83 OG No. 28, 3220-C Supp. (July 13, 1987)
"SECTION 1. The attending physician of any hospital, medical clinic, sanitarium or other medical establishments, or any other medical practitioner, who has treated any person for serious or less serious physical injuries as these injuries are defined in Articles 262, 263, 264 and 265 of the Revised Penal Code shall report the fact of such treatment promptly to the nearest government health authority: Provided, That no fee shall be charged for the transmission of such report through government communication facilities: Provided, further, That records of the reports kept by said health authorities shall, upon written request, be made available to law enforcement agencies.
"SEC. 2. The report called for in this Decree shall indicate, when practicable, the following:
a) | the name, age and address of the patient; |
b) | the name and address of the nearest of kin of the patient; |
c) | the name and address of the person who brought the patient for medical treatment; |
d) | the nature and probable cause of the patient's injury; |
e) | the approximate time and date when the injury was sustained; |
f) | the place where the injury was sustained; |
g) | the time, date and nature of the treatment; and |
h) | the diagnosis, the prognosis and/or desposition of the patient. |
"SEC. 3. The Secretary of Health, in consultation with the Philippine Constabulary, shall promulgate the rules and regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.SEC. 2. All laws, decrees, proclamations and instructions or parts thereof inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
"SEC. 4. Any violation of this Act of the aforesaid rules and regulations issued by the Secretary of Health, in consultations with the Philippine Constabulary, shall be punished administratively with a fine that shall not be less than one hundred pesos (P100.00) nor more than five hundred pesos (P500.00). In addition, the license or permit of the attending physician shall be cancelled upon the third violation of this Act or of its implementing rules and regulations.
The Board of Medicine shall have the original and exclusive jurisdiction to investigate, hear and decide, upon due notice, all cases of violations of this Act or of its implementing rules and regulations, subject to review by the Professional Regulation Commission when seasonably appealed thereto."