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Republic of the Philippines fe

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Quezon City, Metro Manila a

one: JAN 18 2017

Seventeenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILLNO.__4789

Introduced by Representative Lucy Torres-Gomez

EXPLANATORY NOTE

On July 17, 2016, the bill entitled “An Act Requiring Basic
Education Students To Undergo Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
Training” lapsed into law and became known as Republic Act No. 10871.

Notwithstanding the said law’s highly laudable objectives, there is
no reason however to limit its coverage to schools only and to basic
education to boot. Students in higher education and employees in the
workplace, who would otherwise be excluded from the law’s coverage,
need also to be trained in the life-saving skills of CPR.

It is a known fact that the first 4-6 minutes are very critical for
those who are having a heart attack or have drowned for not being
resuscitated right away. What happens next during those brief precious
moments could spell the difference between life and death, but more
often than not, however, trained medical workers are not always available
to render emergency / first aid procedures. All that the victims have, in
the immediate vicinity, are their fellow students and workers.

It is for these compelling reasons that this proposed measures seeks
to expand the coverage of R. A. No. 10871 so as to include schools at all
levels, both private and public, as well as the workplaces, in the
government and in the private sector.

The early approval of this bill is therefore earnestly requested.

Fourth District of Leyte

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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

Seventeenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILLNO.__ 4789

Introduced by Representative Lucy Torres-Gomez

AN ACT
AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10871, ENTITLED “AN ACT
REQUIRING BASIC EDUCATION STUDENTS TO UNDERGO
CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION (CPR) TRAINING”,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the
Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as the “Expanded CPR

Training in Schools and in the Workplace Act.”

SEC. 2. Section 3 of Republic Act No. 10871, otherwise known as
the “CPR Training in Schools Act”, is hereby amended to read as
follows:

“SEC. 3. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Instruction

IN SCHOOLS AND IN THE WORKPLACE [for Basic

Education Students}. — It shall be the duty of SCHOOLS AT

ALL LEVELS NATIONWIDE, BOTH PUBLIC AND

PRIVATE [public and private basic education schools

operating nationwide], AND WORKPLACES, BOTH

GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE, to provide their students

AND WORKERS with one (1) or more training sessions in


cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) though the use of
psychomotor training in an age-appropriate manner. The
CPR instruction shall include programs which have been
developed by the Philippine Heart Association (PHA) or by
the Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC) using nationally-
recognized, evidence-based guidelines for emergency
cardiovascular care, and psychomotor training to support the
instruction. As far as practicable, schools and workplaces
shall incorporate the CPR training as part of the schools’
comprehensive health and physical education curriculum

and the workers’ handbook or manual, respectively.

“As used in this Act, psychomotor training refers to

hands-on practice to support cognitive learning.”

SEC. 3. Sec. 4 of R. A. No. 10871 is hereby amended to read as
follows:
“SEC. 4. CPR Training as Prerequisite for
Graduation. — Every student in the primary, SECONDARY
AND TERTIARY [and secondary] levels shall be required
to undergo at least one (1) CPR training session as
requirement for graduation. All successful student-trainees

shall be certified to have undergone the training required by

a competent school authority.”
SEC. 4. Sec. 5 of RA 10871 is hereby amended to read as follows:

“SEC. 5. Training Providers. — The school
ADMINISTRATION AND THE MANAGEMENT OF
THE WORKPLACES [principal or administrator] shall


coordinate with the Department of Health for its assistance
in providing competent instructors for the school [school’s]
AND THE WORKPLACE’S CPR training program. The
school [principal or] administrator AND MANAGEMENT
OF THE WORKPLACE shall ensure that instructors for
CPR shall be utilized as trainors only if the instruction is
intended to lead to a certification for students AND
WORKERS.

“School [principals or] administrators AND
MANAGERS OF THE WORKPLACES are encouraged to
accept competent CPR instructors from nongovernment
organizations (NGOs) who are offering their services for

free.”

SEC. 5. Sec. 6 of RA 10871 is hereby amended to read as follows:

“SEC. 6. Exception. — Students AND WORKERS
suffering from any physical or mental disability which may
render them unable to perform a CPR procedure are

exempted from going through the CPR training program.”

SEC. 6. Sec. 7 of RA 10871 is hereby amended to read as follows:

“SEC. 7. Implementing Rules and Regulations. —

Within ninety (90) days from the approval of this Act, the

Secretary of Education, THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE


COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION (CHED),
AND THE SECRETARY OF LABOR AND
EMPLOYMENT (DOLE), in consultation with the
Secretary of Health, shall formulate the rules and regulations
implementing the provisions of this Act. The implementing
rules and regulations issued pursuant to this section shall
take effect thirty (30) days after its publication in a national

newspaper of general circulation.”

SEC. 7. The amount necessary for the implementation of this Act
shall be appropriated from the national budget and shall be included in
the annual General Appropriations Act as part of the budget of the
Department of Education, the Commission on Higher Education and the

Department of Labor and Employment accordingly.

SEC. 8. If any provision or part hereof is held invalid or
unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or provision shall remain valid

and subsisting.

SEC. 9. All laws, decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations
and other issuances or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of

this Act are hereby repealed, modified or amended accordingly.


SEC. 10. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication either in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of

general circulation.

Approved, Gey