Module 5 Definition of terms

Question 1

This refers to the internment or burying of remains in a grave, tomb or the sea

Answer 1

Burial

Question 2

The Code

Answer 2

The Code on Sanitation of the Philippines, PD 856

Question 3

Committee that regulates the practice of embalming in accordance to the provisions of PD 856 and Executive order no. 102 s.1999

Answer 3

Committee of Examiners for Undertakers and Embalmer (CEUE)

Question 4

A legal document issued by the attending physician or in their absence, by the city/municipal health officer or other duly authorized government official, using the prescribed form certifying the death of a person

Answer 4

Death Certificate

Question 5

Department that handles embalmers and undertakers

Answer 5

Department of Health (DOH)

Question 6

This refers to an exceptionally difficult situation with one or more of the following conditions:
- Absence of a doctor
- Far flung area
- Mass casualty incidence
- Mass burial
- Absence of relatives

Answer 6

Extreme Case

Question 7

Examples of extreme case:

Answer 7

1. Absence of a doctor
2. Far flung area
3. Mass casualty incidence
4. Mass burial
5. Absence of relatives

Question 8

This refers to a place authorized by law offering funeral services, chapels and embalming facilities for a deceased person for burial or cremation

Answer 8

Funeral Establishment

Question 9

This refers to an official written certification issued by the city or municipal health officer to a person employed in a funeral establishment or other related services after passing the required physical and medical examinations

Answer 9

Health Certificate

Question 10

Officer who issue Health Certificate

Answer 10

City or municipal health officer

Question 11

Refers to a local political subdivision; province, city, municipality or barangay

Answer 11

Local Government Unit (LGU)

Question 12

Example of LGUs:

Answer 12

• province
• city
• municipality
• barangay

Question 13

This refers to the official or employee responsible for the application of a prescribed health measure in a local political subdivision

Answer 13

Local Health Authority

Question 14

For a province, the local health authority is the ____________ and for a city or municipality, the local health authority is the _____________

Answer 14

governor, mayor

Question 15

This refers to the officer, head of the health team of the local health authority; provincial, city or municipal health officer

Answer 15

Local Health Officer

Question 16

This refers to a place in which dead bodies are temporarily kept pending identification, autopsy and/or removal for final disposition.

Answer 16

Morgue

Question 17

This refers to the DOH official, head of the regional health office

Answer 17

Regional Director

Question 18

This refers to a person duly registered with the Board of Examiners for Sanitary Engineers (Republic Act 1364)
The head of Sanitation Division/ Section/ Unit of the provincial, city, municipal health office or rural health unit or employed with the Department of Health or it’s regional health offices

Answer 18

Sanitary Engineer

Question 19

Republic Act 1364

Answer 19

Board of Examiners for Sanitary Engineers

Question 20

This refers to a government officer, employed by the national, provincial, city or municipal government, who enforces sanitary rules, laws and regulations and implements environmental sanitation activities under the supervision of the provincial/ city/ municipal health officer/ sanitary engineer

Answer 20

Sanitation Inspector

Question 21

Sanitation inspector enforces sanitary rules, laws, and regulations and implements environmental sanitation activities under the supervision of _____________________

Answer 21

the provincial/ city or municipal health officer/ sanitary engineer

Question 22

A written permission or certification of the city or municipal health officer or in his absence, the chief or head of the sanitation division/ section/ unit, that the establishment complies with existing sanitation requirements upon evaluation or inspection conducted in accordance with Presidential Decree no. 522 and 856 and local ordinances

Answer 22

Sanitary Permit

Question 23

Officials that can issue Sanitary Permit:

Answer 23

1. City/Municipal health officer
2. Head of Sanitation Division

Question 24

PD 856

Answer 24

The Code of Sanitation of the Philippines

Question 25

PD 522

Answer 25

Sanitary Requirements in Establishments and Operations

OR

Prescribing Sanitation Requirements for the Operation of Establishments and Facilities for the Protection and Convenience of the Traveling Public