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Laws Affecting Community Health Nursing Practice

This document lists and briefly describes various laws in the Philippines that affect community health nursing practice. It covers laws related to health services, environmental health, communicable diseases, family planning, maternal and child health, nutrition, medications, and professional concerns. The laws establish and regulate the country's health care system, public health programs, health professional licensure and practice standards, and more.

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Laws Affecting Community Health Nursing Practice

This document lists and briefly describes various laws in the Philippines that affect community health nursing practice. It covers laws related to health services, environmental health, communicable diseases, family planning, maternal and child health, nutrition, medications, and professional concerns. The laws establish and regulate the country's health care system, public health programs, health professional licensure and practice standards, and more.

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LAWS AFFECTING COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING PRACTICE

HEALTH SERVICES
EO 851 Reorganizing DOH, integrating components of ea!t care "e!i#er$ into its fie!"
operations an" for oter p%rposes
&D 5'8 Restr%ct%re" Hea!t Care De!i#er$ S$stem (RHCDS)
RA 18*1 Strengtening Hea!t an" Denta! Ser#ices in R%ra! Areas
RA 1+8, Emp!o$ment of -ore Hea!t &ersonne! in R%ra! Areas (R%ra! Hea!t .nit Act)
RA 1+5/ 0ree Emergenc$ -e"ica! an" Denta! Treatment for te Emp!o$ees
LOI */* Lega! 1asis for te a"option of &HC
EO 1+5 &ro#i"ing for te Creation of a 2ationa! Hea!t &!anning Committee (2H&C) an" te
Esta1!isment of Inter Loca! Hea!t 3ones (ILH3) tro%go%t te co%ntr$ an" for oter
p%rposes
EO 1+, Re"irecting te 0%nctions an" Operations of te DOH
RA 4845 2ationa! Hea!t Ins%rance Act of 1**5
RA 45+5 -agna Carta of &%1!ic Hea!t 6or7ers
RA 4/5, Senior Citizen8s Act of te &i!ippines
RA *,54 E9pan"e" Senior Citizen8s Act of ,++5
RA 484' Senior Citizen8s Center Act of te &i!ippines
RA 41'+ Loca! :o#ernment Co"e of 1**1
RA 1*5* An act prescri1ing te appropriate sare of te nationa!, pro#incia!, cit$, an" m%nicipa!
go#ernment in te financia! contri1%tions for te operations an" maintenance of free 1e"s
in go#ernment ospita!s an" esta1!isment of a""itiona! ;ar"s or ospita!s in te
&i!ippines
RA 441* 2ationa! <!oo" Ser#ices Act of 1**/
RA 4885 <aranga$ Hea!t 6or7er <enefits an" Incenti#es Act of 1**5
<atas &am1ansa 5// Accessi1i!it$ La;
EO *58 2ationa! Hea!t$ Lifest$!e A"#ocac$ Campaign, Dec!aring $ear ,++5 to ,+15 as te
Deca"e of Hea!t$ Lifest$!e
E2VIRO2-E2TAL HEALTH
&D 85' Co"e of Sanitation
RA *,11 Anti=To1acco> 2o Smo7ing Campaign
&D 11'+ <aranga$ Captain to enforce po!!%tion an" en#ironmenta! !a;s
&D 8,5 &ena!t$ for improper "isposa! of gar1age> ref%se ;aste an" oter forms of %nc!ean!iness
RA *++5 &i!ippines Eco!ogica! an" So!i" 6aste -anagement Campaign
&D 1181 &re#ention an" Contro! of Air &o!!%tion for -otor Veic!es
RA 84/* C!ean Air Act of te &i!ippines
RA '*'* &roi1its te entr$ of azar"o%s an n%c!ear ;astes in te co%ntr$ an" pro#i"es a
mecanism to monitor an" reg%!ate te pro"%ction an" re!ease
CO--.2ICA<LE DISEASES
RA 5545 Reporting of Comm%nica1!e Diseases
RA /+45 An Act of Li1era!izing te treatment of !epros$
&D 58/ Amen"ing RA /+45 1$ amen"ing an" repea!ing certain sections of te Re#ise"
A"ministrati#e Co"e
RA 115' T< La;, reorganizing te "i#ision of T%1erc%!osis contro! in te DOH
RA 85+/ An act prom%!gating po!icies an" prescri1ing meas%res for te &re#ention an" Contro! of
HIV> AIDS in te &i!ippines
0A-IL? &LA22I2:
RA 5455 Ci#i! Registr$ La;
&D '51 Registration of <irt> Deat in te &i!ippines from @an%ar$ 1, 1*4/ tereafter
&D 4* Re#ise" &op%!ation Act of 1*41
&D 1,+/ Amen"ing Certain sections of &D 4* Re#ise" &op%!ation Act of te &i!ippines
&D 1'' Amen"ing te Re#ise" &op%!ation Act 1*41
&D *'5 ReA%iring app!icants for marriage !icense to recei#e instr%ction on fami!$ p!anning an"
responsi1!e parentoo"
EO ,+* (as amen"e" 1$ EO ,,4) 0ami!$ Co"e of te &i!ippines
RA 8184 An act granting paternit$ !ea#e of se#en "a$s ;it f%!! pa$ to a!! marrie" ma!e emp!o$ees
in te pri#ate an" p%1!ic sectors for te first fo%r "e!i#eries of te !egitimate spo%se ;it
;om e is coa1iting an" for oter p%rposes
-ATER2AL A2D CHILD HEALTH
&roc!amation B ' Imp!ementing a .nite" 2ations :oa! on .ni#ersa! Ci!" Imm%nization 1$ 1**+
& /' Reaffirming commitment to te goa! of Ci!" S%r#i#a! &rogram tr% Imm%nization on
&o!io Era"ication
&D **' &ro#i"ing Comp%!sor$ <asic Imm%nization for a!! infants, an" ci!"ren 1e!o; 8 $ears of
age
RA 48/' An act reA%iring comp%!sor$ imm%nization against epatitis < for infants an" ci!"ren
1e!o; 8 $ears o!"
RA *,88 2e;1orn Screening Act of ,++/
&D '+5 Ci!" ?o%t 6e!fare Co"e
&D 1/8 Amen"ing Rep%1!ic Act '4*, 6omen an" Ci!" La1or La;
EO 51 -i!7 Co"e of te &i!ippines
RA 8*8+ Ear!$ Ci!"oo" Care an" De#e!opment Act of te &i!ippines
RA 4'++ Te Rooming In an" <reastfee"ing Act of 1**,
RA 4'1+ Specia! &rotection of Ci!"ren Against A1%se, E9p!oitation, an" Discrimination Act
RA *,', Anti=Vio!ence Against 6omen an" Teir Ci!"ren Act of ,++/
RA 8555 Anti=Rape La;
RA 4844 Anti=Se9%a! Harassment Act of 1**5
2.TRITIO2
&D /*1 2%trition Act of te &i!ippines
&D 15'* <aranga$ 2%trition Sco!ar Decree
RA 814, An act promoting Sa!t Io"ization 2ation;i"e or Asin La; of te &i!ippines
RA 8*4' &i!ippine 0oo" 0ortification Act of ,+++
EO /4, Transferring te 2ationa! 2%trition Co%nci! from te Department of Agric%!t%re to te
Department of Hea!t
-EDICATIO2S
RA ''45 :enerics Act of 1*88 Safe -e"ication
RA '/,5 &ena!ties for Vio!ations of te Dangero%s Dr%g Act of 1*4,
RA *1'5 Compreensi#e Dangero%s Dr%g Act of ,++,
RA 8/,5 Tra"itiona! an" A!ternati#e -e"icine Act of 1**4
&RO0ESSIO2AL CO2CER2S
&D ,,5 Creation of te &rofessiona! Reg%!ation Commission (&RC)
RA 8*81 &RC -o"ernization Act of ,+++
LOI 1/* Con#ention concerning te emp!o$ments an" con"itions of ;or7 an" !ife of n%rsing
personne!
RA '458 Sa!ar$ Stan"ar"ization La;
RA 1+8+ Con#ersion of 1ar an" 1oar" e9amination as Ci#i! Ser#ice E!igi1i!it$
LOI 1+++ Comp%!sor$ mem1ersip of professiona! association accre"ite" 1$ te &RC
RA 41'/ &i!ippine 2%rsing Act of 1**1
RA *145 &i!ippine 2%rsing Act of ,++,
RA 5*,1 An act reg%!ating te practice of parmac$ an" setting stan"ar"s of parmace%tica!
e"%cation in te &i!ippines an" for oter p%rposes
RA 45*, &i!ippine -i";ifer$ Act of 1**,
CReferenceD DAVID, EE, et a!E Community Health Nursing: An Approach to Families and Population Groups. ,++4

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