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Introduced by Senator Richard J. Gordon 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The blood supply system is one that requires a high degree of scientific 
accuracy, training, and integrity. The blood products must be pure as there is little 
room for error. Blood typing underscores this need for accuracy. 
Blood received in a transfusion must have the same antigens as the donee's 
blood. If two different blood types are mixed together, the blood cells may begin to 
clump together in the blood vessels, with antibodies in the donee's plasma 
destroying the donor blood cells and causing a potentially fatal situation. Thus it is 
important that blood types be matched before blood transfusions and transplantation 
procedures take place. If the recipient and donor are of different blood types, 
transplantation has been proven to present challenging considerations for 
transfusion support both during and after the procedure. 
This bill proposes that all certificates, licenses and identification cards issued 
by the government include a portion indicating the blood type of the holder thereof. 
Information on a person's blood type allows immediate action, or transfusion 
response in particular, during medical emergencies, especially in times of disaster. 
Through this program, the safety of citizens undergoing medical procedures is 
ensured. It will also aid blood banks such as those maintained by the Philippine 
National Red Cross . and hospitals to. manage their stock of blood more 
systematically. For these reasons, the passage of this bill n
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FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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Introduced by Senator Richard J. Gordon 
AN ACT 
REQUIRING ALL GOVERNMENT-ISSUED CERTIFICATES, LICENSES AND 
IDENTIFICATION CARDS TO INDICATE THE BLOOD TYPE OF THE HOLDER, 
AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF 
Be if enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives in Congress 
assembled: 
SECTION 1. Title. - This Act shall be known as the "Blood Type Identification Act of 
Sec. 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is hereby declared the policy of the State to 
promote public health and ensure the safety of all citizens undergoing medical procedures 
especially in cases of an emergency nature. To this end, the State shall promote the 
importance of blood type awareness and immediate transfusion response during medical 
emergencies through the establishment of a blood type information mechanism in 
government-issued documents. 
2008. 
Sec. 3. Coverage. 
~ The following government-issued documents shall bear the 
blood type of its owner-holder: 
(a) Certificates; 
(1) Certificate of Live Birth; and 
(2) Community Tax Certificate as issued by the Local Treasurer's Office; 
(b) Licenses; 
(1) Driver's license, as issued by the LTO; and 
(2) Firearms license, as issued by the PNP; 
(c) Identification Cards; 
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SSS Card, as issued by the SSS; 
(2) GSIS card, as issued by the GSIS; 
(3) Passport, as issued by the DFA; and 
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(4) Professional Identification Card (PIC), as issued by the PRC; 
and such other identification documents in the same classification as enumerated above. 
Sec. 4. Penalties. - Persons who on their own volition bear false information 
regarding their blood type on any certificate, license andlor identification card mentioned 
above shall be punished by a fine of not less than Five Thousand Pesos (P5,OOO). 
Sec. 5. lmplemenfing Agencies. - The Government Service Insurance System 
(GSIS), Social Security System (SSS), Professional Regulation Commission (PRC), Land 
Transportation Office (LTO), Philippine National Police (PNP), Department of Foreign Affairs 
(DFA), Local Treasurer's Office and the Local Registrar's Office shall implement the 
provisions of this Act. 
Sec. 6. Rules and Regulations. - All government implementing agencies, in 
coordination with the Department of Health, shall formulate the rules and reguiations 
necessary to implement the provisions of this Act within six months of its effectivity. 
Sec. 7. Appropriafions. - The amount necessary for the implementation of this Act 
shall be charged to the appropriations of the implementing agencies under the General 
Appropriations Act. Thereafter, such sums as may be necessary for its continued 
implementation shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act. 
Sec. 8. Separability Clause. - In the event that any provision of this Act is declared 
unconstitutional, the validity of the other provisions shall not be affected by such declaration. 
Sec. 9. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations and 
other issuances or parts thereof which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are 
hereby repealed or modified accordingly 
Sec. 10. €ffecfivity, - This Act shall take effect 15 days following its publication in 
the Official Gazette or in at least two newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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