UNIT IX. PUBLIC HEALTH LAWS

Question 1

need to know the laws affecting health and nursing practice in the Philippines

Answer 1

Public health nurses

Question 2

This Act aims: to promote and improve the social and economic well-being of health workers, their living and working conditions, and terms of employment; to develop their skills and capabilities so that they will be more responsive and better equipped to deliver health projects and programs; and to encourage those with proper qualifications and excellent abilities to join and remain in government service.

Answer 2

Republic Act No. 7305 known as Magna Carta for Public Health Workers

Question 3

provides for the control of all factors in man’s environment that affect health including the quality of water, food, milk, control of insects, animal carriers, transmitters of disease, sanitary and recreation facilities, noise, pollution, unpleasant odors and control of nuisance.

Answer 3

Presidential Decree No. 856, the Code on Sanitation

Question 4

approved in the year 2000 but took effect in January 2001. It is a comprehensive air quality management policy and program which aims to achieve and maintain healthy air for all Filipinos.

Answer 4

Republic Act 8749, The Clean Air Act

Question 5

promotes, requires, and ensures the production of an adequate supply, distribution, use, and acceptance of drugs and medicines identified by their generics name.

Answer 5

Republic Act No. 6675 the Generics Act of 1988

Question 6

An act instituting a national health insurance program for all Filipinos and establishing the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation for the purpose.

Answer 6

Republic Act 7875 (February 14, 1995) National Health Insurance Act of 1995.

Question 7

, promotes voluntary blood donation to provide a sufficient supply of safe blood and to regulate blood banks. This act aims to inculcate public awareness that blood donation is a humanitarian act. The National Voluntary Blood Services Program (NVBSP) of the Department of Health is targeting the youth as volunteers in its blood donation program this year. Under RA No. 7719, it aims to create public consciousness of the importance of blood donation in saving the lives of millions of Filipinos.

Answer 7

Republic Act 7719 (May 5, 1994) also known as the National Blood Services Act of 1994

Question 8

declared that all communicable diseases should be reported to the nearest health station and that any person may be inoculated, administered, or injected with prophylactic preparations. These diseases include actinomycosis, acute anterior (adult or infant) poliomyelitis, cerebrospinal meningitis (epidemic), diphtheria, food poising, glanders, influenza, leprosy, malaria, measles, plague, pneumonia, mumps, ophthalmia, neonatorum, tetanus, trachoma, tuberculosis, typhoid, paratyphoid fever, typhus fever, variola or smallpox, varioloid, varicella, viscount’s angina, whooping cough, and yellow fever.

Answer 8

Republic Act 3573 in 1929

Question 9

is a decree requiring applicants for a marriage license to receive instructions on family planning and responsible parenthood.

Answer 9

Presidential Decree No. 965, s. 1976

Question 10

It entitles the elderly to a twenty percent (20%) discount in all public establishments and free medical and dental check-ups and hospitalization in all government hospitals.

Answer 10

Republic Act 7432 (April 23, 1992)-Maximize the Contribution of Senior Citizens to Nation Building, Grant Benefits, and Special Privileges.

Question 11

states that the sale, administration, delivery, distribution, and transportation of prohibited drugs is punishable by law.

Answer 11

Republic Act 6425, known as the Dangerous Drug Act

Question 12

intends to achieve better health outcomes for the Filipino people by assuring that quality medicines are accessible and affordable to as many Filipinos, especially the poor.

Answer 12

Republic Act 9502 or the Cheaper Medicines Act

Question 13

is an act providing for the special protection of children in situations of armed conflict and providing penalties for violations thereof.

Answer 13

Republic Act No. 11188

Question 14

. March 8, 2004. It is hereby declared that the State values the dignity of women and children and guarantees full respect for human rights. The State also recognizes the need to protect the family and its members, particularly women and children, from violence and threats to their safety and security.

Answer 14

Republic Act 9262 (March 8, 2004) Anti-Violence Against Women and the Children

Question 15

or an act strengthening the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management System, providing for the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management framework, institutionalizing the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan, appropriating funds, therefore, and for other purposes.

Answer 15

Republic Act No. 10121

Question 16

provides that babies born in private and government hospitals should be roomed in with their mothers to promote breastfeeding and ensure made and adequate nutrition for children

Answer 16

Republic Act 7600 Rooming-in and Breastfeeding (1992)

Question 17

requires the compulsory immunization of all children below 8 years of age against the six childhood immunizable diseases.

Answer 17

Presidential Decree No. 996

Question 18

is the policy of the State to defend the right of children to assistance, including proper care and nutrition, and special protection from all forms of neglect, abuse, cruelty, exploitation, and other conditions prejudicial to their development.

Answer 18

Republic Act No. 10666 or Children Safety on Motorcycles Act of 2015

Question 19

Save the Children Philippines advocated the passage of ____ which directs national and local government agencies to implement and sustain a comprehensive emergency program to protect children from disasters and emergencies.

Answer 19

Republic Act 10821 or the Children’s Emergency Relief and Protection Act

Question 20

It shall apply to persons below twenty-one years of age except those emancipated following the law. “Child” or “minor” or “youth” as used in this Code, shall refer to such persons.

Answer 20

Presidential Decree No. 603 shall be known as the “Child and Youth Welfare Code”.

Question 21

is the policy of the State to protect the populace from hazardous products and promote the right to health and instill health consciousness among them. It is also the policy of the State, consistent with the Constitutional ideal to promote the general welfare, to safeguard the interests of the workers and other stakeholders in the tobacco industry. For these purposes, the government shall institute a balanced policy whereby the use, sale, and advertisements of tobacco products shall be regulated to promote a healthful environment and protect the citizens from the hazards of tobacco smoke, and at the same time ensure that the interest of tobacco farmers, growers, workers, and stakeholders are not adversely compromised

Answer 21

Republic Act 9211 or the Tobacco Regulation Act

Question 22

. An act providing for a more responsive nursing profession, repealing for the purpose RA 7164 otherwise known as Philippine Nursing Act of 1991” and for other purposes. It is an act declaring the policy of the state to assure responsibilities for the protection and improvement of the nursing profession by instituting measures that will result in relevant nursing education, humane working conditions, better career prospects, and a dignified existence for our nurses.

Answer 22

Republic Act 9173 - “Philippine Nursing Act of 2002”

Question 23

1. As an epidemiologist, the nurse is responsible for reporting cases of notifiable diseases. What law mandates reporting of cases of notifiable diseases?
   a. R.A. 3573 b. R.A. 3753 c. R.A. 1054 d. R.A. 108

Answer 23

a. R.A. 3573

Question 24

2. Values the dignity of women and children and guarantees full respect for human rights
   a. R.A. 9262 b. R.A. 3753 c. R.A. 10121 d. R.A. 7600

Answer 24

a. R.A. 9262

Question 25

3. It aims to create public consciousness on the importance of blood donation in saving the lives of millions of Filipinos.
   a. R.A. 9262 b. R.A. 7719 c. R.A. 7875 d. R.A. 7600

Answer 25

b. R.A. 7719

Question 26

4. Magna Carta for Public Health Workers aims the following except:
   a. To encourage those with proper qualifications and excellent abilities to join and remain in government service
   b. To develop their skills and capabilities so that they will be more responsive and better equipped to deliver health projects and programs
   c. To promote and improve the social and economic well-being
   d. To achieve and maintain healthy air for all Filipinos

Answer 26

d. To achieve and maintain healthy air for all Filipinos (?)

Question 27

5. Requires the compulsory immunization of all children below 8 years of age against the six childhood immunizable diseases.
   a. PD No. 996 b. RA 10666 c. RA 10891 d. RA 11188

Answer 27

a. PD No. 996

Question 28

6. Statement A: Child and Youth Welfare Code shall apply to persons below twenty years of age except those emancipated following the law.
   Statement B: The Children’s Emergency Relief and Protection Act that directs local government agencies to implement and sustain a comprehensive emergency program to protect children from disasters and emergencies.

a. Statement A and B are correct b. Statement A and B are incorrect c. Only Statement A is correct d. Only Statement B is correct

Answer 28

a. Statement A and B are correct

Question 29

Statement A: Republic Act 9211 safeguard the interests of the workers and other stakeholders in the tobacco industry. Statement B: Tobacco Regulation Act ensures that the interest of tobacco farmers, growers, workers, and stakeholders are not adversely compromised. a. Statement A and B are correct b. Statement A and B are incorrect c. Only Statement A is correct d. Only Statement B is correct

Answer 29

a. Statement A and B are correct?

Question 30

Republic Act 7432 entitles the elderly to a _____________discount in all public establishments and free medical and dental check-up and hospitalization in all government hospitals. a. 5% b. 10% c. 15% d. 20%

Answer 30

d. 20%

Question 31

This act promotes, requires, and ensures the production of an adequate supply, distribution, use, and acceptance of drugs and medicines identified by their generics name.
a. RA 8749 b. RA 6675 c. RA 7875 d. RA 7719

Answer 31

b. RA 6675

Question 32

10. Code of Sanitation provides for the control of all factors in man’s environment that affect health including the following except:
    a. Pollution b. Noise c. Air quality d. Transmitters of disease

Answer 32

c. Air quality