Supreme Court doctrines every medical practitioner should know
Supreme Court doctrines explained through clinical scenarios and practical examples.
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Philippine laws, court rules, and practical guides for medical and legal practice.
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Medical & Healthcare Law
2025 Revised Rules in Administrative Investigations
Complaints, investigations, hearings and appeals before the PRC and Professional Regulatory Boards.
Medical Act of 1959
The statutory framework for medical education, registration, the practice of medicine, and professional discipline. Includes the PRC-published amended text and notes on historical provisions.
2019 Code of Ethics of the Medical Profession
Physicians’ duties to patients, colleagues, the healthcare system, and the public.
Medical jurisprudence library
Search Supreme Court decisions on medical negligence, professional duties, and healthcare institutions.
A doctor receives a PRC summons. What comes next?
An illustrative surgical scenario shows how to check the charge, preserve the record, and prepare a timely answer.
Who may practice medicine in the Philippines?
Use the Medical Act’s definition, registration rule, exemptions, and related cases to assess a role.
Informed consent: the discussion and the record
Practical steps for clinicians and the distinct issues lawyers must prove in a consent claim.
Types of Liability and Quantum of Evidence
Criminal, civil, and PRC liability, the evidence each requires, and the relevant Supreme Court decisions.
Universal Health Care Act
The statutory framework for coverage, health-service delivery, PhilHealth, local health systems and health information.
PhilHealth Accreditation & Claims
Professional and facility accreditation, questioned claims, and adverse notices.
DOH Health-Facility Licensing
Licensing requirements, DOH orders, and assessment tools by facility type.
Data Privacy & Medical Records
Patient access, employee health data, hospital breaches, research and digital records.
Emergency Treatment & Hospital Deposits
Emergency and serious cases, deposit restrictions, safe transfers, institutional responsibility, and patient remedies. Read RA 10932 alongside earlier definitions from RA 8344.
Patient Discharge & Hospital Detention
The statutory protection against detention for unpaid hospital bills, including release documents, secured promissory notes, coverage and penalties.
Court Rules & Legal Practice
Rules of Civil Procedure
Pleadings, summons, motions, trial, judgment, and appeals, including Rule 13-A on electronic filing.
Rules of Criminal Procedure
Investigation, arrest, bail, trial, and appeals, with amendments and later procedural issuances.
Rules on Evidence
Admissibility, witnesses, documents, privileged communications, and standards of proof.
2026 Rules on Mandatory Continuing Legal Education
Credit units, exemptions, ULAS credits, compliance certificates and numbers, specialization, and accreditation.