LAWS AFFECTING PUBLIC
HEALTH NURSING QUESTIONS
AND COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
Your Exam Plug
, R.A. 7160 - or the Local Government Code - Answer: involves the devolution of powers, functions and
responsibilities to the local government both rural & urban. The Code aims to transform local
government units into self-reliant communities and active partners in the attainment of national goals
thru' a more responsive and accountable local government structure instituted thru' a system of
decentralization. Hence, each province, city and municipality has a LOCAL HEALTH BOARD (LHB) which is
mandated to propose annual budgetary allocations for the operation and maintenance of their own
health facilities.
Composition of LHB - Answer: Provincial Level,City, and Municipal Level
Provincial Level - Answer: 1. Governor- chair
2. Provincial Health Officer - vice chairman
3. Chairman, Committee on Health of Sangguniang Panlalawigan
4. DOH representative
5. NGO representative
City and Municipal Level - Answer: 1. Mayor - chair
2. MHO - vice chair
3. Chairman, Committee on Health of Sangguniang Bayan
4. DOH representative
5. NGO representative
Effective Local Health System Depends on: - Answer: 1. The LGU's financial capability
2. A dynamic and responsive political leadership
Community empowerment
R.A. 2382 - Philippine Medical Act. - Answer: practice of medicine in the country.
R.A. 1082 - Rural Health Act. - Answer: - It created the 1st 81 Rural Health Units.
- amended by RA 1891; more physicians, dentists, nurses, midwives and sanitary inspectors will live in
the rural areas where they are assigned in order to raise the health conditions of barrio people ,hence
help decrease the high incidence of preventable diseases
HEALTH NURSING QUESTIONS
AND COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
Your Exam Plug
, R.A. 7160 - or the Local Government Code - Answer: involves the devolution of powers, functions and
responsibilities to the local government both rural & urban. The Code aims to transform local
government units into self-reliant communities and active partners in the attainment of national goals
thru' a more responsive and accountable local government structure instituted thru' a system of
decentralization. Hence, each province, city and municipality has a LOCAL HEALTH BOARD (LHB) which is
mandated to propose annual budgetary allocations for the operation and maintenance of their own
health facilities.
Composition of LHB - Answer: Provincial Level,City, and Municipal Level
Provincial Level - Answer: 1. Governor- chair
2. Provincial Health Officer - vice chairman
3. Chairman, Committee on Health of Sangguniang Panlalawigan
4. DOH representative
5. NGO representative
City and Municipal Level - Answer: 1. Mayor - chair
2. MHO - vice chair
3. Chairman, Committee on Health of Sangguniang Bayan
4. DOH representative
5. NGO representative
Effective Local Health System Depends on: - Answer: 1. The LGU's financial capability
2. A dynamic and responsive political leadership
Community empowerment
R.A. 2382 - Philippine Medical Act. - Answer: practice of medicine in the country.
R.A. 1082 - Rural Health Act. - Answer: - It created the 1st 81 Rural Health Units.
- amended by RA 1891; more physicians, dentists, nurses, midwives and sanitary inspectors will live in
the rural areas where they are assigned in order to raise the health conditions of barrio people ,hence
help decrease the high incidence of preventable diseases
