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AN ACT PROHIBITING THE DEMAND OF DEPOSITS OR ADVANCE

PAYMENTS FOR THE CONFINEMENT OR TREATMENT OF
PATIENTS IN HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL CLINICS IN CERTAIN
CASES

Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any director, manager or any other officer of a
hospital or medical clinic to demand any deposit or any other form of advance
payment for confinement or treatment in such hospital or medical clinic in
emergency or serious cases.

Section 2. Any director, manager or any other officer of a hospital or medical

clinic who violates Section 1 of this Act shall be punished by a fine of not less than
one thousand pesos but not more than two thousand pesos or imprisonment for not
less than fifteen days but not more than thirty days, or both such fine and
imprisonment.

Section 3. Any person convicted under this Act shall not be entitled to probation
under the provisions of Presidential Decree No. 968, as amended, otherwise known
as the Probation Law of 1976.

Section 4. The Ministry of Health shall promulgate the necessary rules and
regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act.

Section 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Enacted without executive approval, April 5, 1984.