Laws Flashcards
Local Government Code
RA 7160
All structures, personnel, and budgetary allocations from the provincial health level down to the barangays were DEVOLVED to the Local Government Units to facilitate health service delivery.
Primary Health Care (PHC) was adopted in the PH through:
Letter of Instruction (LOI) 949
Milk Code
EO 51
Products covered by Milk Code consist of breast milk substitutes, including infant formula; other milk
products, food and beverages, including bottle-fed complementary foods.
Rooming-In and Breastfeeding Act of 1992
RA 7600
To promote room-in and to encourage. Protect and support the practice of breastfeeding.
Food Fortification Law
RA 8976
The law requires a mandatory food fortification of staple foods – rice, flour, edible oil and sugar and
voluntary food fortification of processed food or food products
Expanded Breastfeeding Act of 2010
RA 10028
Exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months.
EPI Law
PD 996
An act providing for mandatory basic immunization services for infants and children.
RA 10152 (2011)
Sanitation Code of the Philippines
PD 856
Toxic Substances and hazardous and Nuclear Waste Control Act of 1990
RA 6969
Clean Air Act of 1999
RA 8749
Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000
RA 9003
Clean Water Act 2004
RA 9275
Presidential Decree No 1566 (1978)
Strengthening the Philippine Disaster Control Capability and Establishing the National Program on Community Disaster Preparedness
Local Gov’t Code of 1991
Republic Act No 7160
Transfer of responsibilities from the national to the local government units (LGUs)
