Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS

Second Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 5452

Introduced by the Honorable Anthony Rolando T. Golez, Jr.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Filipinos who passed the Physician Licensure Exams are often faced with a
quandary, whether to practice in Private or public hospitals. More often than not,

Provinces unfilled. Working abroad is also @n option that Filipino doctors choose,
thinking of greater economic retum in exchange to the services they render. These
Issues leave the people in the Provinces without any doctor, rendering efforts of the
government to give proper healthcare to all Filipinos inadequate.

who just passed the board exams. It will provide additional hands-on training and
experience to doctors. It will buffer the exodus of doctors to other countries. It will
work as a tool to encourage doctors to work and serve the poor in Public hospitals;
giving them a taste of fulfillment in helping the poor may somehow encourage the
doctors to stay in the hospitals in provinces.



The period of six (6) months is a relatively short time for doctors to spend in
rendering their expertise to the needy and less-fortunate. The State should encourage
doctors to practice their profession in service to the nation. This proposed law is aimed
for that purpose.

Approval of the bill Is earnestly sought.

ARMS


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session
5452

HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by the Honorable Anthony Rolando T. Golez, Jr.

"AN ACT MANDATING EXAMINEES WHO
PASSED THE MEDICAL BOARD EXAMS
TO RENDER SERVICE IN GOVERNMENT
HOSPITALS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES”

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

Section 1. Short Title. This Act shall be known as the “Service to Country of
Physicians Act”,

Section 2. Declaration of Policy. It is a policy of the state to provide the
Proper healthcare to al Filipinos. The state shall adopt an integrated and
comprehensive approach to heaithcare, it shall exert utmost effort to make essential
medical services and goods avaitable to all Filipinos at an affordable cost.

Section 3. Definition of Terms. For purposes of this Act, the following terms
shall mean as follows:

a) Act - shall refer to the “Service to Country of
Physicians Act”

b) Medical Board ~ shall pertain to the body that
regulates the practice of the medical profession.


c) DOH — shait refer to the Department of Health

d) DILG - shall refer to the Department of Interior and
Loca! Government

e) PRC ~ shall refer to the Professional Regulation
Premmiecinn

f) Priority Areas — shall pertain to areas where the
People is in dire need of medical care personnel and do not have
existing medical personnel,

9) Hospital and Medical Facility — shall refer to any
government medical facility.

h) Temporary License — shall refer to the license to be
issued by the Medical Board to examinees of the Physician
Licensure Exam and shall be used for purposes of rendering
medica! services in priority areas.

Section 4, Issuance of Temporary License and Practice in Priority
Areas. The Medical Board shall issue a Temporary License to all who passed the
Physician Licensure Exam. The Temporary License shall be issued two (2) weeks after
the release of the names of those who passed and it shall be used only for the purpose
of rendering medical services in Hospitals or Medical Facilities in Priority Areas. The
Temporary License shall be valid for six (6) months while the board exam passer
renders medical services Hospitals or Medical Facilities in Priority Areas.

A person holding a Temporary License shail be entitled to appointment in a
position for medical personnel in Hospitals or Medical Facilities in Priority Areas and
receive the corresponding emoluments thereto. In the absence of positions for medical
personnel in Hospitals or Medical Facilities, a person who shall render medical services,
using a Temporary License pursuant to this Act, will be given the proper compensation.

Section 5. Issuance of Permanent License. All examinees who passed the
Physician Licensure Exam and have been issued the Temporary License shall have the
tight to apply for the issuance of a Permanent License with the Medicat Board, The
Medical Board shall only issue a Permanent License after verifying with the proper
Hospital or Medical Facility that the examinee have rendered medical services, using his
Temporary License, in a Hospital or Medical Facility in a Priority Area.

Section 6. Identification of Priority Areas. The DOH and the DILG shall
identify the Priority Areas. Hospitals and Medical Facilities that have unfitled positions


for medica! personnel shal! be part of the Priority Areas that will be identified by the
DOH and DILG., Far-flung areas in provinces shal! be the initial places that will be
identified as Priority Areas.

Section 7. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - The Medical Board, in
coordination with the DOH and the PRC, shall formulate and issue the Rules and
Regulations implementing this Act within thirty (30) days upon its effectivity.

Section 8. Repealing Clause. Ail laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations,
or any part thereof inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or amended
accordingly,

Section 9. Effectivity. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
Publication in two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

APPROVED,