RA1517 & RA7719 Flashcards
REPUBLIC ACT No. 1517
An Act Regulating the Collection, Processing and Sale of Human Blood, and the Establishment and Operation of Blood Banks and Blood Processing Laboratories
Blood Bank Act
RA1517
RA1517 approval date
June 16, 1956
RA 1517
charged with the responsibility of strictly enforcing this Act
Secretary of Health
punishment under RA 1517
<1 year — >1month
< ₱1,000 — > ₱100
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7719
AN ACT PROMOTING VOLUNTARY BLOOD DONATION, PROVIDING FOR AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF SAFE BLOOD, REGULATING BLOOD BANKS, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF
National Blood Services Act of 1994
RA 7719
RA 7719
Section 4
lead agencies of public education
Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC)
Philippine Blood Coordinating Council (PBCC)
RA 7719
Section 5
Funds for this purpose shall be provided by the Government through the budgetary allocation of the Department, by the:
Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) = at least ₱25M
Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) = at least ₱25M
Duty Free Shop (Duty Free Philippines) + at least ₱20M [trust liability account]
RA 7719
Section 12
penalty of any blood bank/center which shall collect charges and fees greater than the maximum prescribed by the Department
< 6 months — > 1 month
<₱50,000 — >₱5,000
or both
RA 7719
Section 12
penalty of blood bank without securing any license to operate from the Department or who fails to comply with the standards prescribed by the Department
<20 years — >1 year
<₱500,000 — >₱5,000
or both
RA 7719
Section 12
penalty of dispensing, transfusing and failing to dispose, within forty-eight (48) hours, blood which have been proven contaminated with blood transfusion transmissible diseases
10 years imprisonment
RA 7719 passed on
April 28, 1994
RA 7719 approval date and the president who signed it
Approved: MAY 5, 1994
(Sgd.) Pres FIDEL V. RAMOS
