OTHER LAWS THAT IMPACT PEOPLE’S HEALTH AND THE COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING PRACTICE

RA = Republic Act
PD = Presidential Decree
LOI = Letter of Instruction

Law Title
RA 1082 Rural Health Act (as amended by RA 1891)
RA 6365 National Population Policy
RA 6713 Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Health Officials and Employees
RA 6758 Salary Standardization Law
RA 7277 Magna Carta for Disabled Persons
RA 7432 Senior Citizens Act of 1992
RA 7610 Special Protection of Children Against Child Abuse
RA7846 Compulsory Hepatitis B Immunization Act
RA 7875 National Health Insurance Act
RA 7883 Barangay Health Workers’ Benefits and Incentive Act
RA 7885 Corneal Transplantation Act
RA 8172 Salt Iodization Act or Asin Law
RA 8203 Special Law on Counterfeit Drugs
RA 8191 National Diabetes Act
RA 8344 An Act Penalizing the Refusal of Hospitals and Medical Clinics to Administer Appropriate
Initial Medical Treatment and Support in Emergency Cases
RA 8423 Traditional and Alternative Medicine Act of 1997
RA 8504 AIDS Prevention and Control Act
RA 8505 Rape Victim Assistance and Protection Act
RA 8976 Food Fortification Law
RA 9003 Ecological Solid Waste Management Act
RA 9173 Philippine Nursing Act of 2002
RA 9208 Anti – Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003
RA 9255 An Act Allowing Illegitimate Children to use the Surname of their Father
RA 9257 Expanded Senior Citizen Act of 2003
RA 9288 Newborn Screening Act
RA 9439 Hospital Detention Law
RA 9482 Anti – Rabies Act of 2007
PD 807 Civil Service Law
PD 825 Providing Penalty for Improper Garbage Disposal
PD 996 Compulsory Immunization of All Children Below 8 Years of Age Against Six Childhood
Immunizable Diseases
LOI 949 Legal Basis of Primary Health Care

Details of these laws are available at www.doh.gov.ph

Prepared by:

JOSE HENRY T. LANSANGAN, Ph.D, MAN, RN

CHN Instructor
HAU - SNAMS