Public Health Laws and the

Nursing Profession
Law as defined:
• Law is a system of rules that are
created and enforced through
social or governmental institutions
to regulate behavior.
• Law is a system that regulates and
ensures that individuals or a
community adhere to the will of
the state.
MAGNA CARTA OF PUBLIC
HEALTH WORKERS

(R.A. 7305)
R.A. 7305
What is Magna Carta of Public Health Workers
• It is a document that constitutes and
guarantees the fundamental rights and
privileges of public health workers in the
Philippines.
• It incudes the rules and regulations in
recruitment, performance evaluation and
promotion, security of tenure, workload,
conduct, compensation and benefits, self –
organization, and penal provisions.
R.A. 7305 (Salient Features)
Rule I, Section 1 (COVERAGE)
Covers all persons engaged in health and health-
related work, employed in all hospitals,
sanitaria, health centers, rural health units,
barangay health stations, clinics and other
health-related establishments owned and
related establishments owned and operated by
the government or its political subdivisions,
regardless of their employment status.
R.A. 7305 (Salient Features)
Rule V, Sec. 1 (APPOINTMENT)
• Appointment of a public health worker in the
service shall be made on the basis of the
qualification standards established for the
position.
R.A. 7305 (Salient Features)
Rule 5, Sec. 5 (APPOINTMENT)
• Permanent appointment shall be issued to a
health worker who meets all the requirements
for the position to which he/she is being
appointed / promoted, including the
approximate eligibility prescribed by the law.
R.A. 7305 (Salient Features)
Rule 5, Sec. 6 (APPOINTMENT)
• A temporary appointment shall only be held
by an employee for 3 – 12 months and is
renewable thereafter.
• The said employee may replaced sooner if (a)
a qualified civil service eligible becomes
available, or (b) the appointee is found
wanting performance or conduct befitting a
government employee.
R.A. 7305 (Salient Features)
RULE XIII. (DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS)
The public health worker is bound to:
a. Discharge his/her duty humanely, with
conscience and dignity;
b. Perform his/her duty with utmost respect for
life; and
c. Exercise his/her duty without consideration of
client’s race, gender, religion, nationality, party
politics, social standing or capacity to pay.
 R.A. 7305 (Salient Features)
RULE XVI (Right for Self – Organization of PHWs)
• Public health workers shall have the right to
freely form, join or assist organization or unions
for purposes not contrary to law, in order to
defend and protect their mutual interests and to
obtain redress of their grievances through
peaceful concerted activities.
CODE ON SANITATION ON THE
PHILIPPINES
(P.D. 856)
 P.D. 856
Code on Sanitation (Salient Features)
Chapter II: Water Supply
• The treatment of water to render it safe for
drinking, and the disinfection of contaminated
water sources together with their distribution
systems shall be in accordance with
procedures prescribed by the Department OF
Health.
 P.D. 856
Code on Sanitation
Chapter III: Food Establishments
• No person or entity shall operate a food
establishment for public patronage without
securing a permit from the local health office.
• The term "food establishment" as used in this
chapter means an establishment where food
or drinks are manufactured, processed,
stored, sold or served.
 P.D. 856
Code on Sanitation
Chapter VI: School Sanitation and Health Services
• Health services personnel shall be trained to
conduct:
(a) Periodic physical and medical examination;
(b) Periodic immunization;
(c) Medical and dental treatment;
(d) Treatment for common emergencies; and
(e) Counselling and guidance.
 P.D. 856
Code on Sanitation
Other features:
• Sanitation inspection, permit and compliance
shall also include:
1. Industrial Firms,
2. Restaurants,
3. Public pools and bathing places,
4. Rest areas, bus terminals, bus stops, and service
stations
5. Camps and picnic grounds,
6. Dancing halls / schools and night clubs
 P.D. 856
Code on Sanitation
7. Beauty Establishments,
8. Hotels, motels, lodging, boarding, and
condominiums,
9. Sea ports, airports, and aircrafts,
10.Sewage and excreta disposals,
11.Environmental Pollutions, and
12.Disposal of Dead Persons.
PHILIPPINE CLEAN AIR ACT

R.A. 8749
 R.A. 8749
PHIL. CLEAN AIR ACT
• It is a comprehensive air quality
management policy and program
which aims to achieve and maintain
healthy air for all Filipinos.
 R.A. 8749 PHIL. CLEAN AIR ACT
(Salient Features)
RULE V. RIGHTS
a. The right to breathe clean air;
b. The right to utilize and enjoy all natural resources
according to the principles of sustainable
development;
c. The right to participate in the formulation, planning,
implementation and monitoring of environmental
policies and programs and in the decision-making
process;
 R.A. 8749
PHIL. CLEAN AIR ACT
d. The right to participate in the decision-making process
concerning development policies, plans and programs
projects or activities that may have adverse impact on the
environment and public health;
e. The right to be informed of the nature and extent of the
potential hazard of any activity, undertaking or project
and to be served timely notice of any significant rise in the
level of pollution and the accidental or deliberate release
into the atmosphere of harmful or hazardous substances;
f. The right of access to public records which a citizen may
need to exercise his or her rights effectively under this
Act.
GENERIC ACT OF THE
PHILIPPINES
(R.A. 6675)
 GENERIC ACT
(R.A. 6675)
• It is an act that promote, require
and ensure the production of an
adequate supply, distribution, use
and acceptance of drugs and
medicines identified by their generic
names.
 GENERIC ACT (R.A. 6675 )
Salient Features
Section 6: The use of generic terminology
a) All government health agencies and their
personnel as well as other government agencies
shall use generic terminology or generic names
in all transactions related to purchasing,
prescribing, dispensing and administering of
drugs and medicines.
b) All medical, dental and veterinary practitioners,
including private practitioners, shall write
prescriptions using the generic name. The brand
name may be included if so desired.
 GENERIC ACT (R.A. 6675 )
Salient Features
Section 6: The use of generic terminology
• Any organization or company involved in the
manufacture, importation, repacking, marketing
and/or distribution of drugs and medicines shall
indicate prominently the generic name of the
product. In the case of brand name products, the
generic name shall appear prominently and
immediately above the brand name in all product
labels as well as in advertising and other
promotional materials.
 GENERIC ACT (R.A. 6675 )
Salient Features
Section 6: The use of generic terminology
d. Drug outlets, including drugstores, hospital
and non-hospital pharmacies and non-
traditional outlets such as supermarkets and
stores, shall inform any buyer about any and
all other drug products having the same
generic name, together with their
corresponding prices so that the buyer may
adequately exercise, his option.
National Health Insurance Act of
2013
(PhilHealth)
R.A. 10606
 National Health Insurance Act
(RA 10606)
Section 6: Mandatory Coverage
• All citizens of the Philippines shall be covered
by the National Health Insurance Program. In
accordance with the principles of universality
and compulsory coverage.
 National Health Insurance Act
(RA 7875)
Section 10: Benefit Package
Inpatient hospital care:
1. room and board;
2. services of health care professionals;
3. diagnostic, laboratory, and other medical
examination services;
4. use of surgical or medical equipment and
facilities;
5. prescription drugs, and
6. inpatient education packages;
 National Health Insurance Act
(RA 7875)
Section 10: Benefit Package
Out – patient care:
1. services of health care professionals;
2. diagnostic, laboratory, and other medical
examination services;
3. personal preventive services; and
4. prescription drugs
 National Health Insurance Act
(RA 7875)
Other services covered:
1. Dialysis services,
2. Emergency services, and
3. Transfer services
 National Health Insurance Act
(RA 7875)
Section 9: Entitlement of benefits
• A member whose premium contributions for
at least three (3) months have been paid
within six (6) months prior to the first day of
availment, including those of the dependents,
shall be entitled to the benefits of the
program.
 National Health Insurance Act
(RA 7875)
Section 9: Entitlement of benefits
The following need not pay the monthly
contributions to be entitled to the Program’s
benefits:
• Retirees and pensioners of the SSS and GSIS,
and
• Lifetime members
 National Health Insurance Act
(RA 7875)
Section 20:
• Indigents, orphans, abandoned and abused
children, PWDs, senior citizens, and battered
women, as identified by DSWD, are
considered as sponsored members and
financed by the state shall receive equal
benefits.
National Blood Services Act

R.A. 7719
 National Blood Services Act
R.A. 7719 (Salient Features)
• The law 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.
• it aims to create public consciousness on
the importance of blood donation in saving
the lives of millions of Filipinos.
 National Blood Services Act
R.A. 7719
Goals of the law:
1. Blood Safety through quality management
and information system,
2. Blood Adequacy through voluntary blood
donation system,
3. Rational blood use and maximum utilization
of blood components, and
4. Efficiency of blood services through
nationally coordinated blood network
MANDATORY REPORTING OF
NOTIFIABLE DISASES OF 2019

(R.A. 11332)
 MANDATORY REPORTING OF
NOTIFIABLE DISASES (RA 11332)
• The law shall endeavor to protect the people
from public health threats through the
efficient and effective disease surveillance of
notifiable diseases including emerging and re-
emerging infectious diseases, diseases for
elimination and eradication, epidemics and
health events including chemical, radio-
nuclear and environmental agents of public
health concern and provide an effective
response system.
 MANDATORY REPORTING OF
NOTIFIABLE DISASES (RA 11332)
• All public and private physicians, allied
medial personnel, hospitals, health
facilities, workplaces, schools, prisons,
ports, airports, establishments,
communities, other government
agencies, and NGOs are required to
report notifiable diseases and health
event.
 MANDATORY REPORTING OF
NOTIFIABLE DISASES (RA 11332)
• Notifiable and public health emergencies and
risks are those that are caused by:
i. Bioterrorism,
ii. Appearance of previously controlled or
eradicated infectious or biological agent /
toxins,
iii. Natural disaster
iv. Chemical attack or accidental release, and
v. Nuclear and / or radioactive attack or accident,
 MANDATORY REPORTING OF
NOTIFIABLE DISASES (RA 11332)
Public health emergency shall be alarmed when:
1. A large number of deaths in the affected
population occur,
2. A large number of serious injuries or long – term
disabilities in the affected population,
3. Large number of exposure to infectious or toxic
agent,
4. International exposure to an infectious or toxic
agents, and
5. Presence of travel and trade restrictions.
EXPANDED SENIOR CITIZEN ACT
OF 2010
R.A. 9994
 EXPANDED SENIOR CITIZEN ACT OF
2010 (R.A. 9994)
• The law defines the privileges all senior
citizens are entitled to.
• Elderly Filipinos aged 60 and above
are entitled to a 20% senior citizen discount
and exempted from the value-added tax
(VAT) on applicable goods and services for
their exclusive use.
• These privileges apply to both cash and credit
card payments.
 List of Discounts under RA 9994
1. Purchase of medicines, vaccines, and
essential medical supplies, accessories and
equipment determined by the Department of
Health;
2. Professional fees of attending physician/s in
all private hospitals, medical facilities,
outpatient clinics and home health care
services;
 List of Discounts under RA 9994
3. Medical and dental services, diagnostic and
laboratory fees in all private hospitals,
medical facilities, outpatient clinics, and
home health care services;
4. All land, water, and air transportations
registered in the country;
 List of Discounts under RA 9994
5. Utilization of services in hotels and
similar lodging establishments,
restaurants and recreation centers;
6. Admission fees in theaters, cinema
houses and concert halls, circuses,
leisure and amusement; and
7. Funeral and burial services for the
death of senior citizens;
 List of Discounts under RA 9994
Additional Benefits:
1. Exemption from the payment of individual
income taxes of senior citizens who are
considered to be minimum wage earners;
2. The grant of a minimum of five percent (5%)
discount relative to the monthly utilization of
water and electricity supplied by the public
utilities: Provided, That the individual meters for
the foregoing utilities are registered in the name
of the senior citizen residing therein: Provided,
further, That the monthly consumption does not
exceed one hundred kilowatt hours (100 kWh)
of electricity and thirty cubic meters (30 m3) of
water
 List of Discounts under RA 9994
Additional Benefits:
3. Exemption from training fees for
socioeconomic programs;
4. Free medical and dental services, diagnostic
and laboratory fees such as, but not limited
to, x-rays, computerized tomography scans
and blood tests, in all government facilities,
subject to the guidelines to be issued by the
DOH in coordination with the PhilHealth;
 List of Discounts under RA 9994
Additional Benefits:
5. Free influenza virus vaccination from DOH;
6. Educational assistance for short – term or long –
term education, including technical / vocational;
7. Acquire equal benefits as comparable to those
who are actively working from SSS, GSIS, and
PAG-IBIG;
8. The government may grant special discounts in
special programs for senior citizens on purchase
of basic commodities, subject to the guidelines
to be issued for the purpose by DTI .
 List of Discounts under RA 9994
Additional Benefits:
9. Provision of express lanes for senior citizens
in all commercial and government
establishments;
10.Death benefit assistance of a minimum of
Two thousand pesos (Php2, 000.00) shall be
given to the nearest surviving relative of a
deceased senior citizen which amount shall
be subject to adjustments due to inflation in
accordance with the guidelines to be issued
by the DSWD.
Comprehensive Dangerous
Drugs Act of 2002

(R.A. 9165)
 Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act
of 2002 (R.A. 9165)

Salient Features:
• RA 9165 mandates the government to
"pursue an intensive and unrelenting
campaign against the trafficking and use
of dangerous drugs and other similar
substances.”
 Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act
of 2002 (R.A. 9165)
Salient Features:
• Under the law, those caught importing,
selling, manufacturing, and using illegal
drugs and its forms may be fined and
imprisoned for at least 12 years to a
lifetime, depending on the severity of
the crime.
• A fine of 50,000 pesos to 10,000,000
pesos depending on the severity of the
cause shall also be imposed.
 Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act
of 2002 (R.A. 9165)
Salient Features:
• Dangerous drugs includes opium, morphine, heroin,
cocaine or cocaine hydrochloride, marijuana resin or
marijuana resin oil methamphetamine hydrochloride
or "shabu" or other dangerous drugs such as but not
limited to methylenedoxymetamphetamine (mdma)
or "ecstasy", paramethoxyamphetamine (pma),
trimethoxyamphetamine (tma), lysergic acid
diethylamine (lsd), gamma hydroxybutyrate (ghb),
and those similarly designed or newly introduced
drugs and their derivatives, without having any
therapeutic requirements
Cheaper Medicine
Act
(R.A. 9502)
 Cheaper Medicine Act (RA 9502)
• The law is also known as "Universally
Accessible Cheaper and Quality Medicines
Act of 2008“
 Cheaper Medicine Act (RA 9502)
List of Drugs and Medicines subject to Price Regulation:
1. All drugs and medicines indicated for treatment of chronic
illnesses and life threatening conditions, such as, but not limited
to:
• endocrine disorders, e.g., diabetes mellitus; gastrointestinal
disorders, e.g., peptic ulcer; urologic disorders, e.g., benign
prostatic hyperplasia (BPH);
• cardiovascular diseases, e.g., hypertension;
• pulmonary diseases, e.g., pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB), asthma;
• auto-immune diseases, e.g., systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE);
• skin diseases, e.g., psoriasis; neuro-psychiatric disorders;
• other infectious diseases, e.g., human immunodeficiency virus-
acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV-AIDS); and
• other conditions such as organ transplants and neoplasm;
 Cheaper Medicine Act (RA 9502)
List of Drugs and Medicines subject to Price
Regulation:
2. Drugs and medicines indicated for prevention
of diseases, e.g., vaccines, immunoglobulin,
anti-sera;
3. Drugs and medicines indicated for prevention
of pregnancy, e.g., oral contraceptives;
4. Anesthetic agents;
5. Intravenous fluids;
 Cheaper Medicine Act (RA 9502)
List of Drugs and Medicines subject to Price
Regulation:
6. Drugs and medicines that are included in the
Philippine National Drug Formulary (PNDF)
Essential Drug List; and
7. All other drugs and medicines which, from
time to time, the Secretary of the
Department of Health determines to be in
need of price regulation.
 Save the Children

An International Program
 Save the Children
• Save the Children - the world's leading
independent children's organization -
has been working in the Philippines for
over three decades and is dedicated to
helping children.
• For more than 30 years, Save the
Children has been helping children
recover from the impacts of disasters
and armed conflict in the Philippines.
 Save the Children
Activities:
1. Preparedness, Risk Reduction and Resiliency
Building;
2. Health and Nutrition
3. Education; and
4. Child’s rights and protection
Anti-Violence Against
Women and Their
Children Act of 2004
(R.A. 9262)
 Anti-Violence Against Women and
Their Children (RA 9262)
Violence Against Women and their Children
1. Causing physical harm to the woman or her
child;
2. Threatening to cause the woman or her child
physical harm;
3. Attempting to cause the woman or her child
physical harm;
4. Placing the woman or her child in fear of
imminent physical harm;
 Anti-Violence Against Women and
Their Children (RA 9262)
Violence against Women and their Children
5. Threatening to deprive or actually depriving the
woman or her child of custody to her/his family;
6. 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;
7. Depriving or threatening to deprive the woman
or her child of a legal right;
 Anti-Violence Against Women and
Their Children (RA 9262)
Violence against Women and their Children
8. 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.
9. Inflicting or threatening to inflict physical harm
on oneself for the purpose of controlling her
actions or decisions;
 Anti-Violence Against Women and
Their Children (RA 9262)
Violence against Women and their Children
10.Stalking or following the woman or her child in
public or private places;
11.Peering in the window or lingering outside the
residence of the woman or her child;
12.Entering or remaining in the dwelling or on the
property of the woman or her child against
her/his will;
13.Destroying the property and personal
belongings or inflicting harm to animals or pets
of the woman or her child;
 Anti-Violence Against Women and
Their Children (RA 9262)
Violence against Women and their Children
14.Engaging in any form of harassment or violence;
and
15.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.
 Anti-Violence Against Women and
Their Children (RA 9262)
Who may file petition for protection?
1. The offended party;
2. Parents or guardians of the offended party;
3. Ascendants, descendants or collateral relatives
within the fourth civil degree of consanguinity or
affinity;
4. Officers or social workers of the DSWD or social
workers of local government units (LGUs);
5. Police officers, preferably those in charge of
women and children's desks;
 Anti-Violence Against Women and
Their Children (RA 9262)
Who may file petition for protection?
6. Punong Barangay or Barangay Kagawad;
7. Lawyer, counselor, therapist or healthcare
provider of the petitioner;
8. At least two (2) concerned responsible
citizens of the city or municipality where the
violence against women and their children
occurred and who has personal knowledge of
the offense committed.
 Anti-Violence Against Women and
Their Children (RA 9262)
Protection provided:

1. Temporary Protection (30 days)

2. Permanent Protection (enforceable until

lifted by the court)
Disaster Risk Reduction
Management
Disaster Risk Reduction Management

The National Disaster Risk Reduction And

Management plan (NDRRMP) for 2011-2028 are:
1. Disaster Prevention and Mitigation,
2. Disaster Preparedness
3. Disaster Response, and
4. Disaster Recovery and Rehabilitation
Objectives
1. Increase the resilience of vulnerable sectors;
2. Optimize disaster mitigation opportunities
with the end in view of promoting people’s
welfare and security towards gender-
responsive and rights-based sustainable
development.
Objectives
3. Formulate activities aimed at strengthening
the capacity of the national government and
the local government units (LGUs) together
with partner stakeholders, to build the
disaster resilience of communities
4. Institutionalize arrangements and measures
for reducing disaster risks, including projected
climate risks and enhancing disaster
preparedness and response capabilities from
local to national levels.
The Philippine Milk Code
of 1986
(Executive Order 51)
 The Philippine Milk Code of 1986
(Executive Order 51)
• This law strictly prohibit the marketing of milk
formula in the Philippines.
Salient Provisions:
1. No milk company should support
breastfeeding activities.
2. No health and nutrition worker should
promote or sell infant formula and other milk
products and bottles.
 The Philippine Milk Code of 1986
(Executive Order 51)
Salient Provisions:
3. No material that promotes breastmilk
substitutes should be visible in all health and
nutrition facilities
4. Milk companies should ensure accurate
information on the use and quality of their
products (instructions, expiration date, etc.)
 The Philippine Milk Code of 1986
(Executive Order 51)
Basis of EO 51 is the International Code of Marketing of
Breastmilk Substitutes which are as follows:
1. No advertising of breastmilk substitutes,
2. No distribution of free samples of breastmilk
substitutes,
3. No gift or free samples of breastmilk substitutes shall
be given to healthcare workers,
4. Information on artificial breastfeeding should explain
the benefits of breastfeeding and the costs/hazards of
artificial feeding, and
5. No pictures idealizing artificial feeding shall be placed
in the products.
 ROOMING – IN AND
BREASTFEEDING ACT OR
1992
(R.A. 7600)
 ROOMING – IN AND BREASTFEEDING ACT OR 1992
(R.A. 7600: SALIENT FEATURES)

• The right of the mother to breastfeed and

the right of the infant to receive breast
milk is expressed, and mothers may only
exercise their right to bottle feed after
being fully informed of the benefits of
breastfeeding and by expressing their
intention to formula feed in writing.
 ROOMING – IN AND BREASTFEEDING ACT OR 1992
(R.A. 7600: SALIENT FEATURES)

Chapter II:
• Establishment and operation of human milk
banks and the donation of human milk

Chapter III:
• Act for the continuing education and
training of health personnel and the education
and counselling of parents on the importance
of breastfeeding.
 ROOMING – IN AND BREASTFEEDING ACT OR 1992
(R.A. 7600: SALIENT FEATURES)

Chapter IV:
• Milk formula stocked in the hospital is to be
kept in a closed cabinet out of sight and used
for only emergency purposes upon issuance of
a prescription.
• Donation and / or of milk formula on all
hospitals, government and private, is
PROHIBITED.
 THE EXPANDED
BREASTFEEDING PROMOTION
ACT OF 2009
(R.A. 10028)
 THE EXPANDED BREASTFEEDING PROMOTION ACT OF 2009
(R.A. 10028: SALIENT PROVISIONS)

• Lactation stations in every private

enterprises, government agencies,
government-owned and controlled
corporations
• “Lactation periods” for breastfeeding
employees, in addition to time-off for meals,
to allow them time to express their breast
milk.
THE EXPANDED BREASTFEEDING PROMOTION ACT OF 2009
(R.A. 10028: SALIENT PROVISIONS)

• Breast milk banks in health institutions

to store pasteurized breast
milk donated by breastfeeding mothers.
• Inclusion of breastfeeding in
the curriculum of schools (under
relevant subjects).
 Responsible Parenthood and
Reproductive Health Act of 2012
(R.A.10354)
 Responsible Parenthood and
Reproductive Health Act of 2012
(R.A.10354)

• This law guarantees universal access

to methods on contraception,
fertility control, sexual education,
and maternal care.
 Responsible Parenthood and
Reproductive Health Act of 2012
(R.A.10354)
Salient Features:
1. Provision of ethical and medically safe, legal,
accessible, affordable, non – abortifacient,
effective and quality reproductive health
care, supplies, and services.
2. Respect for protection and reproductive
health rights of every couple, adult
individuals, women, and adolescents.
 Responsible Parenthood and
Reproductive Health Act of 2012
(R.A.10354)
Salient Features:
3. Quality reproductive health care shall be given
priority to ensure maternal and child health, the
health of the unborn, safe delivery and birth of
healthy children.
4. The promotion of responsible parenthood.
5. The right to make free choice and informed
consent in choosing the method/s of
contraception based from their belief, culture,
and practices.
 Responsible Parenthood and
Reproductive Health Act of 2012
(R.A.10354)
Salient Features:
6. No one shall be deprived of the available
contraceptives based from their economic
condition.
7. Ensure effective partnership between the
local and the national government in the
promotion of reproductive health.
8. Promote birth spacing to ensure mother and
child/ren health safety and overall condition.
 Mandatory Infants and
Children Health Immunization
Act of 2001
(R.A. 10152)
 Mandatory Infants and Children Health
Immunization Act of 2001
(R.A. 10152)
Specific Goals:
1. To immunize all infants/children against the most
common vaccine-preventable diseases.
2. To sustain the polio-free status of the Philippines.
3. To eliminate measles infection.
4. To eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus
5. To control diphtheria, pertussis, hepatitis b and
German measles.
6. To prevent extra pulmonary tuberculosis among
children.
Mandatory Infants and Children Health
Immunization Act of 2001
(R.A. 10152)
Children Safety on Motorcycle
Act of 2015
(R.A. 10666)
 Children Safety on Motorcycle Act of 2015
(R.A. 10666)
• RA 10666 or the Children’s Safety on Motorcycles
Act of 2015 prohibits any person from driving a
motorcycle on public roads with a child on board.
• The law covers all public roads nationwide such as
but not limited to national highways, provincial
roads, and municipal and barangay streets. This
also includes roads where there is a heavy volume
of vehicles, there is a high-density of fast moving
vehicles, or where a speed limit of more than 60
kph is imposed.
 Children Safety on Motorcycle Act of 2015
(R.A. 10666)
• A child refers to any person below 18 years old.
However, a child may be allowed to board a
motorcycle on public roads if: the child
passenger can comfortably reach his/her feet
on the standard foot peg of the motorcycle; the
child’s arms can reach around and grasp the
waist of the motorcycle rider; and the child is
wearing a standard protective helmet or gear.
• Sitting in front of the rider is not allowed.
Children’s Emergency Relief and
Protection Act of 2016
(R.A. 10821)
Children’s Emergency Relief and Protection Act of 2016
(R.A. 10821)

Salient Features:
1. Establishment of child and women-
friendly transitional shelters for
orphaned, separated, and
unaccompanied children;
2. Heightened surveillance against child
trafficking, other acts of violence/abuse
against children especially in the
aftermath of disasters;
Children’s Emergency Relief and Protection Act of 2016
(R.A. 10821)

Salient Features:
3. Development of a system for the restoration
and reconstruction of civil documents for
children and their families that have been
destroyed or declared lost or missing during
a disaster or calamity;
4. Promotion and conduct of child-responsive
training programs for community and
barangay leaders, school personnel, rescuers
and other disaster responders;
Children’s Emergency Relief and Protection Act of 2016
(R.A. 10821)

Salient Features:
5. Improving the standards and guidelines
to trace and reunify orphaned,
unaccompanied, or separated children
to their families or relatives;
6. Increased participation of children in
disaster risk reduction (DRR) planning
and post-disaster needs assessments;
Children’s Emergency Relief and Protection Act of 2016
(R.A. 10821)
Salient Features:
7. Ensure the proper identification and
establishment of safe evacuation centers to
limit the use of schools and child
development centers as evacuation centers
during calamities and disasters;
8. Improving the system of data gathering,
monitoring and reporting in disaster situation
to better understand and deliver the specific
and nutritional needs of new born babies,
children, pregnant and lactating mothers.
Child and Youth Welfare
Code of the Philippines
(P.D. 603)
 Child and Youth Welfare Code of the Philippines
(P.D. 603)
Principles:
1. The Child is one of the most important assets of the
nation. Every effort should be exerted to promote his
welfare and enhance his opportunities for a useful and
happy life.
2. The molding of the character of the child start at the
home. Consequently, every member of the family should
strive to make the home a wholesome and harmonious
place as its atmosphere and conditions will greatly
influence the child's development.
Child and Youth Welfare Code of the Philippines
(P.D. 603)
Principles:
3. The natural right and duty of parents in the rearing
of the child for civic efficiency should receive the
aid and support of the government.
4. Other institutions, like the school, the church, the
guild, and the community in general, should assist
the home and the State in the endeavor to prepare
the child for the responsibilities of adulthood.
 Child and Youth Welfare Code of the Philippines
(P.D. 603)

Rights of the Child:

5. Every child is endowed with the dignity and worth of a
human being from the moment of his conception, as
generally accepted in medical parlance, and has,
therefore, the right to be born well.
6. Every child has the right to a wholesome family life
that will provide him with love, care and
understanding, guidance and counselling, and moral
and material security.
 Child and Youth Welfare Code of the Philippines
(P.D. 603)

Rights of the Child:

7. The dependent or abandoned child shall be
provided with the nearest substitute for a home.
8. Every child has the right to a well-rounded
development of his personality to the end that
he may become a happy, useful and active
member of society.
9. The gifted child shall be given opportunity and
encouragement to develop his special talents.
Child and Youth Welfare Code of the Philippines
(P.D. 603)
Rights of the Child:
10. The emotionally disturbed or socially
maladjusted child shall be treated with sympathy
and understanding, and shall be entitled to
treatment and competent care.
11. The physically or mentally handicapped child
shall be given the treatment, education and care
required by his particular condition.
Child and Youth Welfare Code of the Philippines
(P.D. 603)
Rights of the Child:
12. Every child has the right to an education commensurate
with his abilities and to the development of his skills for
the improvement of his capacity for service to himself
and to his fellowmen.
13. Every child has the right to full opportunities for safe and
wholesome recreation and activities, individual as well as
social, for the wholesome use of his leisure hours.
14. Every child has the right to protection against
exploitation, improper influences, hazards, and other
conditions or circumstances prejudicial to his physical,
mental, emotional, social and moral development.
Child and Youth Welfare Code of the Philippines
(P.D. 603)
Rights of the Child:
15. Every child has the right to live in a community and a
society that can offer him an environment free from
pernicious influences and conducive to the
promotion of his health and the cultivation of his
desirable traits and attributes.
16. Every child has the right to the care, assistance, and
protection of the State, particularly when his parents
or guardians fail or are unable to provide him with
his fundamental needs for growth, development, and
improvement.
Child and Youth Welfare Code of the Philippines
(P.D. 603)
Rights of the Child:
17.Every child has the right to an efficient and
honest government that will deepen his faith in
democracy and inspire him with the morality of
the constituted authorities both in their public
and private lives.
18. Every child has the right to grow up as a free
individual, in an atmosphere of peace,
understanding, tolerance, and universal
brotherhood, and with the determination to
contribute his share in the building of a better
world.
LAWS ON TOBACCO AND
SMOKING RESTRICTIONS
 Tobacco Regulation Act of 2003
(RA 9211)
• The law regulating smoking in public
places, tobacco advertising,
promotion and sponsorship, and
sales restrictions among minors.
Other Regulations:
1. Department of Transportation and
Communications Memo, Circular No.
2009-036:
• Restricting smoking in public utility
vehicles and land transportation
terminals.
Other Regulations:
2. Civil Service Commission Memo,
Circular No. 17, s. 2009
• Restricting smoking in all areas of
government premises, buildings, and
grounds.
Other Regulations:

3. E.O. 26
Imposes strict implementation of
Designated Smoking Areas in
public places.
Other Regulations:
4. R.A. 10643 (Graphic Health
Warning Law)
Regulate the packaging and
labelling of tobacco products
with accompanying health
warnings and images of
diseases related to cigarette
smoking.
END OF TOPIC