Public Health Laws Flashcards
RA 7305: compensated
ensure that health workers are properly compensated.
Republic Act No. 7305 March
26, 1992. THE MAGNA CARTA
OF PUBLIC HEALTH WORKERS
prescribe sanitation requirements for food establishments and refuse
collections and disposal system of cities and municipalities
PD 856 of SANITATION
the improvement of the way
of the Filipinos by directing
public health services towards
the protection and promotion
of the health of the people.
A comprehensive air quality management policy and program which aims to achieve and maintain healthy air for all Filipinos.
RA 8749:
The Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999
To ensure that affordable and effective drugs are made available to all Filipinos.
To ensure the adequate supply of drugs with generic names at the lowest possible cost.
RA6675:
Generics Act of 1988
Republic of the Philippines declares that the State shall adopt an integrated and comprehensive approach to health development available to all the people at affordable cost.
RA 7875:
National Health Insurance Act of 1995
Promotes voluntary blood donation to provide a sufficient supply of safe blood and to regulate blood banks
RA7719:
National Blood Services Act
AN ACT PROVIDING POLICIES AND PRESCRIBING PROCEDURES ON SURVEILLANCE AND RESPONSE TO NOTIFIABLE DISEASES, EPIDEMICS, AND HEALTH EVENTS OF PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN
RA 11332:
LAW OF NOTIFIABLE DISEASE(Mandatory Reporting of
Notifiable Diseases and Health Events of Public Health Concern Act)
To recognize the rights of senior citizens to take their proper place in society and make it a concern of the family, community, and government;
Republic Act 9994
Act to Maximize the Contribution of Senior Citizens to Nation Building, Grants Benefits and Special Privileges
RA 7432:
SENIOR CITIZEN ACT
Provides for importation of Dangerous Drugs and/or Controlled Precursors and Essential Chemicals.
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9165:
Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 Revised Dangerous Drug Act
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. 9502:
Universally Accessible Cheaper and Quality Medicines
Children’s Emergency Relief and Protection Act
Republic Act 10821:
SAVE THE CHILDREN ACT
Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of
2004
Republic Act 9262:
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN (VAWC)
AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE PHILIPPINE DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PROVIDING FOR THE NATIONAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK AND INSTITUTIONALIZING THE NATIONAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT PLAN
REPUBLIC ACT No. 10121:
DISASTER RISK (Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010)
PROVIDING INCENTIVES TO ALL GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE HEALTH INSTITUTIONS WITH ROOMING-IN AND BREASTFEEDING PRACTICES
RA 7600:
Rooming-In and Breastfeeding Act of 1992