LEGAL MEDICINE

"Philosophy, including psychology and logic 12

Prerequisites to the Practice of Medicine (RA 4224 Amending
"Zoology and Botany 15
Medical Act of 1959)
"Physics 8
Sec. 9. Candidates for board examinations. Candidates for Board
examinations shall have the following qualifications: "Chemistry 21

(1) He shall be a citizen of the Philippines or a citizen of any foreign
country who has submitted competent and conclusive
documentary evidence, confirmed by the Department of Foreign
Affairs, showing that his country's existing laws permit citizens of the
Philippines to practice medicine under the same rules and regulations
governing citizen thereof;
(2) He shall be of good moral character;
(3) He shall be of sound mind;
(4) He shall not have been convicted by a court of competent
jurisdiction of any offense involving moral turpitude; and
(5) He shall be a holder of the degree of Doctor of Medicine or its
equivalent, conferred by a college of medicine duly recognized by the
Government.
Section 8. Prerequisite to the practice of medicine. No person shall
engage in the practice of medicine in the Philippines unless he is at
least twenty-one years of age, has satisfactorily passed the
corresponding Board Examination, and is a holder of a valid
Certificate of Registration duly issued to him by the Board of
Medical Examiners
Board Exam Requirement (PRC):
 Doctor of Medicine
 NSO / PSA Birth Certificate
 NSO / PSA Marriage Contract (for married female
applicants)
 Transcript of Records with scanned picture and Remarks
"For Board Examination Purposes"
 Payment: P900.00 - complete
*Certificate of Post Graduate Internship
*NMAT FOR PRELIM ONLY:
 TOR & Certificate of having completed the first two (2) years
in College of Medicine
 NMAT
*After three (3) failures,to submit REFRESHER course, Certificate
of Attendance & copy of grades in subjects taken (FTB)
Educational Requirement:
Sec. 6. Minimum required courses. Students seeking admission to
the medical course must have a bachelor of science or bachelor of arts
degree or their equivalent, which should include the following subjects
with their corresponding number of units:
"English
"Latin
"Mathematics, including accounting and statistics
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"Humanities and Social Science 12
"Library Science 1
As many units of Spanish shall be required as may be provided by law
for cultural, social and nationalistic studies.
The medical course shall be at least five years, including not
less than eleven months rotating internship in an approved hospital,
and shall consist of the following subjects:
"Anatomy
"Physiology
"Biochemistry and Nutrition
"Pharmacology
"Microbiology
"Parasitology
"Medicine and Therapeutics
"Pathology
"Gynecology
"Ophthalmology, Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology
"Pediatrics
"Obstetrics
"Surgery
"Preventive Medicine and Public Health
"Legal Medicine, including Medical Jurisprudence
"Medical Economics and Ethics
Sec. 7. Admission requirements. The medical college may admit
any student to its first-year class who has not been convicted by any
court of competent jurisdiction of any offense involving moral turpitude,
and who presents (a) a record showing a bachelor's degree in science
or arts or its equivalent as herein provided; (b) a certificate of eligibility
for entrance to a medical school from the Board of Medical Education;
(c) a certificate of good moral character issued by two of his former
professors in the College of Liberal Arts; and (d) birth certificate.
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to inhibit any college of medicine
from establishing, in addition to the preceding, other entrance
requirements that may be deemed admissible.
For purposes of this Act the term "College of Medicine" shall mean
to include faculty of medicine, institute of medicine, school of
medicine, or other similar institutions offering a complete
medical course leading to the degree of Doctor of Medicine or its
equivalent.
Every college of medicine must keep a complete record of enrollment,
grades, graduates, and must publish each year a catalogue giving the
following information:
18 1. Date of publication
2. Calendar for the academic year
3 3. Faculty roll indicating whether or full-time or part-time basis
4. Requirements for admission
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5. Grading system
 6. Requirements for promotion the medical school chosen by the applicant before obtaining the
7. Requirements for graduation CEMed.
8. Curriculum and description of course by departments and
9. Number of students enrolled in each class in the preceding year. Licensure Examination

NMAT Sec. 21. Scope of examination. The following subjects shall be given
Updated Policies, Standards and Guidelines for Medical in the examinations:
Education”, CHED Memorandum Order (CMO) No. 10, series of (a) Preliminary Examination
2006. 1) Anatomy and Histology
2) Physiology
Prerequisite 1: Bachelor’s Degree, Students seeking admission to 3) Biochemistry
the medical education program must be a holder of any baccalaureate 4) Microbiology and Parasitology
degree. (b) Final Examination
1) Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Prerequisite 2: National Medical Admission Test (NMAT), 2) Pathology
3) Medicine
Applicants to medical schools in the Philippines are required to take 4) Obstetrics and Gynecology
the NMAT. The test is developed and administered by the Center for 5) Pediatrics and Nutrition
Educational Measurement, Inc. (CEM) as authorized by the 6) Surgery and Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology and
Commission on Higher Education (CHED) per Memorandum of Rhinology
Agreement (1985) between the former Board of Medical Education, 7) Preventive Medicine and Public Health, and
now Technical Committee for Medical Education, and CEM. The 8) Legal Medicine, Ethics and Medical Jurisprudence
testing dates, local and abroad, are decided and announced by the (c) Complete Examination
CHED and CEM. 1) Anatomy and Histology
2) Physiology
An NMAT applicant must be a graduate or a graduating student of any 3) Biochemistry
college degree course at the time of testing. 4) Microbiology and Parasitology
5) Pharmacology and Therapeutics
The NMAT scores obtained by a medical school applicant at any given 6) Pathology
examination year are deemed sufficient and valid as basis for 7) Medicine
evaluating applicants for admission to a college of medicine. The 8) Obstetrics and Gynecology
applicant is encouraged to do well in the test and obtain his/her best 9) Pediatrics and Nutrition
scores in the NMAT to increase his/her chances of being accepted in 10) Surgery and Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology and
the best medical schools in the Philippines. Rhinology
11) Preventive medicine and Public Health, and
Prerequisite 3: Certificate of Eligibility for Admission to a Medical 12) Legal Medicine, Ethics and Medical Jurisprudence
Course (CEMed), The CEMed application form may be obtained from
the regional offices of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). The questions shall be the same for all applicants. All answers must
Foreign students may apply at CHED Office of Student Services (OSS) be written in English. No name of the examinee shall appear in the
located at the National Engineering Center Building, University of the examination paper but the examiners shall devise a system whereby
Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City. The requirements in securing the each applicant can be identified by number only.
CEMed are as follows:
In order that a candidate may be deemed to have passed his
1. Fully accomplished CEMed application form examination successfully he must have obtained a general average of
2. Transcript of Records seventy-five per cent without a grade lower than fifty per cent in any
3. Copy of Diploma or Certificate of Graduation authenticated by the subject: Provided, That a candidate who fails for the third time in the
Registrar of the school where he/she graduated (for graduates of complete or final examinations will be required to take a refresher
government school) course prescribed by the Board of Medical Examiners of at least one
4. NMAT results (original or duplicate copy of Examinee Report Form) (1) year in a recognized medical school or college before he could be
issued by CEM allowed to take subsequent examinations.
5. Birth Certificate
6. Certificate of good moral character If the applicant is found to be proficient in the subjects in the
7. preliminary examinations, he or she shall be exempt in these subjects
Prerequisite 4: Applicant’s Acceptance in Medical School, The at the time of the final examination. In case of failure in any subject at
CEMed does not automatically assure the applicant of a slot in any of any preliminary examination given in accordance with this section, the
the medical schools in the country. A student who has been issued a candidate shall not then be reexamined in such subject in which he
CEMed is given full acceptance only upon meeting the other may have failed until he shall have finished the prescribed course of
requirements of the admitting school, such as passing the interviews. medical study and internship.
It may be advisable, therefore, to seek preliminary acceptance from

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Certificate of Registration are engaged in the discharge of their duties in accordance with
Sec. 20. Issuance of Certificates of Registration, grounds for governing rules and regulations of the veterans administration.
refusal of same. The Commissioner of Civil Service, the chairman, (d) Foreigners employed as technical officers or professors in such
the members and the Secretary of the Board of Medical Examiners special branches of medicine or surgery as may, in the judgment of
shall sign and issue certificates of registration to those who have the Secretary of (Public Instruction) Education, be necessary and
satisfactorily complied with the requirements of the Board. They shall indispensable in the Philippines.
not issue a certificate of registration to any candidate who has been (e) In cases of epidemics or in municipalities where there is no legally
convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction of any criminal offense qualified practicing physician, or when the circumstances require it, in
involving moral turpitude, or has been found guilty of immoral or the interest of the public health, the Director of Health may issue
dishonorable conduct after the investigation by the Board of Medical special authorizations, to all medical students who have completed the
Examiners, or has been declared to be of unsound mind. first three years of their studies, or to persons who have qualified in
medicine, and to graduate or registered nurses, who may request it."
Sec. 12. Limited practice without any certificate of registration.
Certificates of registration shall not be required of the following
persons:
(a) Physicians and surgeons from other countries called in
consultation only and exclusively in specific and definite
case, or those attached to international bodies or
organizations assigned to perform certain definite work in
the Philippines, provided they shall limit their practice to the
specific work assigned to them and provided further they
shall secure a previous authorization from the Board of
Medical Examiners.

(b) Commissioned medical officers of the United States Armed

Forces stationed in the Philippines while rendering service
as such only for the members of the said armed forces and
within the limit of their own respective territorial jurisdiction.

(c) Foreign physicians employed as exchange professors in

special branches of medicine or surgery whose service may,
upon previous authorization of the Board of Medical
Examiners, be necessary.

(d) Medical students who have completed the first four years of
medical course, graduates of medicine and registered
nurses who may be given limited and special authorization
by the Secretary of Health to render services during
epidemics or national emergencies whenever the services
of duly registered physicians are not available. Such
authorization shall automatically cease when the epidemic
or national emergency is declared terminated by the
Secretary of Health.

REPUBLIC ACT No. 1885 An Act Amending Sections Seven

Hundred Seventy and Seven Hundred Seventy-One of the
Revised Administrative Code of the Philippines to Authorize
Medical Officers of the United States Veterans Administration in
the Philippines to Practice Medicine

Sec. 771. Persons exempt from registration. -Registration shall not be

required of the following classes of persons:
(a) Physicians and surgeons from other countries called in
consultation.
(b) Medical students who are practicing medicine under the direct
supervision of a duly registered physician.
(c) Medical officers of the U. S. Army, U. S. Navy, or the U. S. Public
Health Service, or the U. S. Veterans Administration while the latter

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