Module 5 Definition of terms Flashcards
This refers to the internment or burying of remains in a grave, tomb or the sea
Burial
The Code
The Code on Sanitation of the Philippines, PD 856
Committee that regulates the practice of embalming in accordance to the provisions of PD 856 and Executive order no. 102 s.1999
Committee of Examiners for Undertakers and Embalmer (CEUE)
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
Death Certificate
Department that handles embalmers and undertakers
Department of Health (DOH)
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
Extreme Case
Examples of extreme case:
- Absence of a doctor
- Far flung area
- Mass casualty incidence
- Mass burial
- Absence of relatives
This refers to a place authorized by law offering funeral services, chapels and embalming facilities for a deceased person for burial or cremation
Funeral Establishment
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
Health Certificate
Officer who issue Health Certificate
City or municipal health officer
Refers to a local political subdivision; province, city, municipality or barangay
Local Government Unit (LGU)
Example of LGUs:
- province
- city
- municipality
- barangay
This refers to the official or employee responsible for the application of a prescribed health measure in a local political subdivision
Local Health Authority
For a province, the local health authority is the ____________ and for a city or municipality, the local health authority is the _____________
governor, mayor
This refers to the officer, head of the health team of the local health authority; provincial, city or municipal health officer
Local Health Officer
This refers to a place in which dead bodies are temporarily kept pending identification, autopsy and/or removal for final disposition.
Morgue
This refers to the DOH official, head of the regional health office
Regional Director
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
Sanitary Engineer
Republic Act 1364
Board of Examiners for Sanitary Engineers
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
Sanitation Inspector
Sanitation inspector enforces sanitary rules, laws, and regulations and implements environmental sanitation activities under the supervision of _____________________
the provincial/ city or municipal health officer/ sanitary engineer
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
Sanitary Permit
Officials that can issue Sanitary Permit:
- City/Municipal health officer
- Head of Sanitation Division
PD 856
The Code of Sanitation of the Philippines
PD 522
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
