Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT PUNISHING THE MALPRACTICE OF ANY MEDICAL PRACTITIONER IN THE PHILIPPINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date filed
July 4, 2002
Scope
Urgent Bill
No
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. House Bill No. 4955, 12th Congress of the Republic | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT PUNISHING THE MALPRACTICE OF ANY MEDICAL PRACTITIONER IN THE PHILIPPINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES | |
| ABSTRACT : "Medical Malpractice Act of 2002". Any medical practitioner who performs any act constituting medical malpractice or the illegal practice of surgery shall be punishable by imprisonment or fine or both and, in all instances, the cancellation of the license to practice medicine. Additional provisions are on: (1) Who may file a complaint; (2) Effect of Pardon; (3) Penalties, etc. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : RODRIGUEZ, OSCAR S. | |
| DATE FILED : 2002-07-04 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Failon (002 ) | 2. Umali (004 ) |
| 3. Uy (004 ) | 4. Ylagan (004 ) |
| 5. Calalay (006 ) | 6. Tulagan (006 ) |
| 7. Amin (007 ) | 8. Antonino-custodio (009 ) |
| 9. Silverio (009 ) | 10. Lanot (012 ) |
| 11. Jaraula (017 ) | 12. Biazon (017 ) |
| 13. Ancheta (019 ) | 14. Romualdo (019 ) |
| 15. Hizon (019 ) | 16. Clarete (019 ) |
| 17. Erice (019 ) | 18. Javier (019 ) |
| 19. Cabilao (019 ) | 20. Dumarpa (019 ) |
| 21. Sandoval (019 ) | 22. Cari (019 ) |
| 23. Almario (019 ) | 24. Syjuco (019 ) |
| 25. Lagman-luistro (019 ) | 26. Monfort (019 ) |
| 27. Zamora (019 ) | 28. Umali (019 ) |
| 29. Sy-alvarado (019 ) | 30. Carloto (019 ) |
| 31. Suplico (019 ) | 32. Unico (019 ) |
| 33. Dimaporo (019 ) | 34. Enrile (019 ) |
| 35. Villar (019 ) | |
| AUTHORSHIP WITHDRAWALS: | |
| Umali(2002-08-20) | |
| Jaraula(2002-10-22) | |
| Biazon(2002-11-18) | |
| () | |
| ADMINISTRATION BILL? No | |
| URGENT BILL? No | |
| COMMITTEE ACTION: chge. of cttee. ref'l from Justice as per J.37; p.25 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE ON 2002-07-29 | |
| SECONDARILY REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE(S) ON HEALTH |
Abstract
"Medical Malpractice Act of 2002". Any medical practitioner who performs any act constituting medical malpractice or the illegal practice of surgery shall be punishable by imprisonment or fine or both and, in all instances, the cancellation of the license to practice medicine. Additional provisions are on: (1) Who may file a complaint; (2) Effect of Pardon; (3) Penalties, etc.
Disclaimer
Note: Legislative history and other information accessed from Congress Legis. Information as of April 20, 2022.