RA 1612

Refers to the payment of PRIVILEGE TAX before any business or occupation can be lawfully begun or
pursued
RA 7392
The act provided that only licensed midwives could practice and nurses must pass first the
MIDWIFERY EXAMINATION before they can practice midwifery
RA 2382
PHILIPPINE MEDICAL ACT
Defines the practice of medicine in the Philippines
RA 5181
An act that prescribes PERMANENT RESIDENCE and reciprocity as qualifications for any examination
or registration for the practice of any profession in the Philippines
PD 541
A decree allowing former Filipino (BALIKBAYANS) professionals to practice their respective profession
in the Philippines
RA 6425
DANGEROUS DRUG ACT
Declaring that sale, administration delivery, distribution and transportation of prohibited drugs are
punishable by law
Act 3573
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES should be REPORTED and that any person may be injected with
prophylactic preparations.