Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 212)
The purpose of Executive Order No. 212 is to amend Presidential Decree No. 169 by modifying the reporting requirements of medical practitioners who treat patients with serious or less serious physical injuries, ensuring the supremacy of civilian authority over the military and involving government health authorities instead of the Philippine Constabulary for such reports.
Any attending physician of hospitals, clinics, sanitariums, or any other medical practitioner who has treated a person for serious or less serious physical injuries defined in Articles 262 to 265 of the Revised Penal Code.
The attending physician must report promptly to the nearest government health authority.
Serious and less serious physical injuries as defined in Articles 262, 263, 264, and 265 of the Revised Penal Code.
No fee shall be charged for the transmission of such report through government communication facilities.
The report shall, when practicable, include: a) name, age, and address of the patient, b) name and address of the nearest kin, c) name and address of the person who brought the patient, d) nature and probable cause of the injury, e) approximate time and date of injury, f) place where injury was sustained, g) time, date, and nature of the treatment, and h) diagnosis, prognosis, and/or disposition of the patient.
The Secretary of Health, in consultation with the Philippine Constabulary.
Violations are punished administratively with fines between 100 and 500 pesos. Upon the third violation, the attending physician's license or permit shall be cancelled.
The Board of Medicine has original and exclusive jurisdiction to investigate, hear, and decide violations, subject to review by the Professional Regulation Commission on appeal.
Yes, all laws, decrees, proclamations, or instructions inconsistent with this Order are repealed or modified accordingly.