REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

PROVINCE OF ILOILO
ILOILO CITY

SANGGUNIANG PANLALAWIGAN

EXCERPTS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE 39th REGULAR SESSION OF THE 13th
SANGGUNIANG PANLALAWIGAN NG ILOILO HELD IN THE SESSION HALL OF THE NEW
ILOILO PROVINCIAL CAPITOL, BONIFACIO DRIVE, ILOILO CITY ON MARCH 31, 2020.

PRESENT:
Hon. Christine “Tingting” S. Garin,
Presiding Officer
Hon. Renee L. Valencia, Acting Floor Leader
Hon. Marcelo Valentine S. Serag, Member
Hon. Rolito C. Cajilig, Member
Hon. June S. Mondejar, Member
Hon. Matt P. Palabrica, Member
Hon. Rolando B. Distura, Member
Hon. Carol-V S. Espinosa-Diaz, Member
Hon. Nielito C. Tupas, Member
Hon. Ramon G. Sullano, Member (President, PCL)
Hon. Dorothy G. Paes, Member (Pres., Liga ng mga Brgy.)

ON LEAVE:
Hon. Jason R. Gonzales, Member
Hon. Domingo B. Oso, Jr., Member
Hon. Ma. Angelica Bianca B. Requinto, Member (President, PPSK)

RESOLUTION NO. 2020-225

RESOLUTION EMBODYING PROVINCIAL ORDINANCE NO. 2020-223, AN

ORDINANCE PENALIZING THE DISHONESTY OR UNTRUTHFUL DECLARATION OF
ANY PATIENT IN TIMES OF PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY OR PANDEMIC

Sponsored by: Hon. Christine “Tingting” S. Garin

WHEREAS, it is essential that, in times of public health emergency or pandemic,

patients honestly and truthfully disclose vital information in order for health practitioners to
come up with a more precise diagnosis or a more responsive medical intervention and to
safeguard the health and security of everyone;

WHEREAS, Section 16 of the Local Government Code of 1991 expressly states that,
Every local government unit shall exercise the powers expressly granted, those necessarily
implied therefrom, as well as powers necessary, appropriate, or incidental for its efficient and
effective governance, and those which are essential to the promotion of the general welfare;

WHEREAS, further, Section 468 (a) (4) (v) of the same Code grants the Sangguniang
Panlalawigan the power to approve ordinances which shall ensure the efficient and effective
delivery of the basic services and facilities as well as approve measures and adopt quarantine
regulations to prevent the introduction and spread of diseases within its territiorial jurisdiction;

NOW THEREFORE, be it ordained by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of the Province

of Iloilo in session assembled, that:

PROVINCIAL ORDINANCE NO. 2020-223

AN ORDINANCE PENALIZING THE DISHONESTY OR UNTRUTHFUL

DECLARATION OF ANY PATIENT IN TIMES OF PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY
OR PANDEMIC

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Resolution No. 2020-225
Provincial Ordinance No. 2020-223
An Ordinance Penalizing the Dishonesty or Untruthful Declaration of any Patient in Times of Public Health Emergency or Pandemic

SECTION 1. Short Title. This Ordinance shall be known as the “Patient’s Dishonesty
Act of 2020”.

SECTION 2. Definition of Terms. For purposes of this Ordinance the words and
phrases contained herein shall be understood, as follows:

a. Patient – Any person who seeks medical attention or advice from a medical
professional, whether in confinement or out-patient. A person who is deemed a
person under monitoring (PUM) as defined under the guidelines of Department of
Health shall be considered a patient.

b. Medical Professional – Any person engaged in providing medical care concerned

with promoting, maintaining, or restoring health through the study, diagnosis,
prognosis and treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental
impairments.

c. Relevant information – Any such information which is essential in the accurate

diagnosis of the nature of the disease, injury, and other physical and mental
impairments of the patient and can help solve the same or significantly contribute to a
more precise diagnosis or a more responsive medical intervention.

d. Public health emergency – A disease which poses a risk to more than one country, is
serious, unusual or unexpected and requires a coordinated international response.

e. Pandemic – The worldwide spread of a new disease occurring over a wide

geographic area and affecting an exceptionally high proportion of the population.

f. Material Misrepresentation – The patient’s act of intentionally concealing, or

fabricating of a material fact which, if known to the medical practitioner, could have
enabled the latter to formulate a more precise diagnosis or propose a more responsive
medical intervention. For purposes of this Ordinance material misrepresentation may
be committed verbally or in writing.

SECTION 3. Duty of the Patient. Any patient, or any person acting on his behalf, who
shall be required by any medical clinic, hospital, health center or any health facility, whether
public or private, to fill-up or accomplish an information sheet, data form, declaration or any
similar document, or verbally disclose such relevant information, is hereby required to truthfully
disclose all such relevant information as may be required in the said form or document or as may
be inquired by a medical professional, such as but not limited to, physician, nurse or their
assistants.

SECTION 4. Penalties. Any such patient, or any person acting on his behalf, who is
found to have knowingly and deliberately made any material misrepresentation, committed
dishonesty or withheld relevant information from a medical professional or his assistant during a
state of public health emergency as declared by the National Government or a pandemic as
declared by the World Health Organization shall be punished by an imprisonment of one (1) year
and a fine ranging from the amount of One Thousand Pesos (P1,000.00) to Five Thousand Pesos
(P5,000.00) at the discretion of the court.

SECTION 5. Effectivity. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately.

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Resolution No. 2020-225
Provincial Ordinance No. 2020-223
An Ordinance Penalizing the Dishonesty or Untruthful Declaration of any Patient in Times of Public Health Emergency or Pandemic

RESOLVED FURTHER, to furnish copies of this Resolution, the Honorable Governor

Arthur R. Defensor, Jr.; the Honorable Vice Governor Christine S. Garin; all Mayors of
component LGUs; the Iloilo Medical Society, La Paz, Iloilo City; the Regional Director of the
Department of Health-Center for Health Development Regional-Western Visayas, Q. Abeto
Street, Manduriao, Iloilo City; and the Offices of the Provincial Legal Officer, the Provincial
Treasurer, the Provincial Health Officer, the Hospital Management Officer, and the Chiefs of
Hospitals of one Provincial and 13 Dictrict Hospitals; all of the Province of Iloilo, for their
information and reference.

APPROVED.”
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I HEREBY CERTIFY to the correctness of the above-quoted Resolution.

ATTY. RAUL S. TIOSAYCO, JR.

Secretary to the Sanggunian

CONCURRED BY: ATTESTED BY:

RENEE L. VALENCIA CHRISTINE “Tingting” S. GARIN

Acting Floor Leader Presiding Officer

APPROVED:

ARTHUR R. DEFENSOR, JR.

Governor

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