Public Health Laws

Question 1

RA 7305: compensated

ensure that health workers are properly compensated.

Answer 1

Republic Act No. 7305 March
26, 1992. THE MAGNA CARTA
OF PUBLIC HEALTH WORKERS

Question 2

prescribe sanitation requirements for food establishments and refuse
collections and disposal system of cities and municipalities

Answer 2

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.

Question 3

A comprehensive air quality management policy and program which aims to achieve and maintain healthy air for all Filipinos.

Answer 3

RA 8749:
The Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999

Question 4

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.

Answer 4

RA6675:
Generics Act of 1988

Question 5

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.

Answer 5

RA 7875:
National Health Insurance Act of 1995

Question 6

Promotes voluntary blood donation to provide a sufficient supply of safe blood and to regulate blood banks

Answer 6

RA7719:
National Blood Services Act

Question 7

AN ACT PROVIDING POLICIES AND PRESCRIBING PROCEDURES ON SURVEILLANCE AND RESPONSE TO NOTIFIABLE DISEASES, EPIDEMICS, AND HEALTH EVENTS OF PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN

Answer 7

RA 11332:
LAW OF NOTIFIABLE DISEASE(Mandatory Reporting of
Notifiable Diseases and Health Events of Public Health Concern Act)

Question 8

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;

Answer 8

Republic Act 9994

Question 9

Act to Maximize the Contribution of Senior Citizens to Nation Building, Grants Benefits and Special Privileges

Answer 9

RA 7432:
SENIOR CITIZEN ACT

Question 10

Provides for importation of Dangerous Drugs and/or Controlled Precursors and Essential Chemicals.

Answer 10

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9165:
Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 Revised Dangerous Drug Act

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Republic Act no. 9502:
Universally Accessible Cheaper and Quality Medicines

Question 12

Children’s Emergency Relief and Protection Act

Answer 12

Republic Act 10821:
SAVE THE CHILDREN ACT

Question 13

Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of
2004

Answer 13

Republic Act 9262:
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN (VAWC)

Question 14

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

Answer 14

REPUBLIC ACT No. 10121:
DISASTER RISK (Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010)

Question 15

PROVIDING INCENTIVES TO ALL GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE HEALTH INSTITUTIONS WITH ROOMING-IN AND BREASTFEEDING PRACTICES

Answer 15

RA 7600:
Rooming-In and Breastfeeding Act of 1992

Question 16

AN ACT EXPANDING THE PROMOTION OF BREASTFEEDING, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7600, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “AN ACT PROVIDING INCENTIVES TO ALL GOVERNMENT

Answer 16

RA 10028:
Expanded Breastfeeding Promotion Act

Question 17

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE SAFETY OF CHILDREN ABOARD MOTORCYLES.

Answer 17

REPUBLIC ACT No. 10666:
The Children’s Safety On Motorcycles Act of 2015

Question 18

It mandates the government to adequately address the needs of Filipinos on responsible parenthood and reproductive health. The law aims to empower the Filipino people, especially women and youth, through informed choice and age-and developmentappropriate education.

Answer 18

Republic Act 10354:
The Responsible Parenthood

Question 19

An Act which ensures the protection of children “in times of calamity, disaster, and other emergency situations.

Answer 19

Republic Act 10821:
Children’s Emergency Relief and Protection Act

Question 20

to coordinate the implementation and enforcement of all laws, formulate, monitor and evaluate policies, programs and measures for children.

Answer 20

Presidential Decree No. 603:
The Child and Youth Welfare Code

Question 21

AN ACT REGULATING THE PACKAGING, USE, SALE DISTRIBUTION AND ADVERTISEMENTS OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS.

Answer 21

RA 9211:
Tobacco Regulation Act of 2003