NURSING LAWS that you need to know. • R.A.

2644 – Philippine Midwifery Act

• R.A. 3019 – Graft and Corruption Practice Act

• R.A. 9173 – The Philippine Nursing Act of 2002 • R.A. 3573 – Law on reporting of
Communicable Diseases
• R.A. 7164 – The Philippine Nursing Act of 1991
• R.A. 4073 – Liberalized treatment of Leprosy
• Act 2808 of 1919 – The 1st True Nursing Law;
regulated nursing only and established Board of • R.A. 4226 – Hospital Licensure Act requires all
Examiners, the precursor to the Board of hospital to be licensed before it can be
Nursing operative

• Act 2493 of 1915 – The 1st Nursing Law; • R.A. 4419 – Philippine Dentistry Act of 1965
regulated both medicine and nursing
• R.A. 5181 – Act prescribing permanent
st
• R.A. 877 of 1953 – The 1 Comprehensive residence and reciprocity as qualifications for
Nursing Law; regulated the degree of Bachelor any examination or registration for the practice
of Science in Nursing and made nursing into a of any profession in the Philippines
profession
• R.A. 5821 – The Pharmacy Act
• R.A. 4704 of 1966 – increased the number of
• R.A. 5901 – 40 hours work for hospital
the Board of Examiners from 3 to 5
workers
• R.A. 6136 of 1970 – allowed nurses to
• R.A. 6111 – Medicare Act
perform IM injections without supervision from
doctors • R.A. 6365 – Established a National Policy on
Population and created the Commission on
• R.A. 349 – Legalizes the use of human organs
population
for surgical, medical and scientific purposes
• R.A. 6511 – Act to standardize the
• R.A. 1054 – Free emergency, medical and
examination and registration fees charged by
dental assistance to employees and laborers
the National Boards, and for other purposes.
• R.A. 1080 – Civil Service Eligibility
• R.A. 6571 – Requirement of fees for exams
• R.A. 1082 – Rural Health Unit Act
• R.A. 6675 – Generics Act of 1988
• R.A. 1136 – Act recognizing the Division of
• R.A. 6713 – Code of Conduct and Ethical
Tuberculosis in the DOH
Standards for Public Officials and Employees
• R.A. 1612 – Privilege Tax/Professional
• R.A. 6725 – Act strengthening the prohibition
tax/omnibus tax should be paid January 31 of
on discrimination against women with respect
each year
to terms and condition of employment
• R.A. 1891 – Act strengthening Health and
• R.A. 6727 – Wage Rationalization Act
Dental services in the rural areas
• R.A. 6758 – Standardized the salaries
• R.A. 2382 – Philippine Medical Act which
regulates the practice of medicines in the • R.A. 6809 – Majority age is 18 years old
Philippines
• R.A. 6972 – Day care center in every Barangay
• R.A. 7160 – Local Government Code • R.A. 8187 – Paternity Leave Act of 1995

• R.A. 7170 – Law that govern organ donation • R.A. 8203 – Special Law on Counterfeit Drugs

• R.A. 7192 – Women in development nation • R.A. 8282 – Social Security Law of 1997
building (amended RA 1161)

• R.A. 7277 – Magna Carta of Disabled Persons • R.A. 8291 – Government Service Insurance
System Act of 1997 (amended PD 1146)
• R.A. 7305 – The Magna Carta of Public Health
Workers • R.A. 8344 – Hospital Doctors to treat
emergency cases referred for treatment
• R.A. 7392 – Philippine Midwifery Act of 1992
• R.A. 8423 – Philippine Institute of Traditional
• R.A. 7432 – Senior Citizen Act
and Alternative Medicine
• R.A. 7600 – Rooming In and Breastfeeding Act
• R.A. 8424 – Personal tax Exemption
of 1992
• R.A. 8749 – The Philippine Clean Air Act of
• R.A. 7610 – Special protection of children
1999
against abuse, exploitation and discrimination
act • R.A. 8981 – PRC Modernization Act of 2000

• R.A. 7624 – Drug Education Law • R.A. 9003 – Solid Waste Management Law

• R.A. 7641 – New Retirement Law • R.A. 9048 – Gionigudo Act, misspelled birth
certificate
• R.A. 7658 – An act prohibiting the
employment of children below 15 years of age • R.A. 9165 – Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs
Act 2002
• R.A. 7659 – Death Penalty for Heinous Crimes
• R.A. 9255 – Revilla Law, illegitimate use of
• R.A. 7719 – National Blood Service Act of 1994
father’s name
• R.A. 7846 – Compulsory Immunization of
• R.A. 9262 – Act Defining Violence against
HepB within 24 hours of birth
Women and Their Children
• R.A. 7875 – National Health Insurance Act of
• R.A. 9267 – Expanded Senior Citizens Act
1995
• R.A. 9288 – Newborn Screening Act
• R.A. 7876 – Senior Citizen Center of every
Barangay • R.A. 9439 – Hospital Detention Law; no person
shall be held in the hospital against his/her own
• R.A. 7877 – Anti-sexual harassment Act of
will if he/she is unable to pay her hospital bill, a
1995
promissory note and agreement for payment
• R.A. 7883 – Barangay Health workers Benefits terms should be made instead
and Incentives Act of 1992
• P.D. 46 – An act making it punishable for any
• R.A. 8042 – Migrant Workers and Overseas public officials or employee, whether of the
Filipino Act of 1995 national or local government, to receive directly
or indirectly any gifts or valuable things
• R.A. 8172 – Asin Law or Salt Iodization Act
• P.D. 48 – Limits benefits of paid maternity • P.D. 626 – Employee Compensation and State
leave privileges to four children Insurance Fund. Provide benefits to person
covered by SSS and GSIS for immediate injury,
• P.D. 69 – Limits the number of children to four
illness and disability
(4) tax exemption purposes
• P.D. 651 – All births and deaths must be
• P.D. 79 – Population Commission
registered 30 days after delivery
• P.D. 116 – Strengthening Family Planning
• P.D. 825 – Providing penalty for improper
• P.D. 147 – Declares April and May as National disposal garbage and other forms of
Immunization Day uncleanliness and for other purposes

• P.D. 148 – Regulation on Woman and Child • P.D. 851 – 13th Month pay
Labor Law
• P.D. 856 – Code of Sanitation
• P.D. 166 – Strengthened Family Planning
• P.D. 965 – Requiring applicants for Marriage
program by promoting participation of private
License to receive instruction on family planning
sector in the formulation and implementation
and responsible parenthood
of program planning policies
• P.D. 996 – Provides for compulsory basic
• P.D. 169 – Requiring Attending Physician
immunization for children and infants below 8
and/or persons treating injuries resulting from
years of age; Expanded Program for
any form of violence
Immunization
• P.D. 223 – Professional Regulation
• P.D. 1083 – Muslim Holidays
Commission
• P.D. 1146 – New GSIS Law
• P.D. 442 – Labor Code Promotes and protects
employees self-organization and collective • P.D. 1359 – A law allowing applicants for
bargaining rights. Provision for a 10% night Philippine citizenship to take Board Examination
differential pay for hospital workers pending their naturalization

• P.D. 491 – Nutrition Program • P.D. 1519 – Gives medicare benefits to all
government employees regardless of status of
• P.D. 539 – Declaring last week of October
appointment
every as Nurse’s Week.
• P.D. 1636 – requires compulsory membership
• P.D. 541 – Allowing former Filipino
in the SSS and self-employed
professionals to practice their respective
professions in the Philippines so they can • P.D. 3200 – Professional Regulatory Code of
provide the latent and expertise urgently the Philippines
needed by the homeland
• P.D. 4226 – Hospital Licensure Act
• P.D. 568 – Role of Public Health midwives has
• E.O. 51 – The Milk Code
been expanded after the implementation of the
Restructured Health Care Delivery System • E.O. 174 – National Drug Policy on Availability,
(RHCDS) Affordability, Safe, Effective and Good Quality
drugs to all
• P.D. 603 – Child and Youth Welfare Act /
Provision on Child Adoption
• E.O. 180 – Government Workers Collective activities of the overall national development
Bargaining Rights Guidelines on the right to program
Organize of government employee
• LOI 1000 – Government agencies should be
• E.O. 203 – List of regular holidays and special given preference to members of the accredited
holidays professional organization when hiring

• E.O. 209 – The Family Code • Administrative Order 114 – Revised/updated

the roles and functions of the Municipal Health
• E.O. 220 – Code of Good Governance for
Officers, Public Health Nurses and Rural
Professionals
Midwives
• E.O. 226 – Command responsibility
• ILO Convention 149 – Provides the
• E.O. 503 – Provides for the rules and improvement of life and work conditions of
regulations implementing the transfer of nursing personnel
personnel, assets, liabilities and records of
• BON Resolution #8 of 1994 – IV administration
national agencies whose functions are to be
training program.
devoted to the local government units

• E.O. 857 – Compulsory Dollar Remittance Law

Post credits to the rightful owner.
• Proclamation No.6 – UN’s goal of Universal
Child Immunization; involved NGO’s in the
immunization program
#CttoRepost
• Proclamation No. 118 – Professional
Regulation Week is June 16 to 22

• Proclamation No. 499 – National AIDS

Awareness Day

• Proclamation No. 539 – Nurse’s Week – Every

third week of October

• Proclamation No. 949 – Primary Health Care

Treatment

• Proclamation No. 1275 – Declaring the third

week of October every year as “Midwifery
Week”

• LOI 47 – Directs all school of medicine,

nursing, midwifery and allied medical
professions and social work to prepare, plan
and implement integration of family planning in
their curriculum to require their graduate to
take the licensing examination

• LOI 949 – Act on health and health related

activities must be integrated with other