RA 7719 Flashcards
RA 7719
AN ACT PROMOTING VOLUNTARY BLOOD DONATION, PROVIDING FOR AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF SAFE BLOOD, REGULATING BLOOD BANKS, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF
Session number, start date, city, day of the week
Date
Republic of the Philippines
Congress of the Philippines
Metro Manila
Second Regular Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-sixth day of July,
nineteen hundred and ninety-three. (July 6, 1993)
SECTION 1
Title
This Act shall be known as the
National Blood Services Act of 1994
SEC. 2
Declaration of Policy
to promote and encourage voluntary blood donation by the citizenry and to instill public consciousness of the principle that blood donation is a ____ act
humanitarian
SEC. 3
Definitions
refers to human blood, processed or unprocessed and includes blood components, its products and derivatives;
Blood/blood product
a laboratory or institution with the capability to recruit and screen blood donors, collect, process, store, transport and issue blood for transfusion and provide information and/ or education on blood transfusion transmissible diseases
Blood bank/center
a blood bank that exists for profit
Commercial blood bank
a blood bank which is located within the premises of a hospital and which can perform compatibility testing of blood;
Hospital-based blood bank
an institution or facility duly authorized by the Department of Health to recruit and screen donors and collect blood;
Blood collection unit
one who donates blood on one’s own volition or initiative and without monetary compensation
Voluntary blood donor
SEC. 4
Promotion of Voluntary Blood Donation
Lead agencies responsible for public education about blood donation
the Department, the Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC) and the Philippine Blood Coordinating Council (PBCC)
Agencies for Professional Education
The Department, the PBCC, the Philippine Society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion (PSHBT), the Philippine Society of Pathologists (PSP), the Philippine Medical Association (PMA), the Philippine Association of Medical Technologists (PAMET) and the Philippine Nursing Association (PNA)
Blood centers shall be strategically established in every province and city nationwide within the framework of a ___________ spearheaded by the ________, in coordination with the _______
National Blood Transfusion Service Network, Department, PNRC
In areas where there may be inadequate blood banking facilities, the ___________ concept shall be encouraged and all government hospitals, rural-health units, health centers and barangays in these areas shall be required to keep at all times a list of qualified voluntary blood donors with their specified blood typing
Walking Blood Donors
SEC. 5.
National Voluntary Blood Services Program
Funds from PCSO
Twenty-five million pesos (P25,000,000)
Funds from PAGCOR
Twenty-five million pesos (P25,000,000)
Funds from Duty Free Philippines
Twenty million pesos (P20,000,000)
SEC. 6
Upgrading of Services and Facilities
SEC. 7
Phase-out of Commercial Blood Banks.
The Department, in consultation with the ______ and the ______, shall also establish guidelines for the rational use of blood and blood products
PSHBT and PSP
ALL commercial blood banks shall be phased-out over a period of ______ years after the effectivity of this Act, extendable to a maximum period of _____ years by the Secretary
two years, two years
SEC. 8
Non-Profit Operation
All blood banks/centers shall operate on a ______ basis
non-profit
SEC. 9
Regulation of Blood Sciences
SEC. 10
Importation of Blood Bank Equipment, Blood Bags and Reagents
SEC. 11
Rules and Regulations
SEC. 12
Penalties
Fine Upon complaint of any person and after due notice and hearing, any blood bank/center which shall collect charges and fees greater than the maximum prescribed by the Department shall have its license suspended or revoked by the Secretary
imprisonment of not less than one (1) month nor more than six (6) months, or a fine of not less than Five thousand pesos (P5,000) nor more than Fifty thousand pesos (P50,000), or both at the discretion of the competent court
Fine for Any person who shall establish and operate a blood bank without securing any license to operate from the Department or who fails to comply with the standards prescribed by the Department
imprisonment of not less than twelve (12) years and one (1) day nor more than twenty (20) years or a fine of not less than Fifty thousand pesos (P50.000) nor more than Five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000), or both at the discretion of the competent court
The head of the blood bank and the necessary trained personnel under the head’s direct supervision found responsible for dispensing, transfusing and failing to dispose, within forty-eight (48) hours, blood which have been proven contaminated with blood transfusion transmissible diseases shall be imprisoned for _____
ten (10) years
SEC. 13
Separability Clause
SEC. 14
Repealing Clause
SEC. 15
Effectivity Clause
This Act shall take effect after _____ days following its publication in the ______ or in ______newspapers of general circulation.
fifteen days, official gazette, two national newspaper
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Jose C. De Venecia , Jr.
President of the Senate
Edgardo J. Angara
Secretary General of the House of Representatives
Camilo S. Sabio
Senate Secretary
Edgardo E. Tumangan
President of the Philippines during the time of passage of this Act
Fidel V. Ramos
