S. No.

H. No.


Republic of the Philippines

Congress of the Philippines

Metro Manila


Third Regular Session

Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday the twenty-fifth day of July, nineteen hundred and ninety four.

[REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7846]

AN ACT REQUIRING COMPULSORY IMMUNIZATION AGAINST HEPATITIS-B FOR INFANTS AND CHILDREN BELOW EIGHT (8) YEARS OLD, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 996, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR


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

SECTION 1. Section 2 of Presidential Decree No. 996, is hereby amended to read as follows:

“SEC. 2.

Scope.

– Basic immunization services shall include: (a) BCG Vaccination against tuberculosis; (b) Inoculation against diptheria, tetanus, and pertussis; (c) Oral poliomyelitis immunization; (d) Protection against measles; (e) Immunization against rubella; (f) Immunization against Hepatitis-B; (g) such other basic immunization services for infants and children below eight years of age as determined by the Secretary of Health in a department circular:

Provided

, That newborn infants of women with Hepatitis-B shall be given immunization against Hepatitis-B within twenty-four (24) hours after birth.”

SEC. 2. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be included in the General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into law and thereafter.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval and completion of its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

This Act, which is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 642 and House Bill No. 1218, was finally passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on December 8, 1994 and December 20, 1994, respectively.

Approved

(Sgd.) JOSE DE VENECIA, JR.


Speaker of the House of Representatives

(Sgd.) EDGARDO J. ANGARA


President of the Senat


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This Act, which is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 642 and House Bill No. 1218, was finally passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on December 8, 1994 and December 20, 1994, respectively.

(Sgd.) CAMILO L. SABIO


Secretary General

House of Representatives

(Sgd.) EDGARDO E. TUMANGAN


Secretary of the Senate

Approved:

30 December 1994

(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS


President of the Philippines


Source:


Presidential Management Staff Library