Prohibiting the Demand of Deposits or Advance Payments for Confinement or Treatment of Patients in Hospitals and Medical Clinics in Certain Cases
Batas Pambansa Blg. 702, enacted on April 5, 1984, prohibits hospitals and medical clinics from demanding deposits or advance payments for the confinement or treatment of patients in emergency or serious cases. Violators, including directors and managers, face fines ranging from one thousand to two thousand pesos, imprisonment from fifteen to thirty days, or both. Additionally, individuals convicted under this law are ineligible for probation. The Ministry of Health is tasked with creating necessary regulations for implementation, and the law took effect upon its approval.
April 5, 1984
BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 702
AN ACT PROHIBITING THE DEMAND OF DEPOSITS OR ADVANCE PAYMENTS FOR THE CONFINEMENT OR TREATMENT OF PATIENTS IN HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL CLINICS IN CERTAIN CASES
SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any director, manager or any other officer of a hospital or medical clinic to demand any deposit or any other form of advance payment for confinement or treatment in such hospital or medical clinic in emergency or serious cases.
SECTION 2. Any director, manager or any other officer of a hospital or medical clinic who violates Section 1 of this Act shall be punished by a fine of not less than one thousand pesos but not more than two thousand pesos or imprisonment for not less than fifteen days but not more than thirty days, or both such fine and imprisonment.
SECTION 3. Any person convicted under this Act shall not be entitled to probation under the provisions of Presidential Decree No. 968, as amended, otherwise known as the Probation Law of 1976.
SECTION 4. The Ministry of Health shall promulgate the necessary rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. cd
Enacted without executive approval, April 5, 1984.
Not published in the Official Gazette.