LAWS AND REGULATIONS AFFECTING NURSING / MIDWIFERY PRACTICE IN THE

PHILIPPINES

A. REPUBLIC ACTS
1. RA 1054 – Free emergency medical and dental attendance to employee / laborers
2. RA 1080 – Civil Service Legibility
3. RA 1082 – Creation of rural health units all over the Philippines
4. RA 1612 – Privilege Tax
5. RA 1636 – Compulsary membership to SSS of self-employed
6. RA 3573 – Reporting to Communicable diseases
7. RA 4226 – Hospital Licensure Act
8. RA 5181 – Permanent residence & reciprocity qualifications for examination/registration
9. RA 5901 – Working hours & compensation of hospital & clinic personnel
10. RA 6111 – Philippine Medical Care Act of 1969 (RA 7875)
11. RA 6675 – Generic Act of 1988
12. RA 6713 – Code of Ethics for Government Employees
13. RA 6727 – Wage Rationalization Act
14. RA 6758 – Salary Standardization Law for Government Workers
15. RA 6972 – Day Care Center for every Barangay
16. RA 7160 – Local Autonomy Code
17. RA 7170 – Organ Donation
18. RA 7277 – Magna Carta of Disabled Person
19. RA 7305 – Magna Carta of Public Health Workers
20. RA 7600 – Rooming – in and Breastfeeding Act of 1992
21. RA 7610 - Child Abuse and Exploitation
22. RA 7624 – Drug Education
23. RA 7641 – New Retirement Program of the Government
24. RA 7876 – Senior Citizen Center for every Barangay (RA 7432)
25. RA 7659 – Death Penalty for Heinous Crimes
26. RA 7883 – Barangay Health Workers Benefits and Incentives Act of 1992
27. RA 7877 – Sexual Harassment Law
28. RA 8187 – Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act
29. RA 8187 – Paternity Leave
30. RA 6725 – Strengthening Prohibition on Discrimination against Women

B. PRESIDENTIAL DECREE
1. P.D. 48 Four (4) children with maternity leave privileges
2. P.D. 69 Four (4) children for tax exemption
3. P.D. 79 Participation of Health Workers in population control as amended by P.D. 166
which strengthened FP programs
4. P.D. 148 Employable age shall be 16 years of age
5. P.D. 442 New Labor Code
6. P.D. 491 Nutrition Program
7. P.D. 541 Practice of former Pilipino Professionals in the Philippines
8. P.D. 568 Role of Public Health Midwives are expanded under the RCHDS
9. P.D. 603 Child and Youth Welfare Code
10. P.D. 626 Employee Compensation & State Insurance Fund
11. P.D. 651 Birth Registration
12. P.D. 825 Garbage disposal
13. P.D. 856 Code of Sanitation
14. P.D. 965 Family Planning and responsible Parenthood Instructions prior to Issuance of
marriage license
15. P.D. 996 Compulsory immunization for children below eight (8) years old
16. P.D. 1519 Revised Medicare benefits to all government employees regardless of status of
employment
17. P.D. 1636Compulsory membership to the GSIS or SSS Retirement fund

C. EXECUTIVE ORDERS
1. E.O. 51 Milk Code
2. E.O. 174 National Drug Policy
3. E.O. 180 Collective Bargaining Rights of Government Workers
4. E.O. 209 Family Code (as amended by RA 6809)
5. E.O. 226 Command Responsibility
6. E.O. 857 Compulsory dollar remittance
7. E.O. 203 Regular Holidays and Special Holidays
D. PRC and Board Resolutions
1. #187 s. 1991 – Issuance and Renewal of Professional License
2. #217 s. 1992 – Delisting of Delinquent professionals
3. #381 s. 1995 – CPE Programs of the Professional Regulatory Boards under the supervision of PRC
(CPE Councils); E.O> 266)

MIDWIFERY:
#633 s. 1985 CPE for Midwives
#557 s. 1988 Code of Ethics for Midwives
#100 s. 1993 Implementing Rules and Regulations of RA 7164

NURSING:
#633 s. 1984 ICN Code of Ethics
#1903 s. 1988 CPE for Nurses
#1955 s. 1989 PNA Code of Ethics
#8 s. 1994 Special Training on I.V. injection

E. SALIENT ASPECTS IN THE 1987 CONSTITUTION OF PHILIPPINES

1. Article II – Declaration of principles & State Policies
SECTION 11 – Human Dignity and Rights
12 – Sanctity of Family equal protection of the life of the mother and the life
of the unborn form the conception
13 – Role of the youth in Nation Building
15 – Right to Health
16 – Right to a balanced and healthy ecology
2. Article III – Bill of Rights
SECTION 1 – Equal Protection of Laws and the due process of law
3 – Privacy of Communication and correspondence
8 – Formation of Unions, associations or societies
12 – To remain silent & have counsel when under investigation
14 – The accused person is presumed innocent until the contrary is approved
3. Article IV – Citizenship
SECTION 3 – Philippine Citizenship may be lost or reacquired in the Manner provided
by law
4. Article XIII – Social Justice & Human Rights
SECTION 3 – Rights of all Workers of self-organization, collective bargaining and
negotiations and peaceful concerted activities
11 – Priority for the needs of the under-privileged sick, elderly, disabled,
woman and children
13 – Special Agency for disabled persons
14 – Protection of Working Women
5. Article XV – The Family
SECTION 1 – Filipino Family as the foundation of the nation
2 – Marriage, as an inviolable social institution, is the foundation of the
family
4 – The family has the duty to care for its elderly members.

F. OTHERS PROCLAMATION OR PRONOUNCEMENTS ABD LETTERS OF INSTRUCTIONS

(L.O.I.)
1. International Year of the Child – 1979
2. Decade of Safe Motherhood – 1988-1997
3. Proclamation #6 – United Nations goal of Universal Child Immunization
4. Proclamation #118 – Professional Regulation Week-June 16-22
5. Proclamation #60 – Last week of September as National Family Unity Week
6. Proclamation # 539 – Nurses Week (Last week of October)
7. Proclamation # 1275 – Midwifery Week (third week of October)
8. L.O.I. #47 – Integration of Family Planning in the Midwifery Curriculum
9. L.O.I. #1000 – Members of accredited professional organizations given preference in hiring or
attendance to seminars
10. ILO Convention #149 – Improvement of Life and work conditions of Nursing Personnel (ILO
Recommendation #157)