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Magna Carta for Health Workers

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Balane, Belano

March 2019

The R.A 7305

What is Magna Carta?

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Magna Carta is a Latin word which means "Great Charter." It is one of history's most important documents which established the principle that everyone is subject to the law, including our leaders. Hence, it protects individual rights and freedom, including the right to justice and fair trial.

Magna Carta for Public Health Workers

  • R.A 7305 also known as Magna Carta for Public Health Workers
  • It was approved on March 26, 1992, by the senate under the administration of late president Corazon C. Aquino.

R.A 7305

Sections

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Sections

The R.A 7305 is divided into 42 sections which provide in-depth information about its provisions for public health workers.

Section 2

Section 2. Declaration of Policy and Objective

The State shall instill health consciousness among our people to effectively carry out the health programs and projects of the government essential for the growth and health of the nation.

Objectives

to promote and improve the social and economic well-being of the health workers, their living and working conditions and terms of employment;

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to develop their skills and capabilities in order that they will be more responsive and better equipped to deliver health projects and programs; and

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to encourage those with proper qualifications and excellent abilities to join and remain in government service.

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Section 3

Section 3. Definition

For purposes of this Act, "health workers" shall mean all persons who are engaged in health and health-related work, and all persons employed in all hospitals, sanitaria, health infirmaries, health centers, rural health units, barangay health stations, clinics and other health-related establishments owned and operated by the Government or its political subdivisions with original charters and shall include medical, allied health professional, administrative and support personnel employed regardless of their employment status.

Discussion

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SEC. 9. Discrimination Prohibited

A public health worker shall not be discriminated against with regard to gender, civil status, creed, religious or political beliefs and ethnic groupings in the exercise of his/her profession.

SEC. 10. No Understaffing/Overloading of Health Staff

There shall be no understaffing or overloading of public health workers. The ratio of health staff to patient load shall be such as to reasonably effect a sustained delivery of quality health care at all times without overworking the public health workers and over extending his/her duty and service. Health students and apprentices shall be allowed only for purposes of training and education.

SEC. 15. Normal Hours of Work

The normal hours of work of any public health worker shall not exceed eight (8) hours a day or forty (40) hours a week.

Hours worked shall include: a) all the time during which a public health worker is required to be on active duty or to be at a prescribed workplace; and b) all the time during which a public health worker is suffered or permitted to work; Provided, that, the time when a public health worker is placed on "On Call" status shall not be considered as hours worked but shall entitle the public health worker to an "On Call" pay equivalent to fifty percent (50%) of his/her regular wage. "On Call" status refers to a condition when public health workers are called upon to respond to urgent or immediate need for health/medical assistance or relief work during emergencies such that he/shall cannot devote the time for his/her own use.

SEC. 21. Hazard Allowance

Public health workers in hospitals, sanitaria, rural health units, main health centers, health infirmaries, barangay health stations, clinics and other health-related establishments located in difficult areas, strife-torn or embattled areas, distressed or isolated stations, prisons camps, mental hospitals, radiation-exposed clinics, laboratories or disease-infested areas or in areas declared under state of calamity or emergency for the duration thereof which expose them to great danger, contagion, radiation, volcanic activity/eruption, occupational risks or perils to life as determined by the Secretary of Health or the Head of the unit with the approval of the Secretary of Health, shall be compensated hazard allowances equivalent to at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the monthly basic salary of health workers receiving salary grade 19 and below, and five percent (5%) for health workers with salary grade 20 and above.

Conclusion

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