Republic Act.

7610
"Special protection of children against
child abuse, exploitation and
discrimination act"

01. Definition

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR STRONGER DETERRENCE AND

SPECIAL PROTECTION AGAINST CHILD ABUSE, EXPLOITATION
AND DISCRIMINATION, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR ITS
VIOLATION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

02. Declaration of principles

The best interests of children shall be the paramount

consideration in all actions concerning them, whether
undertaken by public or private social welfare
institutions, courts of law, administrative authorities, and
legislative bodies, consistent with the principles of First
Call for Children as enunciated in the United Nations
Convention on the Rights of the Child. Every effort shall be
exerted to promote the welfare of children and enhance
their opportunities for a useful and happy life

03. declaration of policy

It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State to provide

special protection to children from all forms of abuse, neglect,
cruelty, exploitation and discrimination, and other conditions
prejudicial to their development; provide sanctions for their
commission and carry out a program for prevention and
deterrence of and crisis intervention in situations of child
abuse, exploitation and discrimination. The State shall intervene
on behalf of the child when the parent, guardian, teacher or
person having care or custody of the child fails or is unable to
protect the child against abuse, exploitation and discrimination
or when such acts against the child are committed by the said
parent, guardian, teacher or person having care and custody of
the same.

It shall be the policy of the State to protect and rehabilitate

children gravely threatened or endangered by circumstances
which affect or will affect their survival and normal
development and over which they have no control
 Republic Act. 7610
"Special protection of children against
child abuse, exploitation and
discrimination act"

04. Definition of terms

(a) “Children” refers to persons below eighteen (18) years of

age or those over but are unable to fully take care of
themselves from abuse, neglect, cruelty, exploitation or
discrimination because of a physical or mental disability or
condition;
(b) “Child abuse” refers to the maltreatment, whether habitual
or not, of the child which includes any of the following:
Psychological and physical abuse, neglect, cruelty, sexual
abuse and emotional maltreatment;
Any act by deeds or words which debases, degrades or
demeans the intrinsic worth and dignity of a child as a human
being;
Unreasonable deprivation of his basic needs for survival,
such as food and shelter; or
Failure to immediately give medical treatment to an injured
child resulting in serious impairment of his growth and
development or in his permanent incapacity or death.
(c) “Circumstances which gravely threaten or endanger the
survival and normal development of children” include, but
are not limited to, the following:
Being in community where there is armed conflict or being
affected by armed conflict-related activities;
Working under conditions hazardous to life, safety and
morals which unduly interfere with their normal development;
Living in or fending for themselves in the streets of urban or
rural areas without the care of parents or a guardian or any
adult supervision needed for their welfare;
Being a member of an indigenous cultural community and/or
living under conditions of extreme poverty or in an area
which is underdeveloped and/or lacks or has inadequate
access to basic services needed for a good quality of life;
Being a victim of man-made or natural disaster or calamity; or
Circumstances analogous to those above stated which
endanger the life, safety or normal development of children.
(d) “Comprehensive program against child abuse, exploitation
and discrimination” refers to the coordinated program of
services and facilities to protect children against:
1. Child prostitution and other sexual abuse
2. Child trafficking
3. Obscene publications and indecent shows;
4. Other acts of abuse; and
5. Circumstances which threaten or endanger the survival
and normal development of children.
 Republic Act. 7610
"Special protection of children against
child abuse, exploitation and
discrimination act"

sections related to
05.
community health nursing
SEC. 5. Child Prostitution and Other Sexual Abuse
Children, whether male or female, who for money, profit, or
any other consideration or due to the coercion or
influence of any adult, syndicate or group, indulge in
sexual intercourse or lascivious conduct, are deemed to be
children exploited in prostitution and other sexual abuse.

SEC. 6. Attempt to Commit Child Prostitution

There is an attempt to commit child prostitution under
Section 5, paragraph (a) hereof when any person who, not
being a relative of a child, is found alone with the said
child inside the room or cubicle of a house, an inn, hotel,
motel, pension house, apartelle or other similar
establishments, vessels, vehicle or any other hidden or
secluded area under circumstances which would lead a
reasonable person to believe that the child is about to be
exploited in prostitution and other sexual abuse.

SEC. 12. Employment of Children

Children below fifteen (15) years of age may be employed:

SEC. 19. Health and Nutrition

The delivery of basic social services in health and
nutrition to children of indigenous cultural communities
shall be given priority by all government agencies
concerned. Hospitals and other health institutions shall
ensure that children of indigenous cultural communities
are given equal attention. In the provision of health and
nutrition services to children of indigenous cultural
communities, indigenous health practices shall be
respected and recognized.
 Republic Act No. 9262
"Anti-Violence Against Women and Their

Children Act of 2004."

DEFINITION
AN ACT DEFINING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN,

PROVIDING FOR PROTECTIVE MEASURES FOR VICTIMS, PRESCRIBING

PENALTIES THEREFORE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

DECLERATION OF POLICY

It is hereby declared that the State values the dignity of

women and children and guarantees full respect for

human rights. The State also recognizes the need to

protect the family and its members particularly women

and children, from violence and threats to their

personal safety and security.

DEFINITION OF TERMS
"Violence against women and their children" refers to

any act or a series of acts committed by any person

against a woman who is his wife, former wife, or

against a woman with whom the person has or had a

sexual or dating relationship, or with whom he has a

common child, or against her child whether legitimate

or illegitimate, within or without the family abode,

which result in or is likely to result in physical, sexual,

psychological harm or suffering, or economic abuse

including threats of such acts, battery, assault,

coercion, harassment or arbitrary deprivation of

liberty. It includes, but is not limited to, the following

acts.

(A) "Physical Violence" refers to acts that include

bodily or physical harm;

(B) "Sexual violence" refers to an act which is sexual in

nature, committed against a woman or her child. It

includes, but is not limited to:

(a) Rape, sexual harassment, acts of lasciviousness,

treating a woman or her child as a sex object, making

demeaning and sexually suggestive remarks, physically

attacking the sexual parts of the victim's body, forcing

her/him to watch obscene publications and indecent

shows or forcing the woman or her child to do

indecent acts and/or make films thereof, forcing the

wife and mistress/lover to live in the conjugal home or

sleep together in the same room with the abuser;

Republic Act No. 9262
"Anti-Violence Against Women and Their

Children Act of 2004."

DEFINITION OF TERMS
(b) Acts causing or attempting to cause the victim

to engage in any sexual activity by force, threat of

force, physical or other harm or threat of physical or

other harm or coercion;

(c) Prostituting the women or child

(C) "Psychological violence" refers to acts or omissions

causing or likely to cause mental or emotional

suffering of the victim such as but not limited to

intimidation, harassment, stalking, damage to property,

public ridicule or humiliation, repeated verbal abuse

and mental infidelity. It includes causing or allowing

the victim to witness the physical, sexual or

psychological abuse of a member of the family to

which the victim belongs, or to witness pornography in

any form or to witness abusive injury to pets or to

unlawful or unwanted deprivation of the right to

custody and/or visitation of common children.

(D) "Economic abuse" refers to acts that make or

attempt to make a woman financially dependent.

(b) "Battery" refers to an act of inflicting physical

harm upon the woman or her child resulting to the

physical and psychological or emotional distress.

(c) "Battered Woman Syndrome" refers to a

scientifically defined pattern of psychological and

behavioral symptoms found in women living in

battering relationships as a result of cumulative abuse.

(d) "Stalking" refers to an intentional act committed

by a person who, knowingly and without lawful

justification follows the woman or her child or places

the woman or her child under surveillance directly or

indirectly or a combination thereof.

(e) "Dating relationship" refers to a situation wherein

the parties live as husband and wife without the

benefit of marriage or are romantically involved over

time and on a continuing basis during the course of

the relationship. A casual acquaintance or ordinary

socialization between two individuals in a business or

social context is not a dating relationship.

(f) "Sexual relations" refers to a single sexual act

which may or may not result in the bearing of a

common child.
 Republic Act No. 9262
"Anti-Violence Against Women and Their

Children Act of 2004."

DEFINITION OF TERMS
(g) "Safe place or shelter" refers to any home or

institution maintained or managed by the Department

of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) or by any

other agency or voluntary organization accredited by

the DSWD for the purposes of this Act or any other

suitable place the resident of which is willing

temporarily to receive the victim.

(h) "Children" refers to those below eighteen (18)

years of age or older but are incapable of taking care

of themselves as defined under Republic Act No. 7610.

As used in this Act, it includes the biological children

of the victim and other children under her care.

Sec. 5. Acts of Violence Against Women and Their

Children- The crime of violence against women and
their children is committed through any of the
following acts:
(a) Causing physical harm to the woman or her child;

(b) Threatening to cause the woman or her child

physical harm;

(c) Attempting to cause the woman or her child

physical harm; (d) Placing the woman or her child in

fear of imminent physical harm

(e) Placing the woman or her child in fear of imminent

physical harm;

(f) Attempting to compel or compelling the woman or

her child to engage in conduct which the woman or

her child has the right to desist from or desist from

conduct which the woman or her child has the right to

engage in

(1) Threatening to deprive or actually depriving the

woman or her child of custody to her/his family;

(2) Depriving or threatening to deprive the woman or

her children of financial support legally due her or her

family, or deliberately providing the woman's children

insufficient financial support;

(3) Depriving or threatening to deprive the woman or

her child of a legal right; and

(4) Preventing the woman in engaging in any

legitimate profession, occupation, business or activity

or controlling the victim's own mon4ey or properties, or

solely controlling the conjugal or common money, or

properties.

(f) Inflicting or threatening to inflict physical harm

on oneself for the purpose of controlling her actions or

Republic Act No. 9262
"Anti-Violence Against Women and Their

Children Act of 2004."

DEFINITION OF TERMS
(g) Causing or attempting to cause the woman or her

child to engage in any sexual activity which does not

constitute rape, by force or threat of force, physical

harm, or through intimidation directed against the

woman or her child or her/his immediate family;

(h) Engaging in purposeful, knowing, or reckless

conduct, personally or through another, that alarms or

causes substantial emotional or psychological distress

to the woman or her child. This shall include, but not

be limited to, the following acts:

(1) Stalking or following the woman or her child in

public or private places;

(2) Peering in the window or lingering outside the

residence of the woman or her child;

(3) Entering or remaining in the dwelling or on the

property of the woman or her child against her/his will;

(4) Destroying the property and personal belongings or

inflicting harm to animals or pets of the woman or her

child; and

(5) Engaging in any form of harassment or violence.

(i) Causing mental or emotional anguish, public

ridicule or humiliation to the woman or her child,

including, but not limited to, repeated verbal and

emotional abuse, and denial of financial support or

custody of minor children of access to the woman's

child/children

Sec. 31. Healthcare Provider Response to Abuse

Any healthcare provider, including, but not limited to,

an attending physician, nurse, clinician, barangay

health worker, therapist or counselor who suspects

abuse or has been informed by the victim of violence

shall:

(a) properly document any of the victim's physical,

emotional or psychological injuries;

(b) properly record any of victim's suspicions,

observations and circumstances of the examination or

visit;

(c) automatically provide the victim free of charge a

medical certificate concerning the examination or

visit;

(d) safeguard the records and make them available to

the victim upon request at actual cost; and

(e) provide the victim immediate and adequate notice

of rights and remedies provided under this Act, and

services available to them

 Republic Act No. 9262
"Anti-Violence Against Women and Their

Children Act of 2004."

DEFINITION OF TERMS

Sec. 32. Duties of Other Government Agencies and

LGUs
Other government agencies and LGUs shall establish

programs such as, but not limited to, education and

information campaign and seminars or symposia on the

nature, causes, incidence and consequences of such

violence particularly towards educating the public on

its social impacts.

It shall be the duty of the concerned government

agencies and LGU's to ensure the sustained education

and training of their officers and personnel on the

prevention of violence against women and their

children under the Act.

Sec. 42. Training of Persons Involved in Responding

to Violence Against Women and their Children
Cases.
All agencies involved in responding to violence against

women and their children cases shall be required to

undergo education and training to acquaint them with:

a. the nature, extend and causes of violence against

women and their children;

b. the legal rights of, and remedies available to,

victims of violence against women and their children;

c. the services and facilities available to victims or

survivors;

d. the legal duties imposed on police officers to make

arrest and to offer protection and assistance; and

e. techniques for handling incidents of violence

against women and their children that minimize the

likelihood of injury to the officer and promote the

safety of the victim or survivor.

 PHILIPPINE DISASTER RISK
REDUCTION AND
MANAGEMENT ACT OF 2010
REPUBLIC ACT 10121
AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE PHILIPPINE DISASTER RISK
REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PROVIDING
FOR THE NATIONAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND
MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK AND INSTITUTIONALIZING
THE NATIONAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND
MANAGEMENT PLAN, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

declaration of policy

(a) Uphold the people's constitutional rights to life and

property by addressing the root causes of vulnerabilities to
disasters, strengthening the country's institutional capacity for
disaster risk reduction and management and building the
resilience of local communities to disasters including climate
change impacts;
(b) Adhere to and adopt the universal norms, principles and
standards of humanitarian assistance and the global effort on
risk reduction as concrete expression of the country's
commitment to overcome human sufferings due to recurring
disasters;
(c) Incorporate internationally accepted principles of disaster
risk management in the creation and implementation of
national, regional and local sustainable development and
poverty reduction strategies, policies, plans and budgets;
(d) Adopt a disaster risk reduction and management approach
that is holistic, comprehensive, integrated, and proactive in
lessening the socioeconomic and environmental impacts of
disasters including climate change, and promote the
involvement and participation of all sectors and all
stakeholders concerned, at all levels, especially the local
community;
(e) Develop, promote, and implement a comprehensive National
Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan (NDRRMP) that
aims to strengthen the capacity of the national government and
the local government units (LGUs), together with partner
stakeholders, to build the disaster resilience of communities,
and' to institutionalize arrangements and measures for
reducing disaster risks, including projected climate risks, and
enhancing disaster preparedness and response capabilities at
all levels;
 PHILIPPINE DISASTER RISK
REDUCTION AND
MANAGEMENT ACT OF 2010
REPUBLIC ACT 10121
AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE PHILIPPINE DISASTER RISK
REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PROVIDING
FOR THE NATIONAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND
MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK AND INSTITUTIONALIZING
THE NATIONAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND
MANAGEMENT PLAN, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

declaration of policy

(f) Adopt and implement a coherent, comprehensive,

integrated, efficient and responsive disaster risk reduction
program incorporated in the development plan at various levels
of government adhering to the principles of good governance
such as transparency and accountability within the context of
poverty alleviation and environmental protection;
(g) Mainstream disaster risk reduction and climate change in
development processes such as policy formulation,
socioeconomic development planning, budgeting, and
governance, particularly in the areas of environment,
agriculture, water, energy, health, education, poverty reduction,
land-use and urban planning, and public infrastructure and
housing, among others;
(h) Institutionalize the policies, structures, coordination
mechanisms and programs with continuing budget
appropriation on disaster risk reduction from national down to
local levels towards building a disaster-resilient nation and
communities;
(i) Mainstream disaster risk reduction into the peace process
and conflict resolution approaches in order to minimize loss of
lives and damage to property, and ensure that communities in
conflict zones can immediately go back to their normal lives
during periods of intermittent conflicts;
(j) Ensure that disaster risk reduction and climate change
measures are gender responsive, sensitive to indigenous know
ledge systems, and respectful of human rights;
(k) Recognize the local risk patterns across the country and
strengthen the capacity of LGUs for disaster risk reduction and
management through decentralized powers, responsibilities,
and resources at the regional and local levels;
 PHILIPPINE DISASTER RISK
REDUCTION AND
MANAGEMENT ACT OF 2010
REPUBLIC ACT 10121
AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE PHILIPPINE DISASTER RISK
REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PROVIDING
FOR THE NATIONAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND
MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK AND INSTITUTIONALIZING
THE NATIONAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND
MANAGEMENT PLAN, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

declaration of policy
(l) Recognize and strengthen the capacities of LGUs and
communities in mitigating and preparing for, responding to,
and recovering from the impact of disasters;
(m) Engage the participation of civil society organizations
(CSOs), the private sector and volunteers in the government's
disaster risk reduction programs towards complementation of
resources and effective delivery of services to the Citizenry;
(n) Develop and strengthen the capacities of vulnerable and
marginalized groups to mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and
recover from the effects of disasters;
(o) Enhance and implement a program where humanitarian aid
workers, communities, health professionals, government aid
agencies, donors, and the media are educated and trained on
how they can actively support breastfeeding before and during
a disaster and/or an emergency; and
(p) Provide maximum care, assistance and services to
individuals and families affected by disaster, implement
emergency rehabilitation projects to lessen the impact of
disaster, and facilitate resumption of normal social and
economic activities.

definition of terms
(a) "Adaptation" - the adjustment in natural or human systems
in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their
effects, which moderates harm or exploits beneficial
opportunities.
(b) "Capacity" - a combination of all strengths and resources
available within a community, society or organization that can
reduce the level of risk, or effects of a disaster.
c) "Civil Society Organizations" Or "CSOs" - non-state actors
whose aims are neither to generate profits nor to seek
governing power.
 PHILIPPINE DISASTER RISK
REDUCTION AND
MANAGEMENT ACT OF 2010
REPUBLIC ACT 10121
definition of terms
(a) "Adaptation" - the adjustment in natural or human systems
in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their
effects, which moderates harm or exploits beneficial
opportunities.
(b) "Capacity" - a combination of all strengths and resources
available within a community, society or organization that can
reduce the level of risk, or effects of a disaster.
c) "Civil Society Organizations" Or "CSOs" - non-state actors
whose aims are neither to generate profits nor to seek
governing power
(d) "Climate Change" - a change in climate that can' be
identified by changes in the mean and/or variability of its
properties and that persists for an extended period typically
decades or longer, whether due to natural variability or as a
result of human activity.
(e) "Disaster Risk Reduction and Management" - the systematic
process of using administrative directives, organizations, and
operational skills and capacities to implement strategies,
policies and improved coping capacities in order to lessen the
adverse impacts of hazards and the possibility of disaster.
(f) "Disaster Risk Reduction" - the concept and practice of
reducing disaster risks through systematic efforts to analyze
and manage the causal factors of disasters, including through
reduced exposures to hazards, lessened vulnerability of people
and property, wise management of land and the environment,
and improved preparedness for adverse events.
(g) "Disaster Risk" - the potential disaster losses in lives, health
status, livelihood, assets and services, which could occur to a
particular community or a Society over some specified future
time period.
(h) "Disaster Response" - the provision of emergency services
and public assistance during or immediately after a disaster in
order to save lives, reduce health impacts, ensure public safety
and meet the basic subsistence needs of the people affected.
(i) "Disaster Prevention" - the outright avoidance of adverse
impacts of hazards and related disasters.
(h) "Disaster" - a serious disruption of the functioning of a
community or a society involving widespread human, material,
economic or environmental losses and impacts, which exceeds
the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its
own resources.
 PHILIPPINE DISASTER RISK
REDUCTION AND
MANAGEMENT ACT OF 2010
REPUBLIC ACT 10121
definition of terms
(a) "Adaptation" - the adjustment in natural or human systems
in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their
effects, which moderates harm or exploits beneficial
opportunities.
(b) "Capacity" - a combination of all strengths and resources
available within a community, society or organization that can
reduce the level of risk, or effects of a disaster.
c) "Civil Society Organizations" Or "CSOs" - non-state actors
whose aims are neither to generate profits nor to seek
governing power
(d) "Climate Change" - a change in climate that can' be
identified by changes in the mean and/or variability of its
properties and that persists for an extended period typically
decades or longer, whether due to natural variability or as a
result of human activity.
(e) "Disaster Risk Reduction and Management" - the systematic
process of using administrative directives, organizations, and
operational skills and capacities to implement strategies,
policies and improved coping capacities in order to lessen the
adverse impacts of hazards and the possibility of disaster.
(f) "Disaster Risk Reduction" - the concept and practice of
reducing disaster risks through systematic efforts to analyze
and manage the causal factors of disasters, including through
reduced exposures to hazards, lessened vulnerability of people
and property, wise management of land and the environment,
and improved preparedness for adverse events.
(g) "Disaster Risk" - the potential disaster losses in lives, health
status, livelihood, assets and services, which could occur to a
particular community or a Society over some specified future
time period.
(h) "Disaster Response" - the provision of emergency services
and public assistance during or immediately after a disaster in
order to save lives, reduce health impacts, ensure public safety
and meet the basic subsistence needs of the people affected.
(i) "Disaster Prevention" - the outright avoidance of adverse
impacts of hazards and related disasters.
(h) "Disaster" - a serious disruption of the functioning of a
community or a society involving widespread human, material,
economic or environmental losses and impacts, which exceeds
the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its
own resources.
 Rooming-in and Breastfeeding Act
of 1992

INFANTS

“The Rooming-In and Breast-feeding Act of

1992”

Declaration of Policy
The State adopts rooming-in as a national policy to

encourage, protect and support the practice of breast-

feeding. It shall create an environment where basic

physical, emotional, and psychological needs of mothers

and infants are fulfilled through the practice of

rooming-in and breast-feeding.

Definition of Terms

a) Age of gestation — the length of time the fetus is inside the

mother’s womb.

b) Bottlefeeding — the method of feeding an infant using a

bottle with artificial nipples, the contents of which can be any

type of fluid.

c) Breast-feeding — the method of feeding an infant directly

from the human breast.

d) Breastmilk — the human milk from a mother.

e) Expressed breastmilk — the human milk which has been

extracted from the breast by hand or by breast pump. It can be

fed to an infant using a dropper, a nasogatric tube, a cup and

spoon, or a bottle.

f) Formula feeding — the feeding of a newborn with infant

formula usually by bottlefeeding. It is also called artificial feeding.

g) Health institutions — are hospitals, health infirmaries, health

centers, lying-in centers, or puericulture centers with obstetrical

and pediatric services.

h) Health personnel — are professionals and workers who

manage and/or administer the entire operations of health

institutions and/or who are involved in providing maternal and

child health services.

i) Infant — a child within zero (0) to twelve (12) months of age.

j) Infant formula — the breastmilk substitute formulated

industrially in accordance with applicable Codex Alimentarius

standards, to satisfy the normal nutritional requirements of infants

up to six (6) months of age, and adopted to their physiological

characteristics.

k) Lactation management — the general care of a mother-infant

nursing couple during the mother’s prenatal, immediate

postpartum and postnatal periods.

 Rooming-in and Breastfeeding Act
of 1992

INFANTS

“The Rooming-In and Breast-feeding Act of

1992”
Definition of Terms

l) Low birth weight infant — a newborn weighing less than two

thousand five hundred (2,500) grams at birth.

m) Mother’s milk — the breastmilk from the newborn’s own

mother.

n) Rooming-in — the practice of placing the newborn in the

same room as the mother right after delivery up to discharge to

facilitate mother-infant bonding and initiate breast-feeding. The

infant may either share the mother’s bed or be placed in a crib

beside the mother.

o) Seriously ill mothers — are those who are: with severe

infections; in shock; in severe cardiac or respiratory distress; or

dying; or those with other conditions that may be determined by

the attending physician as serious.

p) Wet-nursing — the feeding of a newborn from another

mother’s breast when his/her own mother cannot breast-feed.

sections related to community

health nursing

SECTION 7. Deliveries Outside Health Institutions.

Newborns delivered outside health institutions whose mothers

have been admitted to the obstetrics department/unit and who

both meet the general conditions stated in Section 5 of this Act,

shall be roomed-in and breast-fed immediately.

SECTION 10. Provision of Facilities for Breastmilk Collection

and Storage.
The health institution adopting rooming-in and breast-feeding

shall provide equipment, facilities, and supplies for breastmilk

collection, storage and utilization, the standards of which shall be

defined by the Department of Health.

SECTION 11. Continuing Education, Re-education and

Training of Health Personnel.
The Department of Health with the assistance of other

government agencies, professional and non-governmental

organizations shall conduct continuing information, education, re-

education, and training programs for physicians, nurses, midwives,

nutritionist-dietitians, community health workers and traditional

birth attendants (TBAs) and other health personnel on current and

updated lactation management.

 Republic Act 10354
RESPONSIBLE PARENTHOOD AND
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH LAW OF
2012
DEFINITION

a groundbreaking law that guarantees universal and free

access to nearly all modern contraceptives for all citizens,

including impoverished communities, at government health

centers.

DECLARATION OF POLICIES
The State recognizes and guarantees the human rights of all

persons including their right to equality and nondiscrimination of

these rights, the right to sustainable human development, the right

to health which includes reproductive health, the right to

education and information, and the right to choose and make

decisions for themselves in accordance with their religious

convictions, ethics, cultural beliefs, and the demands of

responsible parenthood.

Pursuant to the declaration of State policies under Section 12, Article II of

the 1987 Philippine Constitution, it is the duty of the State to protect and

strengthen the family as a basic autonomous social institution and equally

protect the life of the mother and the life of the unborn from conception.

The State shall protect and promote the right to health of women

especially mothers in particular and of the people in general and instill

health consciousness among them. The family is the natural and

fundamental unit of society. The State shall likewise protect and advance

the right of families in particular and the people in general to a balanced

and healthful environment in accord with the rhythm and harmony of

nature. The State also recognizes and guarantees the promotion and

equal protection of the welfare and rights of children, the youth, and the

unborn.

(a) The right of spouses to found a family in accordance with

their religious convictions and the demands of responsible

parenthood;

(b) The right of children to assistance, including proper care and

nutrition, and special protection from all forms of neglect, abuse,

cruelty, exploitation, and other conditions prejudicial to their

development;

(c) The right of the family to a family living wage and income; and

(d) The right of families or family associations to participate in

the planning and implementation of policies and programs

 Republic Act 10354

RESPONSIBLE PARENTHOOD AND
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH LAW OF
2012
DEFINITION OF TERMS
(a) Abortifacient refers to any drug or device that induces abortion

or the destruction of a fetus inside the mother’s womb or the

prevention of the fertilized ovum to reach and be implanted in the

mother’s womb upon determination of the FDA.

(b) Adolescent refers to young people between the ages of ten

(10) to nineteen (19) years who are in transition from childhood to

adulthood.
(c) Basic Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (BEMONC) refers to

lifesaving services for emergency maternal and newborn

conditions/complications being provided by a health facility or

professional to include the following services: administration of parenteral

oxytocic drugs, administration of dose of parenteral anticonvulsants,

administration of parenteral antibiotics, administration of maternal

steroids for preterm labor, performance of assisted vaginal deliveries,

removal of retained placental products, and manual removal of retained

placenta.

(d) Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (CEMONC)

refers to lifesaving services for emergency maternal and newborn

conditions/complications as in Basic Emergency Obstetric and Newborn

Care plus the provision of surgical delivery (caesarian section) and blood

bank services, and other highly specialized obstetric interventions. It also

includes emergency neonatal care which includes at the minimum:

newborn resuscitation, treatment of neonatal sepsis infection, oxygen

support, and antenatal administration of (maternal) steroids for

threatened premature delivery.

(e) Family planning refers to a program which enables couples and

individuals to decide freely and responsibly the number and spacing

of their children and to have the information and means to do so,

and to have access to a full range of safe, affordable, effective,

non-abortifacient modem natural and artificial methods of planning

pregnancy.

(f) Fetal and infant death review refers to a qualitative and in-depth

study of the causes of fetal and infant death with the primary

purpose of preventing future deaths through changes or additions

to programs, plans and policies.

(g) Gender equality refers to the principle of equality between

women and men and equal rights to enjoy conditions in realizing

their full human potentials to contribute to, and benefit from, the

results of development, with the State recognizing that all human

beings are free and equal in dignity and rights.

(h) Maternal death review refers to a qualitative and in-depth study

of the causes of maternal death with the primary purpose of

preventing future deaths through changes or additions to programs,

plans and policies.

(i) Maternal health refers to the health of a woman of reproductive

age including, but not limited to, during pregnancy, childbirth and

the postpartum period.

 Republic Act 10354
RESPONSIBLE PARENTHOOD AND
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH LAW OF
2012
SECTIONS IMPORTANT TO COMMUNITY
HEALTH NURSING
SECTION 5. Hiring of Skilled Health Professionals
for Maternal Health Care and Skilled Birth
Attendance
The LGUs shall endeavor to hire an adequate number of nurses,

midwives and other skilled health professionals for maternal health

care and skilled birth attendance. Midwives and nurses shall be

allowed to administer lifesaving drugs such as oxytocin and

magnesium sulfate in emergency situations: Provided, That they

are properly trained and certified to administer these lifesaving

drugs.

SECTION 6. Health Care Facilities

Each Local Government Unit (LGU) shall endeavor to establish or

upgrade hospitals and facilities with adequate personnel,

equipment and supplies to provide emergency obstetric and

newborn care.

SECTION 7. Access to Family Planning

All accredited public health facilities shall provide a full range of

modern family planning methods, which shall also include medical

consultations, supplies and necessary and reasonable procedures

for poor and marginalized couples having infertility issues. Private

health facilities with the option to grant free care and services to

paying patients may also do so.

SECTION 8. Maternal Death Review and Fetal and

Infant Death Review
Local government units (LGUs) and other public health units (PHUs)

are to undertake Maternal Death Reviews and Fetal and Infant

Death Reviews in accordance with the Department of Health's

standards (DOH). As a result of the evaluation, an evidence-based

programming and budgeting approach should emerge.

SECTION 16. Capacity Building of Barangay Health

Workers (BHWs)
Local government units (LGUs) and other public health units (PHUs)

are to undertake Maternal Death Reviews and Fetal and Infant

Death Reviews in accordance with the Department of Health's

standards (DOH). As a result of the evaluation, an evidence-based

programming and budgeting approach should emerge.

 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10152

Children Health
Mandatory Infants and
Immunization Act of 2011
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR MANDATORY BASIC IMMUNIZATION
SERVICES FOR INFANTS AND CHILDREN, REPEALING FOR THE
PURPOSE PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 996, AS AMENDED

DECLARATION OF POLICY
In accordance with Article II, Section 15 of the Constitution,
it is hereby declared to be the policy of the State to take a
proactive role in the preventive health care of infants and
children. Towards this end, the State shall adopt a
comprehensive, mandatory and sustainable immunization
program for vaccine preventable diseases for all infants
and children.

SECTIONS IMPORTANT TO COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING

SEC. 3. Coverage.— The mandatory basic immunization for all infants
and children provided under this Act shall cover the following
vaccine-preventable diseases: (a) Tuberculosis; (b) Diphtheria, tetanus
and pertussis; (c) Poliomyelitis; (d) Measles; (e) Mumps; (f) Rubella or
German measles; (g) Hepatitis-B; (h) H. Influenzae type B (HIB); and (i)
Such other types may be determined by the Secretary of Health in a
department circular.
SEC. 4. Education and Information Campaign.- During prenatal care,
all pregnant mothers are educated by all health care practitioners/
workers on the importance of giving infants the basic immunization
services and its possible effects.
SEC. 5. Obligation to Inform. - The person who delivers, or assists in
the delivery of, a newborn must inform parents or legal guardians of
the newborn of the availability, nature and benefits of immunization
against hepatitis-B

 R.A 10666
"Children’s Safety on Motorcycles
Act of 2015"

DEFINITION
"AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE SAFETY OF CHILDREN
ABOARD MOTORCYLES"

DECLARATION OF POLICY
It is the policy of the State to defend the right of children to
assistance, including proper care and nutrition, and special
protection from all forms of neglect, abuse, cruelty,
exploitation, and other conditions prejudicial to their
development.

Towards this end, the State shall pursue a more proactive

and preventive approach to secure the safety of passengers,
especially children, by regulating the operation of
motorcycles along roads and highways.

DEFINITION OF TERMS
(a) Motorcycle refers to any two (2)-wheeled motor
vehicle having one (1) or two (2) riding saddles;
(b) Public roads refer to roads designed by the
national government or local government units as
roads for public use such as, but not limited to,
national highways, provincial roads, city, municipal
and barangay streets;
(c) Foot peg refers to a flat form attached to the
motorcycles on which to stand or brace the feet; and
(d) Rider refers to the driver of a motorcycle.

SECTIONS IMPORTANT TO COMMUNITY

HEALTH NURSING
SEC 5. Exception. – Notwithstanding the
prohibition provided in the preceding section, this
Act shall not apply to cases where the child to be
transported requires immediate medical attention.

SEC 8. Qualifying Circumstances. – If, in violation of

the provisions of this Act, death shall have resulted
or serious or less serious injuries shall have been
inflicted upon the child or any other person, a
penalty of one (1) year imprisonment shall be
imposed upon the motorcycle rider or operator of
the motorcycle involved.
1. Children’s Emergency Relief and Protection Act
of 2016
 R.A 10821
“Children’s Emergency Relief and
Protection Act”
dEFINITION
AN ACT MANDATING THE PROVISION OF
EMERGENCY RELIEF AND PROTECTION FOR
CHILDREN BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER
DISASTERS AND OTHER EMERGENCY SITUATIONS

declaration OF POLICY
It is hereby declared the policy of the State to protect the fundamental rights of
children before, during, and after disasters and other emergency situations when
children are gravely threatened or endangered by circumstances that affect their
survival and normal development. Guided by the principles on survival and
development, on child participation, and consistent with the United Nations
Convention on the Rights of the Child, as well as the Children’s Charter for
Disaster Risk and Reduction, and the minimum standards for children in
humanitarian action, the State shall establish and implement a comprehensive and
strategic program of action to provide the children and pregnant and lactating
mothers affected by disasters and other emergency situations with utmost support
and assistance necessary for their immediate recovery and protection against all
forms of violence, cruelty, discrimination, neglect, abuse, exploitation and other
acts prejudicial to their interest, survival, development and well-being.

DEFINITION OF TERMS
(a) Child – refers to a person below eighteen (18) years of age or those over but are unable
to fully take care of themselves or protect themselves from abuse, neglect, cruelty,
exploitation Or discrimination because of a physical or mental disability or condition as
defined in Republic Act No. 7610 or the Special Protection of Children Against Abuse,
Exploitation and Discrimination Act;
(b) Child with Special Needs – refers to a child with a developmental or physical disability
as defined in Republic Act No. 10165 or the Foster Care Act of 2012;
(c) Child-Friendly Spaces – refer to spaces where communities create nurturing
environments for children to engage in free and structured play, recreation, leisure and
learning activities. The child-friendly space may provide health, nutrition, and psychosocial
support, and other services or activities which will restore their normal functioning;
(d) Civil Registry Documents – refer to all certificates, application forms, and certified true
copies of legal instruments and court decrees concerning the acts and events affecting the
civil status of persons which are presented before the Civil Registrar and are recorded in the
Civil Registry;
(e) Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) – as defined in Republic Act No.10121 or the
Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010, refer to non-state actors
whose aims are neither to generate profits nor to seek governing power such as
nongovernment organizations (NGOs), professional associations, foundations, independent
research institutes, community-based organizations (CBOs), faith-based organizations,
people’s organizations, social movements, and labor unions which are organized based on
ethical, cultural, scientific, religious or philanthropic considerations;
 DEFINITION OF TERMS
(f) Disasters – as defined in Republic Act No. 10121, refer to a serious disruption of the
functioning of a community or a society involving widespread human, material, economic,
or environmental losses and impacts, which exceeds the ability of the affected community
or society to cope using its own resources. Disasters are often described as a result of the
combination of: the exposure to a hazard; the conditions of vulnerability that are present;
and insufficient capacity or measures to reduce or cope with the potential negative
consequences. Disaster impacts may include loss of life, injury, disease and other negative
effects on human, physical, mental and social well-being, together with damage to property,
destruction of assets, loss of services, social and economic disruption, and environmental
degradation;
(g) Emergency – refers to unforeseen or sudden occurrence, especially danger, demanding
immediate action as defined in Republic Act No. 10121;
(h) Family Tracing and Reunification – refers to the process where disaster response teams
reunite families separated by natural and human catastrophes by bringing together the
child and family or previous care-provider for the purpose of establishing or reestablishing
long-term care;
(i) Hazard – refers to a dangerous phenomenon, substance, human activity or condition
that may cause loss of life, injury or other health impacts, property damage, loss of
livelihood and services, social and economic disruption, or environmental damage as
defined in Republic Act No. 10121;
(j) Orphans or Orphaned Children – refer to children who do not have a family and relatives
who can assume responsibility for their care;
(k) Separated Children – refer to children separated from both parents, or from their
previous legal or usual primary caregiver, but not necessarily from other relatives. As a
result, this may include children accompanied by other family members;
(l) State of Calamity – refers to a condition involving mass casualty and/or major damages
to property, disruption of means of livelihoods, roads, and normal way of life of people in
the affected areas as a result of occurrence of natural or human-induced hazard as defined
in Republic Act No. 10121;
(m) Transitional Shelter – refers to structures temporarily constructed by the government
intended for families affected by a disaster while awaiting transfer to permanent shelters;
and
(n) Unaccompanied Children – refer to children who have been separated from both
parents and other relatives, and who are not being cared for by an adult who, by law or
custom, is responsible for doing so.

SECTIONS IMPORTANT TO COMMUNITY

HEALTH NURSING
SEC 4. The Department of Social Welfare and Development
(DSWD) shall formulate a Comprehensive Emergency Program
for Children. The Program shall be used as the basis for handling
disasters and other emergency situations to protect children,
pregnant and lactating mothers, and support their immediate
recovery.
SEC 6. The DSWD, upon consultation with relevant agencies,
shall develop a minimum set of standards and guidelines for the
Family Tracing Reunification System of orphaned,
unaccompanied and separated children.
SEC 8. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
Council (NDRRMC) shall promote and conduct a child-
responsive training program for all responders in the calamity
area such as community and barangay leaders, community
members, school personnel and other rescuers.
 PRESIDENTIAL
DECREE NO. 603
“CHILD AND YOUTH
WELFARE CODE”
DEFINITION
It shall apply to persons below twenty-
one years of age except those
emancipated in accordance with law.
“Child” or “minor” or “youth” as used in
this Code, shall refer to such persons.

RECOGNITION OF RIGHTS
(1) A dependent child is one who is
without a parent, guardian or
custodian; or one whose parents,
guardian or other custodian for good
cause desires to be relieved of his care
and custody; and is dependent upon
the public for support.
(2) An abandoned child is one who has
no proper parental care or
guardianship, or whose parents or
guardians have deserted him for a
period of at least six continuous
months.

(3) A neglected child is one whose

basic needs have been deliberately
unattended or inadequately attended.
Neglect may occur in two ways:

a) There is a physical neglect when

the child is malnourished, ill clad and
without proper shelter.
A child is unattended when left by
himself without provisions for his needs
and/or without proper supervision.
b) Emotional neglect exists: when
children are maltreated, raped or
seduced; when children are exploited,
overworked or made to work under
conditions not conducive to good
health; or are made to beg in the streets
or public places, or when children are
in moral danger, or exposed to
gambling, prostitution and other vices.

(4) Commitment or surrender of a child

is the legal act of entrusting a child to
the care of the Department of Social
Welfare or any duly licensed child
placement agency or individual.
Art. 189. Youthful Offender Defined. – A
youthful offender is one who is over
nine years but under twenty-one years
of age at the time of the commission of
the offense.

SECTIONS IMPORTANT TO COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING

Art. 7. Non-disclosure of Birth Records. –
The records of a person’s birth shall be
kept strictly confidential and no
information relating thereto shall be
issued except on the request of any of
the following:
(1) The person himself, or any person
authorized by him;
(2) His spouse, his parent or parents,
his direct descendants, or the guardian
or institution legally in-charge of him if
he is a minor;
Art. 11. Promotion of Health. – The
promotion of the Child’s health shall
begin with adequate pre-natal and
post-natal care both for him and his
mother. All appropriate measures shall
be taken to insure his normal total
development.
Art. 84. Community Defined. – As used in
this Title, a community shall mean, the
local government, together with the
society of individuals or institutions,
both public and private, in which a child
lives.
Art. 85. Duties of the Community. – To
insure the full enjoyment of the right of
every child to live in a society that offers
or guarantee him safety, health, good
moral environment and facilities for his
wholesome growth and development, it
shall be the duty of the community to;
(1) Bring about a healthy environment
necessary to the normal growth of
children and the enhancement of their
physical, mental and spiritual well-
being;
(2) Help institutions of learning, whether
public or private, achieve the
fundamental objectives of education;
(3) Organize or encourage movements
and activities, for the furtherance of the
interests of children and youth;
(4) Promote the establishment and
maintenance of adequately equipped
playgrounds, parks, and other
recreational facilities;
(5) Support parent education programs
by encouraging its members to attend
and actively participate therein;
(6) Assist the State in combating and
curtailing juvenile delinquency and in
rehabilitating wayward children;
(7) Aid in carrying out special projects
for the betterment of children in the
remote areas or belonging to cultural
minorities or those who are out of
school;
(8) Cooperate with private and public
child welfare agencies in providing
care, training and protection to
destitute, abandoned, neglected,
abused, handicapped and disturbed
children.

Art. 130. Medical and Nursing Care. – The

licensee shall provide adequate
medical and nursing care for sick
children who may be confined due to
illness.
Art. 133. Healthy Growth of Children. –
Pursuant to its obligation to assist the
parents in the proper upbringing of the
child, the State shall, whenever possible,
in collaboration and cooperation with
local government establish:
(1) Puericulture and similar centers;
(2) Juvenile courts;
(3) Child welfare agencies;
(4) Orphanages and other similar
institutions; and
(5) Children’s recreation centers.
Art. 134. Puericulture or Health Centers. –
Puericulture or health centers shall be
established in every barangay to
perform, among other things
 r.a 9211
Tobacco Regulation
Act of 2003
DEFINITION
AN ACT REGULATING THE PACKAGING, USE, SALE,
DISTRIBUTION AND ADVERTISEMENTS OF
TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

DECLARATION OF POLICY
It is the policy of the State to protect the
populace from hazardous
products and promote the right to health and
instill health consciousness among
them. It is also the policy of the State, consistent
with the Constitutional ideal to
promote the general welfare, to safeguard the
Interests of the workers and other
stakeholders in the tobacco industry. For these
purposes, the government shall
institute a balanced policy whereby the use, sale,
and advertisements of tobacco
products shall be regulated in order to promote a
healthful environment and protect
the citizens from the hazards of tobacco smoke,
and at the same time ensure that the interest of
tobacco farmers, growers, workers and
stakeholders are not adversely compromised.

DEFINITION OF TERMS
"Cigarette" - refers to any roll or tubular
construction, which contains tobacco or its
derivatives and is intended to be burned or heated
under ordinary conditions of use
"Distributor" - refers to any person to whom a
tobacco product is delivered or sold for purposes of
distribution in commerce, except that such terms
does not include a manufacturer or retailer or
common carrier of such product
 DEFINITION OF TERMS

"Minor" - refers to any person below eighteen (18)

years old;
"Manufacturer" - refers to any person entity,
including a re-packer, who makes, fabricates,
assembles, processes, or labels a finished product;
"Package" - refers to pack, boxes, cartons or
containers of any kind in which any tobacco
product is offered for sale to consumers;
"Persons" - refers to an individual, partnership,
corporation or any other business or legal entity;
"Tobacco" - refers to agricultural components
derived from the tobacco
plant, which are processed for use in the
manufacturing of cigarettes and other
tobacco products
"Tobacco Products" - refers to any product that
consists of loose tobacco
that contains nicotine and is intended for use in
a cigarette, including any
product containing tobacco and intended smoking
or oral or nasal use.
"Warning" - refers to the notice printed on the
tobacco product or its
container and/or displayed in print or alert in
broadcast or electronic media
including outdoor advertising and which shall
bear information on the hazard
of tobacco use.
"Public Places" - refer to enclose or confined
areas of all hospitals, medical clinics, schools,
public transportation terminals and offices, and
building such as private and public offices,
recreational places, shopping malls, movie houses,
hotels, restaurants, and the like