Republic of the Philippines 
House of Representatives 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
House Bill No. _______ 
INTRODUCED BY REP. PM VARGAS 
AN ACT 
ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE E-HEALTH SYSTEM AND SERVICES 
NETWORK IN THE DELIVERY OF HEALTH SERVICES WITH THE USE 
OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY IN THE 
PHILIPPINES, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines eHealth as the use of 
information and communication technologies (ICT) for health1. It is a relatively 
recent 
healthcare 
practice 
supported 
by 
electronic 
processes 
and 
communication. As early as 2005, the World Health Assembly recognized the 
potential of eHealth to strengthen health systems and improve quality, safety 
and access to care, and encouraged Member States to take action to 
incorporate eHealth into their health systems and services2. Since about 
2011, the increasing recognition of the need for better cyber-security and 
regulation may result in the need for these specialized resources to develop 
safer eHealth solutions that can withstand these growing threats. 
Under the Philippine Health agenda (PHA) strategy, ACHIEVE, the “I” 
stands for “Invest(ing) in eHealth and data for decision making.” The PHA 
2016- 2022 identifies this guarantee on access to health interventions 
through functional Service Delivery Networks which shall be enabled by 
telemedicine to expand access to specialty services3.  
This proposed legislation aims to establish, institutionalize, and 
regulate a coherent, coordinated, and collaborative National eHealth System, 
guided by the Philippines eHealth Strategic Framework and Plans for year 
2013- 2017, organized by the Department of Health and Department of 
Science and Technology. 
1 World Health Organization. “eHealth” .https://www.who.int/ehealth/en/ (Accessed July 
8, 2020) 
2 58th World Health Assembly. 2005. Geneva, Switzerland. 
3 Department of Health. Philippine Health Agenda 2016-2022. 
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12:14 pm
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Furthermore, this measure will help streamline and address issues on 
provision, access, availability, accountability, patient rights, electronic health 
data, security and information exchange, among others.  
The Implementation of Kalusugan Pangkalahatan or Universal Health 
Care is directed towards ensuring the achievement of the health system goal 
of better health outcomes, sustained health financing, and responsive health 
system. Ultimately, investment in infrastructures which ensures equitable 
access to health care services, most especially those in geographically isolated 
and disadvantaged areas (GIDA) and particularly for the poor, disadvantaged, 
and vulnerable is the pivotal intent of this proposed legislation. It also 
underscores the need and importance of quality access to real-time 
information for evidence informed decision making. 
In view of the foregoing, the immediate passage of this bill is earnestly 
sought.  
REP. PM VARGAS   
Fifth District, Quezon City


Republic of the Philippines 
House of Representatives 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
House Bill No. _______ 
INTRODUCED BY REP. PM VARGAS 
AN ACT 
ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE E-HEALTH SYSTEM AND SERVICES 
NETWORK IN THE DELIVERY OF HEALTH SERVICES WITH THE USE 
OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY IN THE 
PHILIPPINES, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
CHAPTER I 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SECTION 1. Short Title. – This Act shall be known as the “Philippine eHealth 
Systems and Services Act”  
SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy. – The State shall protect and promote 
the right to health of the people and instill health consciousness among them. 
Hence, it is the intent of the Legislature to institutionalize a system of 
providing wide access and quality health care services through electronic 
means using Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), or eHealth 
resulting in improved health outcomes for every Filipino.  
SECTION 3. Objectives. -  The eHealth Act shall provide a policy framework 
and establish a National eHealth System that will direct and regulate the 
practice of eHealth in the Philippines.  
The Philippines eHealth Systems and Services shall be comprehensive, 
integrative, sustainable, measurable, synchronized, interoperable, and 
progressive based on best practices, and shall facilitate inter-agency and 
inter-sectoral coordination at various level of governance covering both the 
public and private sectors. It shall: 
(a) Recognize eHealth as equal with other health care delivery methods
to the extent allowable by existing laws, provide and support health
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care delivery including diagnosis, consultation, treatment, transfer 
of care of patient, exchange of health data and education, especially 
in medically unserved and underserved geographically isolated and 
disadvantaged areas (CIDA);  
(b) Utilize information and communication technology (ICT) to deliver 
health services which has the potential to lessen costs, improve 
quality, change the conditions of practice, and improve access to 
health care, particularly in rural and other medically underserved 
areas;  
(c) Develop infrastructure for ICT for health to promote equitable 
affordable and universal access to health services; 
(d) Set policies and standards and establish regulations regarding field 
of eHealth.  
(e) Designate national and regional centers and networks of excellence 
for eHealth best practices, policy coordination, and technical 
support for healthcare delivery; and 
(f) Facilitate the exchange and access to secured personal health 
information, including health providers snaring and use health and 
medical information to improve care as well as public access to 
relevant information for the promotion of their own personal health.  
 
SECTION 4. Definition. – For the purpose of this Act, the following definition 
shall apply: 
 
(a) “Act” refers to the Philippine eHealth Systems and Services Act  
(b)  “Distant Site” refers to the site where e health care provider is 
located while providing these services via telecommunication 
systems.  
(c) “Electronic health or eHealth” refers to the use of cost-effective and 
secure information communication technology for health.  
(d) “Geographically isolated and Disadvantaged Areas (GIDAs)” refer to 
communities with marginalized population physically and socio-
economically 
separated 
from 
the 
mainstream 
society 
and 
characterized by: (a) Physical factors such as those isolated due to 
distance, weather conditions and transportation difficulties (island, 
upland, lowland, landlocked, hard to reach and unserved/ 
underserved communities): and (b) Socio-economic factors such as 
high poverty incidence, presence of vulnerable sector, communities 
in or recovering from situation of crisis or armed conflict. 
(e) “Information and Communications Technology” refers to the 
following:  
i. 
Compressed digital interactive video, audio, or data 
transmission; 
ii. 
Real-time 
synchronous 
video 
or 
web-conferencing 
communications; 
iii. 
Secure web-based communication;  
iv. 
Still image capture or asynchronous store and forward; and  
v. 
Modem smart medical devise use for diagnosis and health 
care services.  


(f) “Institutional Healthcare Provider” refers an organization or 
institution that provides health care and related services, including 
but not limited to the provision of impatient and outpatient care, 
diagnostic or therapeutic services, laboratory services, medicinal 
drugs, nursing care, assisted living, elderly care and housing, 
including retirement communities, and equipment used or useful for 
the provision of healthcare and related services.  
(g) “Originating Site” refers to the site where the patient is located at the 
time of provision of health care services through telecommunication 
systems.  
(h) “Professional 
Healthcare 
Provider” 
refers 
to 
the 
healthcare 
practitioner or license individual, which includes medical doctors, 
nurses, pharmacist, physical therapist, and midwives, who provides 
healthcare within the scope of his profession license.  
(i) “Licensable 
Healthcare 
Professionals” 
refer 
to 
health 
care 
professionals applying for the license to practice telehealth services.  
(j) “eHealth Practitioner” refers to any health care provider.  
(k) “Health Center” refers to health agency involve in a Telehealth 
System. 
(l)  “eHealth systems” refers to an organized and structure application 
of eHealth, integrated in the regular workflow of health care facilities.  
(m) 
  “Telehealth” means the delivery of health- related services and 
information via telecommunication technology. It encompasses 
preventive, promotive, curative and palliative aspects.  
(n) “Telemedicine” means the use of telecommunication technology to 
provide health care services from a distance; focuses more on the 
curative/ treatment aspect. 
(o) “Unserved and underserved areas” refer to communities such as 
those isolated due to distance, physical terrain, poverty, or lack of 
transportation and social services, as well as those in situation of 
disaster, crisis, and armed conflict.  
 
SECTION 5. Scope of the Act. – The Act covers all existing eHealth 
practitioner, institution, entities, services and related applications in both 
public and private. It shall not alter the scope of practice of any health care 
provider or authorize delivery of health care services in a getting or in a 
manner not authorized by law. It shall cover all other eHealth solutions and 
services including relevant standard equipment in the field of health and 
ancillary services that uses ICT and are complementary to existing minimum 
modalities or standards of health care and other access to information.  
 
 
CHAPTER II 
eHEALTH SYSTEMS’ COMPONENTS 
 
SECTION 6. The eHealth Components. – The following components are the 
building blocks that shall be put in place to realize the national eHealth vision 
and allow the eHealth outcomes to be achieved.  


(a) Leadership and Governance – Directs and coordinates eHealth activities 
at all levels like hospitals and health care providers. Critical areas of 
governance are management of the eHealth agenda, stakeholders, 
engagement, strategic architecture, clinical safety, management and 
operation, monitoring and evaluation, and policy oversight. 
(b) eHealth Services/ Solutions – Required services and applications to 
enable widespread access to health care services, health information, 
health reports, health care activities; securely share 4 and exchange 
patient’s information in support to health system goals. These address 
the needs of the various stakeholders like individuals, health care 
providers, managers, officials, and others.  
(c) Standards and Interoperability – Defines standards of eHealth systems 
and services, and promotes and enables exchange of health information 
across geographical and health sector boundaries through use of 
common standards on data structure, terminologies and messaging. 
The implementation of software certification or accreditation where 
eHealth solutions must comply in order to be certified as able to 
exchange health information shall ensure compliance to eHealth data 
standards for interoperability.  
(d) Policy and Compliance – Formulation of the required policies, guidelines 
and compliance mechanisms to support the attainment of the quality 
and acceptable eHealth systems and services. 
(e) Infrastructure – Establishes and supports the ICT and medical base to 
enable provision of eHealth services and health information exchange 
to enable sharing of health information across geographical and health 
sector boundaries, and implementation of innovative ways to deliver 
health services and information. 
(f) Human Resources – Workforce or professionals that develop, operate, 
uses or implement the national eHealth environment such as the health 
workers who will be using eHealth in their line of works, health care 
providers, information and communication logy workers and others.  
(g) Strategy and Investment – Schemes and outlay that are needed to 
develop, operate and sustain the eHealth Systems and Services. These 
components support the development of a strategy and plans to serve 
as guide in the implementation of the eHealth agenda. Investment refers 
to the funding or amount needed for executing the strategies and plans.  
 
 
CHAPTER III 
LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE 
 
SECTION 7. Lead Agency. – The Department of Health (DOH) shall be the 
lead agency in implementing this Act. For the purpose of achieving the 
objectives of the Act, the DOH shall: 
(a) Establish an inter-agency and multi-sectoral National eHealth Steering 
Committee:  
(b) Spearhead the establishment of a National eHealth System and Service;  
(c) Coordinate with the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), the 
Department of Information and Communication Technology Office 


(DICT) and the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development 
(DOST-PCHRD), Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), 
University of the Philippines- National Telehealth Center (UPM-NTHC), 
Medical and Paramedical Specialty Societies, Boards and Associations, 
Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) and various health services 
providers and facilities including the academe and patient groups, and 
other stakeholder; and  
(d) Create or identity an Office to coordinate the development and 
implementation of a National eHealth System and Services Network 
among agencies concerned and provide direction and guidance to all 
DOH offices and attached agencies including the local government units 
and the private sector.  
 
SECTION 8. National eHealth Steering Committee. – To ensure the 
implementation of this Act and to serve as an executive body of the Philippine 
National eHealth System and Services Network (PNeSSN), the National 
eHealth Streeting Committee shall be created and made an integral part of 
the DOH. The composition of the Steering Committee shall be as follows:  
 
 
Chairperson: Secretary, Department of Health:  
Members: 
a. Secretary, Department of Science and Technology; 
b. Secretary, Department of Information and Communication 
Technology;  
c. Secretary, Department of Social Welfare and Development;  
d. Secretary, Department of Interior and Local Government;  
e. President and Chief Executive Officer, Philippine Health 
Insurance Corporation;  
f. Chancellor, University of the Philippines – Manila;  
g. Commissioner, Professional Regulatory Commission; 
h. Commissioner, Commission on Higher Education; 
i. Commissioner, National Privacy Commission;  
j. Commissioner, National Anti-Poverty Commission;  
k. President, Philippine Hospital Association;  
l. President, Philippine Medical Association;  
m. President, Philippine Nurses Association;  
n. President, Philippine Pharmacists Association;  
o. A representative from the Association of Municipal Health 
Officers/PHO/CHO; and  
p. Two (2) representatives from duly organized patient group.  
 
Members of the Committee shall be appointed by the President of the 
Philippines and shall serve for three (3) years for a maximum of two (2) 
consecutive terms, unless recalled, replaced or resigned from office. The 
Committee shall exercise the following function:  
 
(a) Establish eHealth policies, standards, regulations, and ethical 
frameworks pertinent to use, practice and provision of e Health 
services;  


(b) Direct and coordinate the eHealth system and services network at 
the national level and ensures alignment of the system and services 
network with the overall health goals of the government;  
(c) Spearhead the activities that promote eHealth awareness and 
engages the participation of stakeholders;  
(d) Formulate responsive plans and strategies for the development of a 
national 
eHealth 
environment 
in 
coordination 
with 
major 
stakeholders and affected sectors.  
(e) Set and develop policies and programs for the further advancement 
of eHealth, and impose necessary regulatory mechanisms including 
penalties upon hearing and deciding on cases;  
(f) Create Technical Working Group, other Committees and Experts 
Group to assist in the development of the eHealth Projects; 
(g) Create or identify the Telehealth Licensing and Regulatory 
mechanisms and body to implement these;  
(h) Submit yearly assessments to Senate Committee on Health; and 
(i) Convene at least twice a year.  
 
 
CHAPTER IV 
eHEALTH SERVICES AND SOLUTIONS 
 
SECTION 9. Service and Application. – The National eHealth System shall 
provide tangible means for enabling services and systems including access to, 
and exchange and management of information and concern for the general 
public, patients, providers, insurance, and others which may be supplied by 
government or private businesses.  
 
SECTION 10. Scope of eHealth Services and Solutions. – eHealth is an 
umbrella term that covers the following areas: 
 
(a) “Health informatics” refers to interdisciplinary study of the design, 
development, adoption, and application of IT-based innovations in 
healthcare services delivery, management, and planning 
(b) “Telepath” means the delivery of health-related services and 
information via telecommunication technology. It encompasses 
preventive, promotive, curative, and palliative aspects.  
(c) “Telemedicine” means the use of telecommunication technology to 
provide health care services from a distance; focuses more on the 
curative/ treatment aspect.  
(d) “Electronic learning or e-learning” refers to learning utilizing electronic 
technologies to access educational curriculum outside of a traditional 
classroom.  
(e) “Electronic Medical Record/ Electronic Health Record” refers to software 
systems that contains encoded form of documentation of patients’ 
health information.  
(f) “Electronic prescription or e-prescription” refers to an electronic 
generation of a physician’s prescription, transmission and filling of 
medical prescription.  


(g) “Virtual healthcare teams” refer to professionals who collaborate and 
share information on patients with digital equipment.  
(h) “Mobile health or mHealth” refers to medical and public health practice 
supported by mobile devices such as mobile phones, patient monitoring 
devices, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and other wireless devices.  
(i) “Social Media for eHealth” refers to the opportunities for the healthcare 
industry to engage with patients and health care professionals through 
online communications channels dedicated to community-based input, 
interaction, content- sharing and collaboration.  
(j) “Patient Self Education about Healthcare” refers to the patient’s use of 
internet through personal computers or mobile devices to research on 
medical and/ or pharmacological information, treatment options, or 
search for healthcare facilities available in their area.  
 
SECTION 11. Telehealth and Telemedicine Services. – Telehealth is an 
approach of providing health care services and public health with the use of 
ICT to enable the diagnosis, consultation, treatment, education, care 
management, and self-management of patients at distance from health 
providers. However, it shall not be understood to modify the scope of medical 
practice or any health care provider or authorize the delivery of healthcare 
service in a setting or manner not otherwise authorize by the law.  
 
SECTION 12. Electronic Medical/ Health Record (EMR/ HER). – All data in 
EMR/HER shall be considered protected health data and shall be governed 
by established rules for access, authentications, storage and auditing, and 
transmittal.  
 
(a) Disclosure. – Disclosure of and accessibility to protected data in 
EMR/HER shall be limited and standardized following international 
and local rules and regulation. Patients may secure a copy of their 
EMR/HER upon request and shall provide informed consent if their 
EMR/EHR is shared with the parties except when these are processed 
for the production of aggregate health statistics, for social health 
insurance claims based on established guidelines, for public health 
emergency concerns and national security. 
(b) Covered Entities. – Covered entities may disclose protected health 
information to law enforcement Officials performing their Official duties 
and responsibilities as required by existing national and local laws and 
with proper order form duly concerned bodies.  
 
SECTION 13. Standards of Care. – The standards of care to be provided 
shall be based on established Clinical or service guidelines and services given 
must be the same regardless of whether a healthcare provider provides 
healthcare services in person or electronically. The primary accountable for 
the healthcare delivery shall be the attending physician. eHealth shall not 
replace health care providers providing services in person or relegate them to 
less important role in the delivery of healthcare. The fundamental healthcare 
provider-patient relationship is not only to be preserved but also augmented 
and enhanced. 


 
CHAPTER V 
STANDARDS AND INTEROPERABILITY 
 
SECTION 14. Potential for Advancements. – eHealth systems and services 
can potentially transform healthcare through mobile health delivery, 
personalized medicine, and social media eHealth applications. Reaching the 
potential for advancements in eHealth will only be achieved through 
information and communication technology standards efforts that facilitate 
interoperability among systems and devices of the developing world, and 
leverage existing ubiquitous technologies such as social media applications 
and mobile devices.  
 
SECTION 15. Standards. – Standards shall be introduced and imposed to 
facilitate interoperability among systems and devices, provide unqualified 
privacy and security and to address the unique needs. This must be compiled 
with by various providers, centers, and systems developers to enable 
consistent and accurate collection, and exchange of health information across 
health systems and the Services. The appropriate Committee as may be 
defined in this Act, shall define and regularly update, and impose standards 
for interoperability among various eHealth systems and services and shall 
ensure wide dissemination for easy access of all concerned.  
 
SECTION 16. Interoperability framework. – The eHealth interoperability 
shall be defined and must be in consonance to national eGovernment 
interoperability framework and established internal standards.  
 
SECTION 17. Secure Health Information Exchange (HIE). – The DOH, 
DCST, DICT and PhilHealth shall establish a secured health information 
exchange using a common trust framework and a common set of rules which 
serves as the foundation for electronic information exchange across 
geographical and health-sector boundaries. The HIE includes the physical 
infrastructure, standards, core services, and applications that will strengthen 
the national eHealth environment.  
 
SECTION 18. Establishment and Accreditation of eHealth Center and 
eHealth Practitioners. – The Act shall ensure that telehealth centers are 
strategically organized across the country within three (3) years upon 
enactment of this law to ensure that telehealth practitioners are sufficiently 
equipped with skills for the ethical safe practice of telehealth. Regional 
Telehealth Centers shall be established. No telehealth center shall be allowed 
to operate unless it has been duly accredited based on the standards set forth 
by the DOH. The Department of Health shall be the lead agency for the 
accreditation for the facilities as Telehealth centers, whereas the Professional 
Regulatory Commission shall be the lead agency for the accreditation of the 
Telehealth Practitioners in close coordination with the National eHealth 
Steering Committee. Practitioner shall be accredited by the PhilHealth for 
reimbursement purposes. A Telehealth Center shall have the following 
minimum requirements:  


(a) Equipped with the needed applications suitable for telehealth in the 
country.  
(b) Be supervised and staffed by trained personnel; and  
(c) Undergo periodic unannounced inspection by the DOH in order to 
evaluate and ensure quality telehealth center performance.  
 
 
CHAPTER VI 
INFRASTRUCTURE 
 
SECTION 19. ICT Infrastructure. – The required ICT infrastructure to 
implement eHealth system and services shall conform to the national ICT 
infrastructure plan and standards.  
 
SECTION 20. Medical Devices and eHealth Solutions. – Software platform 
that connects existing or new medical devices and gateways shall be defined 
and regulated to ensure seamless data transfers based on established 
industry and national standards and standardization of EHR/ EMR.  
 
SECTION 21. Telehealth Centers Database. – All telehealth centers and 
originating sites shall coordinate with DOH for consolidation of pertinent 
databases. DOH shall maintain and manage a national database for consults 
on clinical cases as well as health and medical education exchanges.  
 
SECTION 22. National Health Databases and Data Warehouse. – The 
DOH shall spearhead the maintenance and management of a secured and 
protected national health database and national health data warehouse or 
defined shared EMR/EHR and of consultations on clinical cases as well as 
health and medical education exchanges and other eHealth applications.  
 
 
CHAPTER VII 
HUMAN RESOURCES 
 
SECTION 23. Human Resources ICT Competencies. – Minimum ICT or 
eHealth competencies shall be established and imposed to medical and 
paramedical professionals practicing eHealth and be part of the medical and 
allied medical curricula.  
 
SECTION 24. Capability Building Plans and Policies. – Human Resource 
plans and policies shall be fully taken into account any unique human 
resource and operations requirement involved in delivering Telehealth and 
Telemedicine. The following are to be considered: 
 
(a) Licensable health care professionals must a valid Philippine licensed 
based on the requirement of the Professional Regulation Commission 
(PRC);  


(b) Appropriate policies concerning cases wherein a licensed telehealth 
practitioner in the Philippines intending to provide telehealth services 
to patient in another country should be in place;  
(c) In any event, a telehealth center should have policies and procedures 
to ensure that all relevant staff have the appropriate competencies to 
practice safe telehealth services; and  
(d) Telehealth centers should ensure regular review of human resource 
plans and polices related to telehealth and telemedicine. 
 
 
CHAPTER VIII 
STRATEGY AND INVESTMENT 
 
SECTION 25. eHealth Strategic Framework. – The DOH shall spearhead 
the development and monitoring of strategic framework and plans to serve, to 
guide the implementation eHealth Systems and Services.  
 
SECTION 26. Monitoring Evaluation System. – Establishment of a robust 
metric for monitoring and evaluation for eHealth to assess and analyze the 
impact of eHealth systems and services. 
 
SECTION 27. Appropriations. – The amount necessary to carry out the 
provisions of this Act shall be included in the General Appropriations of the 
year following its enactment into a law thereafter.  
 
SECTION 28. Financing eHealth Services. – Financing for applicable 
eHealth services by PhilHealth and other partners, as defined by the National 
eHealth Steering Committee.  
 
SECTION 29. Private Sector Participation. – The Government Shall 
encourage private sectors investment on eHealth systems and services subject 
to existing laws and regulation through the appropriate government agencies 
and must be compliant to the established national eHealth systems and 
services.  
 
 
CHAPTER IX  
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
 
SECTION 30. Research and Development.  – The DOH, in coordination with 
DOST and DICT, the specialty societies and boards, the academe, and other 
research institutions shall regularly endeavor to evaluate existing tools and 
technologies used for eHealth to ensure the cost efficiency, appropriateness, 
safety and equality of services provided to the patients in particular, and the 
health sector in general towards this end, it shall:  
 
(a) Develop the Research Agenda;  


(b) Establish centers of excellence for eHealth research that will endeavor 
to produce high quality research on distance learning for basic and 
continuing professional education; and  
(c) Provide access to current specialized, accredited knowledge for clinical 
care, public health, other health research publications and databases.  
 
SECTION 31. Funding Source for Research Development. – The research 
budget shall exceed 5% of the funding sources of the following government 
agencies:  
 
(a) Department of Health; 
(b) Department of Science and Technology; and  
(c) Department of Information and Communication Technology.  
 
 
CHAPTER X  
FINAL PROVISIONS 
 
SECTION 32. Implementing Rules and Regulations. – Within one hundred 
twenty (120) days from the approval of this Act, the Secretary of Health, after 
consultation with the DOST, DICT, University of the Philippines – Manila, 
PhilHealth, CHED, medical and paramedical associations and societies and 
other stakeholders, shall promulgate the rules and regulations implementing 
the provisions of this Act.  
 
SECTION 33. Separability Clause. – If any part or provision of this Act shall 
be declared or held to be unconstitutional or invalid, other provisions hereof 
which are not affected thereby shall continue to be in full force and effect.  
 
SECTION 34. Repealing Clause. – All general and special laws, decrees, 
executive orders, proclamation and administrative regulation, or any parts 
thereof which are inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed, amended or 
modified accordingly.  
 
SECTION 35. Effectivity. – This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after 
publication in the Official Gazette or a newspaper of general circulation.  
 
Approved,