EXISTING NATIONAL

LAWS RELATED
TO HEALTH TRENDS,
ISSUES AND
CONCERNS
 R.A 8504
PHILIPPINE AIDS
PREVENTION AND
CONTROL ACT OF
1998
 Republic Act 8504
• An act promulgating policies and prescribing 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, and
for other purposes.
 DEFINITION OF TERMS

● “Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

(AIDS)” — a condition characterized by a
combination of signs and symptoms, caused
by HIV contracted from another person
 DEFINITION OF TERMS

● “Anonymous Testing” — refers to an HIV

testing procedure whereby the individual
being tested does not reveal his/her true
identity.
 DEFINITION OF TERMS

● “Contact tracing” — refers to the method of

finding and counselling the sexual partner(s)
of a person who has been diagnosed as
having sexually transmitted disease.
 DEFINITION OF TERMS

● “Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)” —

refers to the virus which causes AIDS.
 DEFINITION OF TERMS
● “HIV-positive” — refers to the presence of
HIV infection as documented by the presence
of HIV or HIV antibodies in the sample being
tested.
● “HIV-negative” — denotes the absence of
HIV or HIV antibodies upon HIV testing.
 DEFINITION OF TERMS
● “HIV Testing” — refers to any laboratory
procedure done on an individual to determine
the presence or absence of HIV infection.

● “HIV Transmission” — refers to the transfer of

HIV from one infected person to an uninfected
individual
 DEFINITION OF TERMS

● “Informed Consent” — refers to the

voluntary agreement of a person to undergo
or be subjected to a procedure based on full
information
 DEFINITION OF TERMS
● “Medical Confidentiality” — refers to the
relationship of trust and confidence created
or existing between a patient or a person with
HIV and his attending physician, consulting
medical specialist, nurse, medical technologist
and all other health workers or personnel
 DEFINITION OF TERMS
● “Person with HIV” — refers to an individual
whose HIV test indicates, directly or
indirectly, that he/she is infected with HIV.
● “Prophylactic” — refers to any agent or
device used to prevent the transmission of a
disease.
 DEFINITION OF TERMS
● “Sexually Transmitted Diseases” — refers to
any disease that may be acquired or passed
on through sexual contact.
● “Window Period” — refers to the period of
time, usually lasting from two weeks to six (6)
months
How can a person
get HIV/AIDS?
 ARTICLE VII
DISCRIMINATORY ACTS AND POLICIES

● Sec. 35. Discrimination in the workplace

● Sec. 36. Discrimination in schools

 ARTICLE VII
DISCRIMINATORY ACTS AND POLICIES

● Sec. 37. Restrictions on travel and habitation

● Sec. 38. Inhibition from public service

 ARTICLE VII
DISCRIMINATORY ACTS AND POLICIES

● Sec. 39. Exclusion from credit and insurance services

● Sec. 40. Discrimination in hospitals and health institutions

 ARTICLE VII
DISCRIMINATORY ACTS AND POLICIES

● Sec. 41. Denial of burial services

● Sec. 42. Penalties for discriminatory acts and

policies
What would you tell
your fellow youth to
prevent the spread
and acquisition of
HIV?AIDS?
R.A. 7719
NATIONAL BLOOD
SERVICES ACT OF 1994
Have you ever tried
donating blood?
What benefits can
we get from
donating blood?
 Republic Act 7719

● promotes voluntary blood donation to

provide sufficient supply of safe blood and to
regulate blood banks. This act aims to
inculcate public awareness that blood
donation is a humanitarian act.
 Responsibilities of the State

● to promote and encourage voluntary blood

donation by the citizenry and to instill
public consciousness of the principle that
blood donation is a humanitarian act;
 Republic Act 7719

● to lay down the legal principle that the

provision of blood for transfusion is a
professional medical service and not a sale of
a commodity;
 Republic Act 7719

● to provide for adequate, safe, affordable and

equitable distribution of supply of blood and
blood products;
● to inform the public of the need for voluntary
blood donation
 Republic Act 7719

● to teach the benefits and rationale of

voluntary blood donation in the existing
health subjects of the formal education
system
 Republic Act 7719

● to mobilize all sectors of the community to

participate in mechanisms for voluntary and
non-profit collection of blood;
 Republic Act 7719

● to mandate the Department of Health to

establish and organize a National Blood
Transfusion Service Network
 Republic Act 7719

● to provide for adequate assistance to

institutions promoting voluntary blood donation
and providing non-profit blood services
 Republic Act 7719
● to require all blood collection units and blood
banks/centers to operate on a non-profit basis;
● to establish scientific and professional
standards for the operation of blood collection
units and blood banks/centers in the
Philippines;
 Republic Act 7719

● to regulate and ensure the safety of all

activities related to the collection, storage
and banking of blood; and
 Republic Act 7719

● to require upgrading of blood

banks/centers to include preventive
services and education to control spread of
blood transfusion transmissible diseases.
 DEFINITION OF TERMS
● Blood/blood product – refers to human blood,
processed or unprocessed and includes blood
components, its products and derivatives;
● Blood bank/center – a laboratory or institution
with the capability to recruit and screen blood
donors
 DEFINITION OF TERMS

● Commercial blood bank – a blood bank that

exists for profit;
● Hospital-based blood bank – a blood bank
which is located within the premises of a
hospital;
 DEFINITION OF TERMS

● Blood collection unit – an institution or

facility duly authorized by the Department of
Health to recruit and screen donors and
collect blood;
 DEFINITION OF TERMS
● Voluntary blood donor – one who donates blood on
one’s own volition or initiative and without monetary
compensation;
● Blood transfusion transmissible diseases – diseases
which may be transmitted as a result of blood
transfusion, including AIDS, Hepatitis-B, Malaria and
Syphilis;
 DEFINITION OF TERMS

● Walking Blood Donor – an individual

included in the list of qualified voluntary
blood donors referred to in Section 4,
paragraph (e), who is ready to donate blood
when needed in his/her community.
 SECTION 12. PENALTIES

● Any blood bank/center which shall collect

charges and fees greater than the maximum
prescribed by the Department
 SECTION 12. PENALTIES

● Any person who shall establish and operate

a blood bank without securing any license to
operate from the Department or who fails
to comply with the standards prescribed by
the Department
How important are
the provisions of
this law?
 R.A 8750
SEAT BELTS USE ACT
OF 1999
 Republic Act 8750

• Requires the mandatory compliance of both

public and private drivers and passengers to
use the seat belt. It also requires all
manufacturers to install seat belt devices in all
vehicles they produce.
 Republic Act 8750

• For their own safety, the driver and front seat

passengers of a public or private motor vehicle
are required to wear or use their seat belt
devices while inside a vehicle of running engine
on any road or thoroughfare:
 Republic Act 8750

• In the case of public motor vehicles, the driver

shall be required to immediately inform and
require the front seat passengers upon
boarding a vehicle of running engine to wear
the prescribed seat belts.
 Republic Act 8750

• Infants and/or children with ages six (6)

years and below shall be prohibited to sit
in the front seat of any running motor
vehicle.
 Republic Act 8750
• The seat belt devices required to be installed in all
motor vehicles shall comply with the standards and
specifications established by the Bureau of Product
Standards of the Department of Trade and Industry
(DTI) in consultation with the LTO of the
Department of Transportation and
Communications (DOTC)
 How does the use
of seatbelts benefit
all passengers?
 DEFINITION OF TERMS
● "Motorist" shall refer to the driver of a motor
vehicle.

● "Motor vehicle" shall refer to both private

and public motor vehicle. The term shall not
include the tricycle and motorcycle.
 DEFINITION OF TERMS

● "Seat belt device" shall refer to any strap,

webbing or similar device in the form of
pelvic restraint or lap belt, upper torso
restraint or shoulder strap or a combination
thereof designed to secure a person in a
motor vehicle
 DEFINITION OF TERMS
● "Private motor vehicle" shall refer to any of the
following:
● (1) Any motor vehicle owned by individuals and
juridical persons for private use;
● (2) Any motor vehicle owned by the National
Government or any of its agencies; and
● (3) Any diplomatic vehicle.
 DEFINITION OF TERMS
● "Public motor vehicle" shall refer to public
utility vehicle or vehicle for hire.
● "Motor vehicle of running engine" shall refer
to a vehicle as stated herein, operating and
standing on any road or thoroughfare with
engine running.
 DEFINITION OF TERMS
● "Front seat passengers" shall refer to persons
on board a public utility vehicle seated at the
right side beside the driver for public utility
jeepneys (PUJs) and to passengers seated at the
right side beside the driver and those at the first
row immediately behind the driver in the case of
public utility buses (PUBs)
 FINES AND PENALTIES

● On the driver
● (a) For failure to wear the prescribed seat
belt devices and/or failure to require his
passengers to wear the prescribed seat belt
device
 FINES AND PENALTIES

● (b) Public utility vehicles shall post

appropriate signage instructing front seat
passengers to wear seat belts when inside
the vehicle.
R.A. 10175
CYBERCRIME
PREVENTION ACT OF
2012
 Statistics
In June 2021, there were 98.41 thousand
cyberattacks reported in the Philippines, reflecting
a significant decline from the same month of the
previous year. The number of cyberattacks in the
country were exponential during the first quarter of
the year, reaching as much as around 1.76 million.
 Statistics
The number of phishing attacks in the
Philippines during the first half of 2022 already
surpassed the number of attacks in the whole
year of 2021. In that period, over 1.8 million
attacks have been detected compared to 1.34
million attacks in 2021.
 Republic Act 10175

It is an act that defines cybercrime,

elaborates its forms, provides guidelines for
prevention, and controls the process of
investigation as well as the penalties associated
with those acts that would qualify under it.
 Republic Act 10175

It aims to address legal issues

concerning online interactions and
the Internet in the Philippines.
 DEFINITION OF TERMS

● Access refers to the instruction,

communication with, storing data in,
retrieving data from, or otherwise making
use of any resources of a computer system
or communication network.
 DEFINITION OF TERMS
● Alteration refers to the modification or
change, in form or substance, of an existing
computer data or program.
● Communication refers to the transmission of
information through ICT media, including
voice, video and other forms of data.
 DEFINITION OF TERMS

● Computer refers to an electronic,

magnetic, optical, electrochemical, or
other data processing or
communications device, or grouping of
such devices,
 DEFINITION OF TERMS
● Computer data refers to any representation of
facts, information, or concepts in a form
suitable for processing in a computer system
including a program suitable to cause a
computer system to perform a function and
includes electronic documents.
 DEFINITION OF TERMS

● Computer program refers to a set of

instructions executed by the computer
to achieve intended results.
 DEFINITION OF TERMS

● Computer system refers to any device

or group of interconnected or related
devices, one or more of which, pursuant
to a program, performs automated
processing of data.
 DEFINITION OF TERMS

● Cyber refers to a computer or a computer

network, the electronic medium in which
online communication takes place.
What acts using the
internet and/or
computer are
considered
unlawful?
 Cybersquatting

the practice of registering names,

especially well-known company or brand
names, as internet domains, in the hope
of reselling them at a profit
 Cybersex

sexual arousal using computer

technology, especially by wearing virtual
reality equipment or by exchanging
messages with another person via the
internet
 Identity theft

the fraudulent acquisition and use of a

person's private identifying information,
usually for financial gain
 Libel

a published false statement that is

damaging to a person's reputation; a
written defamation
 What would you
contribute to make
internet safe for
everyone’s use?
 R.A 9775
ANTI-CHILD
PORNOGRAPHY ACT
OF 2009
 Republic Act 9775

This law shall recognize the vital role of the

youth in nation building and will promote
and protect their physical, moral,
intellectual, emotional, psychological, and
social well-being.
 DEFINITION OF TERMS

"Children" refers to persons below

eighteen (18) years of age or those over
but are unable to fully take care of
themselves or protect themselves
 DEFINITION OF TERMS

"Child pornography" refers to any public

or private representation, by whatever
means, of a child engaged in real or
simulated explicit sexual activities
 DEFINITION OF TERMS

"Child pornography materials" refers to the means and

methods by which child pornography is carried out:
as to form: visual depiction, auditory
representation and written text or material.
as to content: includes representation what a
person seems to be.
 DEFINITION OF TERMS

"Explicit sexual activity" refers to actual or

simulated: sexual intercourse, bestiality,
masturbation, sadistic or masochistic abuse,
exhibition of genitals, breast, pubic area, anus
or use of any instruments for lascivious acts.
 DEFINITION OF TERMS

"Luring" refers to the act of communicating, by

means of a computer system, with a child or
someone who the offender believes to be a child
for the purpose of facilitating the commission of a
sexual activity or production of child pornography.
 DEFINITION OF TERMS

"Grooming" refers to the act of preparing a

child or someone who the offender believes to
be a child for a sexual activity or sexual
relationship by communicating child
pornography. It includes online enticement, or
enticement through any other means.
 DEFINITION OF TERMS

"Primarily sexual purposes" refers to

purposes which will fulfill all the
following conditions.
What acts are
considered
unlawful?
 Unlawful or Prohibited Acts

• To hire, employ, use, persuade, induce or

coerce a child to perform in the creation
or production of child pornography
 Unlawful or Prohibited Acts

• To produce, direct, manufacture or

create any form of child pornography and
child pornography materials
 Unlawful or Prohibited Acts

• To sell, offer, advertise and promote child

pornography and child pornography
materials
 Unlawful or Prohibited Acts

• To possess, download, purchase,

reproduce or make available child
pornography materials with the intent of
selling or distributing them
 Unlawful or Prohibited Acts

• To publish, post, exhibit, disseminate,

distribute, transmit or broadcast child
pornography or child pornography
materials
 Unlawful or Prohibited Acts

• To knowingly possess, view, download,

purchase or in any way take steps to
procure, obtain or access for personal use
child pornography materials; and
 Unlawful or Prohibited Acts

• To attempt to commit child pornography

by luring or grooming a child.
What must people in
authority do in order
to protect every
child of this country
from pornography?
What are you going
to do to protect
yourself and every
child of this country
from pornography?