ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS
➢ AO No. 24 series of 1996
- The NTCP adopted DOTS in the management of TB.
➢ AO 179 Series of 2004 – Guidelines for the implementation of the National
Prevention of Blindness Program
➢ AO No. 2005 - 0015 - National Policies on Infant and Young Child Feeding
➢ AO No. 2006 - 0012 - Specifies the Revised Implementing Rules and
Regulations of E.O. 51 or Milk Code, Relevant International Agreements,
Penalizing Violations thereof and for other purposes
➢ AO No. 2006 - 0015 - Defines the Implementing guidelines on Hepatitis B
Immunization for Infants
DEPARTMENTS
➢ Department Personnel No. 2005-0547 – Creation of Program Management
Committee for the National Blindness Program
➢ DENR, 2000 AO No. 2000-81 – Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) for
RA 8749
➢ DOH 1995a IRR of Chapter II “Water Supply” of the Code on Sanitation of the
Philippines
➢ DOH 1995b IRR of Chapter III “Food Establishments” of the Code on
Sanitation of the Philippines
➢ DOH 1995c IRR of Chapter XVII “Sewage Collection and Disposal, Excreta
Disposal and Drainage” of the Code on Sanitation of the Philippines
➢ DOH 1997 IRR of Chapter XVI “Vermin Control” of the Code on Sanitation of
the Philippines
➢ DOH 2007 AO No. 2007-0012 – Philippine National Standards for Drinking
Water
➢ DOH A.O. 2010-0021 - Sustainable Sanitation as a National Policy and a
National Priority Program of the DOH
➢ DOH A.O. 2014-0027 – National Policy on Water Safety Plan (WSP) for All
Drinking-Water Service Providers
➢ DOH A.O. 2017-0006 – Guidelines for the Review and Approval of the Water
Safety Plans of Drinking-Water Service Providers
➢ DOH A.O. 2017-0010 – Philippine National Standards for Drinking Water
(PNSDW) of 2017
EXECUTIVE ORDERS
➢ EO 51 - Phil. Code of Marketing of Breast milk Substitutes
➢ EO No. 489 s. 1991 – The Inter-Agency Committee on Environmental Health
(IACEH)
➢ EO 958 – National Healthy Lifestyle Advocacy campaign
➢ Letter of Instruction No. 949
- Legal basis of PHC dated OCT. 19, 1979, promotes development of
health programs on the community level
➢ Memorandum Circular No. 98-155
- Pronounced the NTCP as the highest priority public health program of
the LGUs
➢ Ministry Circular No. 2 of 1986
- Includes AIDS as notifiable disease
PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION
➢ Proc. No. 40 – Declaring the month of August as Sight Saving Month
➢ PD 79 - Defines, objectives, duties and functions of POPCOM
➢ P.D. No. 651 - Requires that all health workers shall identify and encourage
the registration of all births within 30 days following delivery.
➢ PD 825 – Providing Penalty for improper Disposal of Garbage and other forms
of uncleanliness
➢ PD 856 - Code on Sanitation
➢ PD 965 - Requires applicants for marriage license to receive instructions on
family planning and responsible parenthood.
➢ PD 996 - Requires the compulsory immunization of all children below 8 yrs.
of age against the 6 childhood immunizable diseases.
➢ PD 1096 – National Building Code of the Philippines
➢ Presidential Proclamation No. 470, series of 1994 declares the First Week of
October of every year as Elderly Filipino Week (Linggong Katandaang Pilipino)
Celebration
REPUBLIC ACTS
➢ RA 1054 – Free emergency medical and dental treatment for employees
➢ R.A. 1082 – Rural Health Act.
➢ RA 1136 - TB Law of 1954
➢ RA 2029 - Mandates Liver Cancer and Hepatitis B Awareness Month Act
(February)
➢ R.A. 2382 – Philippine Medical Act.
➢ RA 3573 - Reporting on Communicable Diseases
➢ RA 4073 - An Act Liberalizing the Treatment of Leprosy
➢ RA 6425 – “Penalties for violations of the Dangerous Drug Act”, “Dangerous
Drugs Act”
➢ RA 6675 - Generics Act of 1988
➢ R.A. 6713 – Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards of Public Officials and
Employees
➢ RA 6758 - Standardizes the salary of government employees including the
nursing personnel
➢ RA 6969 – Toxic Substances and hazardous and Nuclear Waste Control Act of
1990
➢ R.A. 7160 – or the Local Government Code
➢ RA 7164 - Phil. Nursing Act of 1991
➢ RA 7277 – Magna Carta for Disabled Persons
➢ RA 7305 - Magna Carta of Public Health Workers (Approved: March 26, 1992)
➢ RA 7432 - Senior Citizens Act
➢ RA 7600 - Rooming In and Breastfeeding Act of 1992
➢ RA 7719 - National Blood Servics Act
➢ RA 7846 - Mandates Compulsory Hepatitis B Immunization among infants
and children less than 8 yrs old
➢ RA 7875 - National Health Insurance Act
➢ RA 7876 - Senior Citizens Center Act
➢ RA 8172 - Salt Iodization Act (ASIN LAW)
➢ RA 8423 – Traditional and Alternative Medicine Act
➢ RA 8749 – Clean Air Act of 1999
➢ RA 8976 - Food Fortification Law
➢ RA 8980 - Promulgates a comprehensive policy and a national system for
Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD)
➢ RA 9003 - Ecological Solid Waste Management Act 0f 2000
➢ RA 9165 – “Comprehensive Dangerous Drug Act”, “The new Dangerous Drug
Act of 2000”
➢ RA 9173 - Phil. Nursing Act of 2002 (Approved: October 21, 2002)
➢ RA 9211 – Tobacco Regulation Act of 2003
➢ Republic Act No. 9257 – The Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2003
➢ RA 9275 – Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004
➢ RA 9711 – Food and Drug Administration Act
➢ Republic Act No. 9994 – Expanded Senior Citizen Act of 2010
➢ RA 10028 - Expanded Breastfeeding Promotion Act
➢ RA 10642 - “An act granting mandatory national health insurance program of
PhilHealth for all senior citizens”
➢ RA 11148 - An act scaling up the national and local health and nutrition
programs through a strengthened integrated strategy for maternal, neonatal,
child health and nutrition in the first one thousand (1,000) days of life,
appropriating funds therefore and for other purposes
