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PD 856 CODE OF SANITATION -To prescribe sanitation requirements for

food establishments and refuse collections and
disposal system of cities and municipalities

PD 825 PROVIDING PENALTY - All garbages, filth and other waste

FOR IMPROPER matters, shall be placed in the proper
DISPOSAL OF receptacles for the disposition thereof
GARBAGE AND OTHER by garbage collectors.
FORMS OF - Any person, who shall litter or throw
UNCLEANLINESS AND garbage, filth, or other waste matters in
FOR OTHER public places, such as roads, canals
PURPOSES esteros or parks, shall suffer an
imprisonment of not less than 5 days
nor more than one year or a fine of not
less than P100 nor more than
P2,000.00 or both such fine and
imprisonment at the discretion of the
Court or tribunal, without prejudice to
the imposition of a higher penalty under
any other law or decree.
- Owners of idle lots in Greater Manila are
required to keep their idle lots clean to
prevent them from becoming the
breeding places of mosquitos, flies,
mice, rats and other scavengers. In the
event of their failure or inability to
comply with this obligation, the
government shall undertake the
cleaning of said lots at the expense of
the owners. The government may,
through the Barangay Council, further
utilize the land for its food production
program.
RA 11332 Mandatory Reporting of -  aims, among others, to establish effective
Notifiable Diseases and mechanisms for strong collaboration with
Health Events of Public national and local government health agencies
Health Concern Act to ensure proper procedures are in place to
promptly respond to reports of notifiable
diseases and health events of public health
concern, including case investigations,
treatment, and control and containment,
including follow-up activities.
- the DOH and its local counterparts are
mandated to implement the mandatory
reporting of notifiable diseases and health
 events of public health concern, among others.
RA 4073 Treatment of leprosy -An act further liberalizing the treatment of
leprosy by amending and repealing certain
sections of the revised
administrative code
- To ensure the provision of comprehensive,
integrated quality leprosy services at all levels
of healthcare
-To further reduce the disease burden and
sustain provision of high-quality leprosy
services for all affected communities
ensuring that the principle of equity and
social justice are followed
-To decrease by 50% the identified hyper
endemic cities and municipalities
-Persons afflicted with leprosy not to be
segregated.
-Confinement and treatment in sanitarium
when necessary.

RA 11166 Philippine HIV and AIDS – helps elevate attention to HIV/AIDS and
Policy Act address some of the critical bottlenecks in the
HIV programme in the Philippines.
-help in expanding access to evidence-based
HIV prevention strategies.
-Access to the means to prevent sexual
transmission of HIV and transmission
associated with drug use such as condoms
and other commodities remains a critical need
for curbing the rising epidemic.
- facilitates easier access to learning about
one’s HIV status, in particular for young people
aged 15 years old and above who can now
undergo an HIV test without parental or
guardian consent.
-HIV testing is now also a routine procedure of
prenatal care to prevent HIV infection from
mother to child during pregnancy, labour and
breastfeeding.
RA 9482 Anti-Rabies Act of 2007 - It is the declared policy of the State to protect
and promote the right to health of the people.
Towards this end, a system for the control,
prevention of the spread, and eventual
eradication of human and animal Rabies shall
be provided and the need for responsible pet
ownership established.
- National Rabies Prevention and Control
Program. - It is hereby mandated that there
shall be a National Rabies Prevention and
Control Program to be implemented by a multi-
agency/multi-sectoral committee chaired by the
Bureau of Animal Industry of the Department of
Agriculture. The program shall be a multi-
agency effort in controlling and eliminating
Rabies in the country. Among its component
activities include: (1) mass vaccination of
Dogs; (2) establishment of a central database
system for registered and vaccinated Dogs; (3)
impounding, field control and disposition of
unregistered, Stray and unvaccinated Dogs;
(4) conduct of information and education
campaign on the prevention and control of
Rabies; (5) provision on pre-exposure
treatment to high risk personnel and Post
Exposure Treatment to animal bite victims; (6)
provision of free routine immunization or Pre-
Exposure Prophylaxis (P.E.P.) of
schoolchildren aged five to fourteen in areas
where there is high incidence of rabies as well
as the (7) encouragement of the practice of
responsible pet ownership. The program shall
be implemented by the Department of
Agriculture (DA), Department of Health (DOH),
Department of the Interior and Local
Government (DILG) and Department of
Education (DepEd), as well as Local
Government Units (LGUs) with the assistance
of the Department of Environment and Natural
Resources (DENR), Non-Governmental
Organizations (NGOs) and People's
Organizations (POs).

- Responsibilities of Pet Owner. - All Pet

Owners shall be required to:

(a) Have their Dog regularly vaccinated

against Rabies and maintain a
registration card which shall contain all
vaccinations conducted on their Dog, for
accurate record purposes.
 (b) Submit their Dogs for mandatory
registration.

(c) Maintain control over their Dog and

not allow it to roam the streets or any
Public Place without a leash.

(d) Be a responsible Owner by providing

their Dog with proper grooming,
adequate food and clean shelter.

(e) Within twenty-four (24) hours, report

immediately any Dog biting incident to
the Concerned Officials for investigation
or for any appropriate action and place
such Dog under observation by a
government or private veterinarian.

(f) Assist the Dog bite victim

immediately and shoulder the medical
expenses incurred and other incidental
expenses relative to the victim’s injuries.

-Impounding Field Control and Disposition of

Unregistered, Stray and Unvaccinated Dogs. -
Unregistered, Stray or unvaccinated Dogs shall
be put in Dog Pounds and disposed of, taking
into consideration the following guidelines:

(1) Unregistered, Stray or unvaccinated

Dogs shall be impounded and kept in
the LGU’s designated Dog Pound.

(2) Impounded Dogs not claimed after

three days from the Dog Pound shall be
placed for adoption to qualified persons,
with the assistance of an animal welfare
NGO, when feasible, or otherwise
disposed of in any manner authorized,
subject to the pertinent provisions of
Republic Act No. 8485, otherwise
known as the "Animal Welfare Act of
1998".

(3) A fee shall be paid by Owners of

 Impounded Dogs to the LGU
concerned, 

RA 11469 Bayanihan to Heal As  - adopting and implementing measures,

One Act which are based on World Health
Organization guidelines and best practices,
to prevent or suppress further transmission
and spread of COVID-19 through education,
detection, protection and treatment;
 hastening the accreditation of testing
kits;
 facilitating prompt testing of patients
under investigation (PUIs) and persons
under monitoring (PUMs) as well as the
immediate mandatory isolation and
treatment of patients, the cost of which shall
be covered by the National Health Insurance
Program of the Philippine Health Insurance
Corporation;
 providing an emergency subsidy
amounting to five thousand pesos
(₱5,000.00) to eight thousand pesos
(₱8,000.00) to low income households
based on prevailing regional minimum
wage rates;
 providing all public health workers with
"COVID-19 special risk allowance";
 directing the Philippine Health Insurance
Corporation to shoulder all medical expenses
of public and private health workers related
to exposure to COVID-19 or any work-
related injury or disease during the
pandemic emergency;
 providing a compensation of one
hundred thousand pesos (₱100,000.00) to
public and private health workers who
contract severe COVID-19 infection while
performing their duties and a compensation
amounting to one million pesos
(₱1,000,000.00) shall be given to public
and private health workers who will die
because of COVID-19;
 ensuring that all local government units
 adhere to all the rules, regulations and
directives issued by the national
government with respect to this law as well
as implement community quarantine
consistent with the standards the national
government has laid down;
 directing the operation of any privately-
owned hospitals, medical and health facilities
and other establishments to house health
workers, serve as quarantine areas and
centers, medical relief, aid distribution
locations and temporary medical facilities
provided that the management and
operation of these establishments or
facilities shall still be with the owners,
however, unjustifiable refusal of the
establishment or the facility to operate for
this purpose may mean take over of the
President of the Philippines on the
operations of this establishment or facility
with the limitations and safeguards stated in
the Constitution;
 directing public transportation to ferry
health, emergency and frontline personnel
as well as other individuals provided that
the management and operation of this
enterprise shall still be with the owner,
however, unjustifiable refusal of the
enterprise to operate for this purpose may
mean take over of the President of the
Philippines on the operations of this
enterprise with the limitations and
safeguards stated in the Constitution;
 enforcing measures against hoarding,
profiteering, injurious speculations,
manipulation of prices, product deceptions,
cartels, monopolies or other combinations
to restraint trade or affect the supply,
distribution and movement of food,
clothing, hygiene and sanitation products,
medicine and medical supplies, fuel,
fertilizers, chemicals, building materials,
implements, machinery equipment and
spare parts for agriculture, industry and
other essential services;
 ensuring that donation, acceptance and
 distribution of health products for COVID-
19 public health emergency are not
unnecessarily delayed;
 procuring of medical goods, equipment
and supplies to be allocated and distributed
to public health facilities that are
designated as COVID-19 referral hospitals,
private hospitals that are capable of
providing support care and treatment to
COVID-19 patients and public and private
laboratories that are capable of testing
suspected COVID-19 patients, in the most
expeditious manner through exemptions
from Republic Act No. 9184 or the
"Government Procurement Reform Act"
and other relevant laws;
 procuring of goods and services for
social amelioration measures, in the most
expeditious manner through exemptions
from Republic Act No. 9184 or the
"Government Procurement Reform Act"
and other relevant laws;
 leasing of real property or venue for use
to house or serve as quarantine centers,
medical relief and aid distribution locations
or temporary medical facilities, in the most
expeditious manner through exemptions
from Republic Act No. 9184 or the
"Government Procurement Reform Act"
and other relevant laws;
 partnering with the Philippine Red
Cross in giving aid to the people;
 hiring temporary Human Resources for
Health (HRH), who shall receive
appropriate compensation, allowances and
hazard duty pay, to complement or
supplement the current health workforce or
to man the temporary medical facilities;
 ensuring availability of credit especially
in the countryside by lowering the effective
lending rates of interest and reserve
requirements of lending institutions;
 liberalizing the grant of incentives for the
manufacture or importation of critical or
needed equipment or supplies for carrying
 out of the policy of this law provided that
importation shall be exempt from import
duties, taxes and other fees;
 ensuring the availability of essential
goods by adopting necessary measures to
facilitate and/or minimize disruption to the
supply chain;
 regulating and limiting operation of
private or public transportation whether
land, sea or air;
 conserving, regulating the distribution
and use as well as ensuring the adequate
supply of power, fuel, energy and water;
 moving statutory deadlines and
timelines for filing and submission of any
document, payment of taxes, fees and
other charges required by law;
 directing all private and public banks,
quasi-banks, financing companies, lending
companies and other financial institutions,
including the Government Service
Insurance System, Social Security
System and Pag-ibig Fund to implement a
grace period of 30 days, minimum, for the
payment of all loans falling due within the
enhanced community quarantine without
interests, penalties, fees or other charges;
 providing for a minimum of 30 days
grace period on residential rents falling due
within the period of the enhanced
community quarantine without interest,
penalties, fees and other charges;
 implementing an expanded and enhanced
Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program and
providing an assistance program through
the Department of Social Welfare and
Development and the Department of Labor
and Employment; and
 lifting the 30% cap on the amount for
the quick respond fund as provided for in
Republic Act No. 10121 or the "Philippine
Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
Act of 2010" during the state of national
emergency due to COVID-19.
Is it important to have this kind of laws that we have right now and among the law that
you have researched, what do you think for you is useful or if you are given a chance
what law will you pass related to communicable disease nursing? Make a 200-330 word
reflection essay.

Answer:

It is important to have this kind of laws because it acts as a guideline as to what is

accepted in the society. Without it there would be conflicts between social groups and
communities. It also provides us with a mean to resolve conflicts and allows us to
determine acceptable and standard behaviour in the society.

PD 856, also known as the The Code of Sanitation, deemed to be the most important of
all the laws that I have researched. It helps maintain health and prevents diseases it
cover most of the issues pertaining to hygiene, promoting and preserving the health of
the people, not to mention raising the health standards of individuals and communities
throughout the entire country. It also extends maximum health services to the people in
rural areas and provides medical care to those who cannot afford it by reason of
poverty. It is also the most useful for me, as a nursing student to explain and highlight
how to avoid diseases like feco-oral diseases. Overall, the sanitation law directly
improves the health of the community and households by reducing morbidity and
mortality. These health improvements indirectly translate to economic benefits.

With the pandemic on us, it would have been very helpful if there is law passed here in
the Philippines of a mandatory basic health sanitation education e.g. handwashing, to
all law enforcement agencies like military, police or government employees.
Departments can also include a substantial short course in preventing on-the-job
exposure to infectious diseases to basic precautionary measures and the proper use of
PPE. In time, the use of antimicrobial gloves during close personal contact, frequent
hand washing, and proven disinfection and decontamination strategies will become
second nature through repeated exposure to the teaching points.