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1919……Act No. 2808---1st Nursing Law (True Nursing Law)

- create the 1st Board of Nursing (BON)

- 1st chairperson – Dr. Juan Cabarrus

1920……1st Board Exam- 93 takers; 68 passers

1953……RA 877---------Nursing Act of 1953

1991-…...RA 7164--------Nursing Act of 1991

2002……RA 9173--------New Nursing Law

Must KNOW!!!

EO 209…………….Family Code- Aug 3, 1988

EO 51………………Milk Code

PD 651……………..Birth Registration Law; within 30 days after birth

PD 996……………..Compulsory Immunization; 8y/o below

PD 965……………..Responsible Parenthood

PD 825……………..Proper Garbage Disposal

PD 856……………..Code of Sanitation

PD 603……………..Child and Youth Welfare

PD 626……………..Employees Compensation

PD 69………………No. of Children

PD 48………………Maternity leave privilege: NSD-60days; CS-75days

PD 442……………..New Labor Law

RA 7600……………Rooming in-breastfeeding

RA 9165……………Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs

RA 6425……………Dangerous Drug Act (1972)

RA 9262……………Violence Against Women

RA 6675……………Generic Act of 1988

RA 8981……………PRC Modernization Law of 2000

RA 7877……………Sexual Harassment Law

RA 7305……………Magna Carta of Public Health Workers

RA 6809……………New Age of Majority: 18yrs above

BON

Chairperson……….Carmencita Abaquin

Members…………..Perla Po

Betty Meritt

Leonila Faire

Marco Antonio Sto. Tomas

PNA Pres:…………Lea Paquiz

APCN……………..Carmencita Divina Gracia

PRC………………..Dr. Leonor Rosero

DOLE……………...Arturo Brion

PD 223…………….Creation of PRC: 42 profession

EO 565………….....placing the PRC under direct supervision of DOLE

EO 566…………….all review centers are now under the supervision of CHED

RA 9173

Sec 26……………..Requirements for Inactive Nurses

(not practicing nursing for 5yrs above)

- required to have a

1 month of didactic training and

2 months of practicum

Sec 35……………..Penal Provision of Nursing

Grounds of Misdemeanor in Nursing

1. practicing nursing without license

2. practicing nursing with an expired, suspended or revoked license

3. appending or putting of title BSN, RN if you are not such.

4. advertising or conveying to the public that you are a nurse if your not such.

5. Non-implementation of the incentives for nurses as stated in Section 31-34.

6. Conducting Review Classes without permit to BON

Sec 22-24…………Grounds in Revocation and Suspension of License in Nursing

1. conviction of a crime against moral turpitude/or found guilty.

2. negligence

3. gross incompetence

4. serious incompetence

5. malpractice

6. unethical conduct

7. use of deceit, fraud or false statement on obtaining license.

Reissuance after 4yrs.- Sec 24

Jus soli – place of birth determines the citizenship

Jus sanguinis- blood of the parents determines the citizenship

Quantum meruit –“as much as they deserve”

Tenure- actual stay in office

3 instances that a nurse can perform limited function of physician

- emergency cases

- natural calamities

- epidemic

2 new nurse’s function

- nurse is allowed to perform “IE” in the absence of antenatal bleeding

- allowed to suture in a laceration only if you have undertaken special training

Assault- attempt/threat to inflict injury

Battery- touching pt without consent

Felony- act or omission which is punishable by law

Felon- criminal “malefactor”

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