Amendment to R.A. No. 877, as amended (Philippine Nursing Law)
Republic Act No. 6136, approved on August 31, 1970, amends the Philippine Nursing Law by modifying the provisions related to the administration of medical treatments and medications by nurses. Specifically, it allows nurses to execute legal orders from physicians regarding treatments, including certain injections, provided they are in the presence of the physician. Additionally, the act clarifies that nursing students performing under supervision and exchange professors are exempt from these regulations. The law took effect upon its approval and was published in the Official Gazette on December 7, 1970.
August 31, 1970
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6136
AN ACT AMENDING SUBPARAGRAPH SEVEN OF SECTION SEVENTEEN OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED EIGHT HUNDRED SEVENTY-SEVEN, AS AMENDED, KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE NURSING LAW
SECTION 1. Subparagraph seven of Section seventeen of Republic Act Numbered Eight hundred seventy-seven, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows: cd i
"(7) The application and execution of legal orders in writing of physicians concerning treatments and medication including the application of hypodermic and intramuscular injections: Provided, That intravenous and other injections may be administered under the direction and in the presence of a physician: Provided, further, That the previous order in writing of a physician shall not be necessary if the application and execution of such order is made in the presence of said physician.
"This section shall not apply to students in schools and colleges of nursing who perform nursing services under supervision of their instructors and professors of nursing and to exchange professors of nursing."
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: August 31, 1970 cd
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 66, No. 49, p. 10845 on December 7, 1970