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Legal Nursing: What is RA 9173?

Republic Act 9173 is also called the " Philippine Nursing Act of 2002.  It repealed R.A. 7164 or the "Philippine Nursing Act of 1991". This Act, which originated in the House of Representative was passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on October 15, 2002 and October 8, 2002 respectively. It was approved by the Office of the President in October 21, 2002 under former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

The Republic Act covered the following sections:

ARTICLE III    Organization of the Board of Nursing
Section 3. Creation and Composition of the Board
Section 4. Qualifications of the Chairperson and Members of the Board
Section 5. Requirements Upon Qualification as Member of the Board of Nursing
Section 6. Term of Office
Section 7. Compensation of the Board Members
Section 8. Administrative Supervision of the Board, Custodian of its Records, Secretariat and Support Services
Section 9. Powers and Duties of the Board.
Section 10. Annual Report
Section 11. Removal or Suspension of Board Members

ARTICLE IV    Examination and Registration
Section 12. Licensure Examination
Section 13. Qualifications for Admission to the Licensure Examination
Section 14. Scope of Examination
Section 15. Ratings
Section 16. Oath
Section 17. Issuance of Certificate of Registration/Professional License and
Professional Identification Card
Section 18. Fees for Examination and Registration
Section 19. Automatic Registration of Nurses
Section 20. Registration by Reciprocity
Section 21. Practice Through Special/Temporary Permit
Section 22. Non-registration and Non-issuance of Certificates of Registration/Professional License or Special/Temporary Permit
Section 23. Revocation and suspension of Certificate of Registration/Professional License and Cancellation of Special/Temporary Permit
Section 24. Re-issuance of Revoked Certificates and Replacement of Lost Certificates

ARTICLE V     Nursing Education
Section 25. Nursing Education Program
Section 26. Requirement for Inactive Nurses Returning to Practice
Section 27. Qualifications of the Faculty

ARTICLE VI   Nursing Practice
Section 28. Scope of Nursing
Section 29. Qualification of Nursing Service Administrators

ARTICLE VII  Health Human Resources Production, Utilization and Development
Section 30. Studies for Nursing Manpower Needs, Production, Utilization and Development.
Section 31. Comprehensive Nursing Specialty Program
Section 32. Salary
Section 33. Funding for the Comprehensive Nursing Specialty Program
Section 34. Incentives and Benefits

ARTICLE VIII Penal and Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 35. Prohibitions in the Practice of Nursing

This is  the approved copy of the the Philippine Nurses Act of 2002, downloaded via the website of the House of Representatives http://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/ra_12/RA09173.pdf


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