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AN ACT STRENGTHENING MEDICAL NEUTRALITY BY REPEALING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 169 AS AMENDED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 212, WHICH REQUIRES ANY ATTENDING PHYSICIAN OF ANY HOSPITAL, MEDICAL CLINIC, SANITARIUM OR OTHER MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENTS OR ANY MEDICAL PRACTITIONER WHO HAS TREATED ANY PERSON FOR SERIOUS OR LESS SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURIES TO REPORT THE FACT OF TREATMENT
Date filed
July 27, 2004
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB01792 |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT STRENGTHENING MEDICAL NEUTRALITY BY REPEALING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 169 AS AMENDED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 212, WHICH REQUIRES ANY ATTENDING PHYSICIAN OF ANY HOSPITAL, MEDICAL CLINIC, SANITARIUM OR OTHER MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENTS OR ANY MEDICAL PRACTITIONER WHO HAS TREATED ANY PERSON FOR SERIOUS OR LESS SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURIES TO REPORT THE FACT OF TREATMENT |
| ABSTRACT : To uphold the confidentiality of the patient-doctor relationship, the bill seeks to repeal the decree that requires doctors to report their treatment for physical injuries to the nearest government health authority. |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : PICHAY, PROSPERO JR. A. |
| DATE FILED : 2004-07-27 |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON REVISION OF LAWS ON 2004-08-04 |
Abstract
To uphold the confidentiality of the patient-doctor relationship, the bill seeks to repeal the decree that requires doctors to report their treatment for physical injuries to the nearest government health authority.'
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