically criminalizes computer crime, aims to address legal issues regarding online interactions in the internet in the country
• Cybercrime offenses


  • Cybersquatting
  • Cybersex
  • Child pornography
  • Identity theft
  • Illegal access to data and libel
• Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009 (RA 9775)


  Protects the rights of every child against lascivious act, exploitation, cruelty, and other forms of abuse