Republic Act

acts or laws passed by the Philippine

Congress

Republic Act (RA #1080)

Bar and Board exam passers are declared
to be civil service eligible

Republic Act (RA #1082)

RHU ACT of 1953
created the first 81 RHUs in the
Philippines

Republic Act (RA #1612)

PROFESSIONAL TAX OR OMNIBUS TAX
CODE
50 to be paid on or before January 31
annually

RA #3573

LAW ON NOTIFIABLE DISEASES
Report all communicable disease to the
nearest health center

RA #4226

Hospital licensure act
All hospitals must be licensed by DOH

RA #5181

permanent residence and reciprocity as
qualifications for any examination or
registration for the practice of any
profession

RA #5901

40hrs work per week for 100-bed
capacity hospital or above and 1M
population community

RA #6675

Generic act of 1988

RA #6713

CODE OF CONDUCT AND ETHICAL
STANDARDS for Public Officials and
Employees

RA #6758

Salary Standardization Law
assigned salary grade 10 for Nurse 1
position

RA #7305

MAGNA CARTA for Public Health Workers

RA #7392

Midwifery law


RA #7432

Salary Standardization Law
assigned salary grade 10 for Nurse 1
position

RA #7600

Rooming and breastfeeding act

RA #7722

Education law

RA #7883

BARANGAY HEALTH WORKERS
BENEFITS AND INCENTIVES ACT

RA #8344

Prohibits demanding of advance
payments/cash deposits before patients
admitted/treated

RA #8353

Anti-rape law

RA #7846

Compulsory immunization against
Hepatitis B for infants and children
below 8 years old

RA #7875

NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE ACT
establishing the PHIC

RA #7877

Anti-Sexual Harassment Act

RA #7833

PHILIPPINE CLEAN AIR ACT

RA #9003

ECOLOGICAL SOLID WASTE
MANAGEMENT ACT

RA #9165

COMPREHENSIVE DANGEROUS DRUGS
ACT

RA #9262

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND
CHILDREN, and DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

RA #9288

NEWBORN SCREENING ACT of 2004






Presidential Decree

Orders from the President of the
Philippines who exercised legislative
powers during state of martial law

PD #148

Women and child labor law

PD #442

Labor code of the Philippines

PD #541

Allows former Filipino Professionals to
practice their respective profession in the
Philippines

PD #651

Birth registration of a child within 30 days
at the Civil Registrar Office

PD #996

Compulsory immunization for all children
below eight years old

PD #1636

Compulsory membership in the GSIS or
SSS Retirement Fund

Executive Order

issued by the Chief Executive to
implement a constitutional mandate or
statutory provision

EO #51
Milk code
EO #209
Family code of the Philippines
Administrative order
issued by the President to an individual or
an organization to take certain corrective
action, or to refrain from an activity

AO #114

Revised the roles and functions of Public
Health Workers

AO #70-A

Revised Rules & Regulations Governing
the Registration, Licensure & Operation of
Hospitals & Other Health Facilities

AO #71

Implementing Guidelines for the Polio-
Free Maintenance Immunization


Letter of Instruction
issued by the President to serve as guide
to his previous decree or order

LOI #494

Created the Primary Health Care System

LOI #1000

PNA Members shall be given priority in
the hiring of employees

Presidential Proclamation

official declarations by the Office of the
President on certain programs, projects or
situations

PP #4

launching the Philippines Measles
Elimination Campaign

PP #539

Designated the last week of October of
every year, beginning 1958 as Nurses
Week

PP #1066

Declaring a national neonatal tetanus
elimination campaign starting 1997

Miscellaneous


PRC Memo 90-11

Provided new rates for examination and
registration

BON No,14 series of 1999

Provided new rates for examination and
registration

CHED memorandum 14

Provided new rates for examination and
registration