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 RA 8344 - An act prohibiting the demand of deposits or advance payments for the
confinement for the confinement or treatment of patients in hospitals and medical
clinics in certain cases

 RA 7164 ±Philippine Nursing Act of 1991

 RA 877 ± An act to regulate the practice of the nursing in the Philippines and for other
purposes.

 PD 223 ± Professional
Regulation Commission

 PD 223 ± Allowing Filipino professionals to practice their respective professions in the
Philippines

 BON 110 ± Adoption of a Guide to Evaluate Compliance with Standards for Safe
Nursing Practice

 BON 14 ± National Nursing Specialty Certification Program

 BON 118 ± Guidelines for the Implementation of Board Resolution No. 14 of 1999

 BON 425 ± Implementing rules and regulations of the "Philippine Nursing Act of 2002"
(Republic Act No.9173).
 BON 8 ± Special Training on Intravenous Injections
 Proclamation 539 ± Nurse¶s Week (every third week of Octoberÿ

 LOI 1000 ± Government agencies should be given preference to members of the
accredited professional organization when hiring

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 PD 143 ± Prescribing a weekly rest period for working in any undertaking or enterprise,
whether for profit or not and for other purposes
 PD 48 ± Limits benefits of paid maternity leave privileges to four children
 PD 69 ± Limits the number of children to four (4) tax exemption purposes
 PD 491 ± Nutrition Program
 PD 603 ± Child and Youth Welfare Act / Provision on Child Adoption
 PD 651 ± All births and deaths must be registered 30 days after delivery
 PD 965 ± Requiring applicants for Marriage License to receive instruction on family
planning and responsible parenthood
 PD 996 ± Provides for compulsory basic immunization for children and infants below 8
years of age
 EO 51 ± The Milk Code
 EO 209 ± The Family Code (amended by RA 6809)
 Proclamation 6 ± UN¶s goal of Universal Child Immunization; involved NGO¶s in the
immunization program
 RA 6725 ± Act strengthening the prohibition on discrimination against women with
respect to terms and condition of employment
 RA 7600 ± Rooming In and Breastfeeding Act of 1992
 RA 7610 ± Special protection of children against abuse, exploitation and discrimination
act
 RA 9262 ± Anti Violence against Women and Children Act of 2004
 RA 7877 ± Anti-sexual harassment Act of 1995
 RA 8187 ± Paternity Leave Act of 1995
 RA 7192 ± Women in development nation building
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 PD 442 ± Labor Code Promotes and protects employees self-organization and
collective bargaining rights. Provision for a 10% right differential pay for hospital
workers.
 PD626 ± Employee Compensation and State Insurance Fund.
Provide benefits to
person covered by SSS and GSIS for immediate injury, illness and disability.
 PD 851 ± 13th Month pay
  EO 180 ± Government Workers Collective Bargaining Rights Guidelines on the right to
Organize of government employee.
 RA 1080 ± Civil Service Eligibility
 RA 6713 ±
Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees
 RA 6727 ± Wage Rationalization Act
 RA 6758 ± Standardized the salaries
 RA 7641 ± New Retirement Law
 RA 7875 ± National Health Insurance Act of 1995
 RA 8291 ± Government Service Insurance System Act of 1997 (amended PD 1146)
 RA 8282 ± Social Security Law of 1997 (amended RA 1161)
 RA 1519 ± Gives medicare benefits to all government employees regardless of status
of appointment.

 RA 1636 ± Compulsory membership to SSS of the self employed individual




 RA 7160 ± Local Government Code

 RA 7305 ± The Magna Carta of public Health Workers

 RA 825 ± Providing penalty for improper disposal garbage and other forms of
uncleanliness and for other purposes.

 RA 856 ± An act to amend certain provisions of the private employment agency law in
order to give added protection to applicants for employment

 RA 1080 ± Civil Service Eligibility

 RA 3573 Law on reporting of Communicable Diseases

 RA 4073 ± Liberalized treatment of Leprosy

 RA 6972 ±
Day care center in every Barangay

 RA 7883 ± Barangay Health workers Benefits and Incentives Act of 1992

 RA 8749 ± The Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999

 LOI 949 ± Act on health and health related activities must be integrated with other
activities of the overall national development program. Primary Health Care (10-19-79)

 PD 856 ± Code of Sanitation

 PD 491 ± Nutrition Program

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  the growth of the whole person in the development of his
capabilities to make him fit to assume his position

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± the philosophy or science of law upon which a particular legal system
is built

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defined as the department of law that comprises all the legal
rules and principles affecting the practice of nursing. It includes not only the study but
also the interpretation of all these rules and principles and their application in the
regulation of the practice of nursing

× „À ± an agreement between two or more people and which establishes an
obligation to perform

× 
 a civil wrong; it can be intentional or unintentional

× „
 an intentional act which is designed to make the victim fearful and which
produces reasonable apprehension or harm

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 an unlawful act of a less serious nature than a felony usually
punishable by fine or imprisonment for a term if less than one year

×  
 a crime of a serious nature usually punishable for a period of longer than one
year or by death

× „ 
 unlawful beating and touching by another person or use of force upon a
person without permission

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 unjustifiable detention of a person without legal document

× Ô „„
 the injury of a person¶s reputation or character by willful and malicious
statements made to a third person

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 professional misconduct, improper discharge of professional duties or
failure to meet the standard of care of a professional which resulted in harm to another

×   À
 carelessness, failure to act as an ordinary prudent person or action
contrary to what a reasonable person would have done

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the act of omitting something; neglect or failure to do something required by
property or duty

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the act of committing, doing or performing; the act of perperating

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 a person who cooperate in the commission of the offense by another act
without it could not have been accomplished

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an associate in wrongdoing, especially one who aids or abets another in a
criminal act, either as a principal or an accessory.

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also called ³before the fact´; a person who thought not present during the
commission of a felony is guilty of having aided and abetted another who committed the
felony

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 refers to the knowledge or information about the consent to a
particular form of medical treatment before the treatment is administered. The
information should include the risk and advantages of any medical treatment that
concerns the patient

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 compensation in money recoverable for a less or damage for a wrong doing

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is a principle of medical-malpractice law, holding a surgeon liable
for the actions of assistants who are under the surgeon's control but who are employees
of the hospital, not the surgeon. The surgeon as "the captain of the ship," is directly
responsible for an alleged error or act of alleged negligence because he or she controls
and directs the actions of those in assistance. This common law doctrine is often used in
operating room situations.

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 the law which has the dual purpose of organizing family and regulating
property

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the body or branch of law concerned with the study, interpretation,
and application of a country or state¶s constitution, including the issues of governance,
the powers of the branches and levels of government, civil liberties, and civil rights.

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the body of the law that deals with conduct considered so harmful to
society as a whole that it is prohibited by statute, prosecuted and punished by the
government.

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 a false or malicious writing that is intended to defame or dishonor another person
and is published so that someone besides the one defamed will observe it

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he act of mutilating, or the state of being mutilated; deprivation of a limb or
of an essential part.

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ignorance of the law is no excuse,´; the fact that
defendant did not think his act was against the law does not prevent the law from
punishing the prohibited act

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harm without injury´. The gist of this maxim is that there is
harm or damage without a legally recognized injury, which means that the law provides
no cause of action to recover for one's loss

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"I give that you may give´; the principle of reciprocity

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A species of contract in the civil law, which occurs when a man agrees to
perform anything for a price, either specifically mentioned or left to the determination of
the law to set a value on it

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An act whereby a person, without malice, but by fault, negligence or
imprudence not legally excusable, causes injury to another.

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 ³by the fact itself´; automatically

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 ³the thing speaks for itself´; refers to situations when it's assumed
that a person's injury was caused by the negligent action of another party because the
accident was the sort that wouldn't occur unless someone was negligent

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 let the master answer for the acts of the subordinate

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³greater force´; these clauses excuse a party from liability if some
unforseen event beyond the control of that party prevents it from performing its
obligations under the contract. Typically, 3


clauses cover natural disasters
or other "Acts of God", war, or the failure of third parties--such as suppliers and
subcontractors--to perform their obligations to the contracting party