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Batas Pambansa Bilang 702
AN
ACT PROHIBITING THE DEMAND OF DEPOSITS OR ADVANCE PAYMENTS FOR THE
CONFINEMENT
OR TREATMENT OF PATIENTS IN HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL CLINICS IN CERTAIN
CASES.
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BATAS
PAMBANSA BILANG 702AN
ACT PROHIBITING THE DEMAND OF DEPOSITS OR ADVANCE PAYMENTS FOR THE
CONFINEMENT
OR TREATMENT OF PATIENTS IN HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL CLINICS IN CERTAIN
CASES.chan
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chan
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1. It shall be unlawful
for any director, manager or any other officer of a hospital or medical
clinic to demand any deposit or any other form of advance payment for
confinement
or treatment in such hospital or medical clinic in emergency or serious
cases.
Sec.
2. Any director, manager
or any other officer of a hospital or medical clinic who violates
Section
1 of this Act shall be punished by a fine of not less than one thousand
pesos but not more than two thousand pesos or imprisonment for not less
than fifteen days but not more than thirty days, or both such fine and
imprisonment. chanrobles virtual law library
Sec.
3. Any person convicted
under this Act shall not be entitled to probation under the provisions
of Presidential Decree No. 968, as amended, otherwise known as the
Probation
Law of 1976. chanrobles virtual law library
Sec.
4. The Ministry of Health
shall promulgate the necessary rules and regulations to carry out the
provisions
of this Act.
Sec.
5. This Act shall take
effect upon its approval.chanrobles virtual law library
Enacted
without executive approval: April 5, 1984
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