LAWS AFFECTING NURSING PRACTICE
RA 7624 Drug Education Law
RAs
RA 2382 defines practice of medicine in the
Philippines
RA 2493 of 1915 Phil. Medical Act
RA 2808 of 1919 1st True Nsg. Law
1920 First NLE in the Phil.
1944 First NLE outside Manila
RA 877 Phil. Nsg. Law on June 19, 1953
RA 7164 Phil. Nursing Act of 1991 by Sen.
Heherson Alvarez
RA 9173 Phil. Nsg. Act of 2002
PD 223 created PRC
RA 8981 PRC Modernization Act of 2002
RA 7392 amended by RA 2644 Midwifery Law
RA 6425 Dangerous Drugs Act
RA 9165 of 2002 Comprehensive Dangerous
Drugs Act
RA 1054 Free Medical & Dental Attendants
RA 1080 Civil Service Eligibility
RA 1082 RHU
RA 1136 TB Law
RA 1612 Privileges Tax/ Prof Tax
RA 1891 OPT Law
PDs
RA 3573 Communicable D/s Reporting
RA 4073 Liberalization of Leprosy Tx
RA 4226 Hospital Licensure
RA 5181 Permanent Residence for 3 consecutive
yrs.
RA 5901 working hrs. & compensation in
agencies w/ 100 bed capacity
RA 6365 -- POPCOM
RA 6675 of 1988 Generic Act
RA 6713 Code of Conduct & Ethics for Public
officials & employees
RA 6725 Prohibition of Women Discrimination
RA 6727 Wage Rationalization
RA 6758 Salary Standardization of Govt.
employees
RA 6972 Day Care Center in q Brgy.
RA 7160 Devolution Code/ Local Authority
Code
RA 7170 Organ Donation Act
RA 7192 Women in nation Bldg & Devt.
RA 7277 Magna Carta for the Disabled
RA 7305 Magna Carta for the PHW
RA 7432 Senior Citizen Act (c 20% DC)
RA 7600 of 1992 Rooming-in & Breastfeeding
Act
RA 7610 Childrens Protection Act
RA 7641 New Retirement Law for Private Employees
RA 7719 Natl. Blood Services of 1994
RA 7846 Immunization Against Hep B
RA 7875 Natl. Health Insurance Act of 1995
RA 7876 Senior Citizen Center in q Brgy
RA 7877 of 1995 Anti-Sexual Harassment Act
RA 7883 BHW Benefits & Incentives Act of 1992
RA 8042 Migrant Workers & Filipino Act
RA 8187 Paternity Leave Act of 1995 (1st 4 days pp)
RA 8232 Social Security Law of 1997
RA 8291 GSIS Act of 1997
RA 8344 Hospitals/Doctors to treat ER Cases
RA 8423 Phil. Institute of Traditional &
Alternative Health Care
RA 8424 Personal Tax Exemption
RA 8504 Phil. AIDS Prevention & Control
Act of 1998
RA 8749 Clean Air Act
RA 8976 Food Fortification Act
RA 9262 VAW
PD 48 4 children w/ paid maternity leave
privilege
PD 67 4 children for personal tax exemption
PD 442 New Labor Code
PD 491 Nutrition Program
PD 541 Balikbayan Prof. Practice
PD 568 Role of PH Midwives expanded
PD 603 Child & Youth Welfare Code
PD 626 Employee Compensation & State
Insurance Fund
PD 651 Births Registration Law ff. Delivery
(w/in 30 days)
PD 825 Anti-Improper Garbage Disposal
PD 854 13th Month Pay
PD 856 Code on Sanitation
PD 965 FP & responsible Parenthood
PD 996 EPI
PD 791 POPCOM (Revised Pop. Act)
PD 1083 Muslim Holidays
EOs
EO 51 Milk Code
EO 180 Guidelines on the Right to Organize
Govt. Strikes
EO 203 List of Regular Holidays/ Special Days
PUBLIC LAW 94-247 Child Abuse & Neglect
Act of 1973

PROCLAMATIONS
PROC. #6 UN Goal on Universal Child
Immunization y 1990
PROC. #118 Prof. Regulation Week
PROC. # 539 Nurses Week q last week of
October
PROC. #1275 Midwifery Week q 3rd week of Oct.

LOIs
LOI 949 PHC
LOI 1000 members of accredited prof org given
preference in having or attendance to seminars
ILO CONVENTION #149 improvement of life
and work conditions of Nsg. Personnel (ILO
Recommendation #157)
R.A. NO. 8344 August 25, 1997 - an act
penalizing the refusal of hospitals and medical
clinics to administer appropriate initial medical
treatment and support in emergency or serious
cases, amending for the purpose batas pambansa
bilang 702, otherwise known as "an act prohibiting
the demand of deposits or advance payments for the
confinement or treatment of patients in hospitals
and medical clinics in certain cases"

Republic Act No. 9502 June 6, 2008

-an act providing for cheaper and quality
medicines, amending for the purpose republic act
no. 8293 or the intellectual property code, republic
act no. 6675 or the generics act of 1988, and
republic act no. 5921 or the pharmacy law, and for
other purposes
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9439 April 27, 2007
-an act prohibiting the detention of patients in
hospitals and medical clinics on grounds of
nonpayment of hospital bills or medical
expenses
The Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of 1997 RA
Number 8371