Memorandums & Ordinances

DOH Administrative Orders

• AO No. 1-A s. 2000_Policies on the Nationwide Implementation of Newborn Screening
• AO No. 121 s 2003_Strengthening Implementation of the NBS System
• AO No. 2005-0005_Cost for the NBS & Maximum Allowable Service Fees for the collection of NBS samples in all NSCHF
• AO No. 2008-0026_Addendum to the Rules and Regulations Implementing Rep Act No 9288
• AO No. 2008-0026-A_Amendment to the AO No. 2008-2006 on Addendum to the Rules & Regulations Implementing RA NO. 9288
• AO No. 2009-0028_Designation of the NSRC, NIH-UPM to Oversee the Quality Assurance Program for GCON Test
• AO No. 2012-0017_Guidelines on the Use, Retention and Storage of Residual Dried Blood Spots from Newborn Screening
• AO No. 2014-0035_Implementing Guidelines on the Setting-up of NBS Continuity Clinics
• AO No. 2014-0045_Guidelines on the Implementation of the Expanded NBS Program
• AO No. 2014-0045-A_Amendment to Administrative Order No. 2014-0045: Guidelines on the Implementation of the Expanded Newborn Screening Program
• AO No. 2018-0025_National Policy and Strategic Framework on Expanded Newborn Screening for 2017-2030
• AO No. 2020-0052_Revised Guidelines on the Implementation of the Expanded Newborn Screening Program

Local Ordinances

• Province of Abra – Provincial Ordinance No. 231 s. 2015
  An ordinance to enhance the implementation of the Expanded Newborn Screening Program in the Province of Abra, provide appropriations therefor and for other purposes
• City of Mandaluyong – City Ordinance No. 538 s. 2014
  An ordinance enacting the Mandaluyong City Code of Parental Responsibility for the Protection of Children’s Rights
• Luba, Abra – Municipal Ordinance No. 14-01 s. 2014
  An ordinance (of the Municipality of Luba, Abra) adopting Republic Act 9288 otherwise known as the “Newborn Screening Act of 2004”
• Agusan del Norte – Provincial Ordinance No. 307-2012
  An ordinance institutionalizing the Newborn Screening in the Province of Agusan del Norte and for other Purposes
• Sanchez Mira, Cagayan – Ordinance No. 07 s. 2011 An ordinance adopting Republic Act 9288 otherwise known as the Newborn Screening Act of 2004
• Quezon City – Resolution No. SP 5326 s. 2011  A resolution urging all the Barangays in Quezon City, through the City Health Department, to support and conduct a massive campaign regarding the importance of the use of newborn screening among newly born babies
• Lipa City – General Ordinance No. 11 Ordinance promulgating a comprehensive policy for ensuring mandatory newborn screening in the city of Lipa and appropriating funds thereof
• Cardona, Rizal – SB Resolution No. 2011-087 A resolution strongly supporting Republic Act 9288 otherwise known as the Newborn Screening Act of 2004
• Muntinlupa City – Ordinance No. 09-080 An ordinance mandating the city wide implementation of Newborn Screening Program in the different barangays in the City of Muntinlupa, appropriating funds and the creation of the local newborn screening committee
• Oton, Iloilo – Ordinance No. 2009-08
  An ordinance prescribing the cost for the Newborn Screening and allowable service fee for the collection of newborn screening samples in the Oton Municipal Health Office
• Orion, Bataan – Municipal Ordinance No. 09-020-062
  Enacting the Children’s Code of the Municipality of Orion, Bataan
• Aklan – General Ordinance No. 2009-006
  An ordinance enacting the Aklan Children’s Code
• Brgy. Lamao, Limay, Bataan – Resolution No. 11 Series of 2009
  Resolution adapting Republic Act 9288
• Paranaque City – Ordinance No. 060 Series of 2008
  An Ordinance Regulating Birthing Homes Situated within the City of Parañaque to be known as the “Paranaque City Birthing Homes Regulation Act of 2008”
  
• Las Pinas City – City Resolution No. 2174-07 Series of 2007
  A resolution adapting NCNBSS in the City of Las Piñas and supporting the participation of the Las Piñas City Lying-In Center and the City Health Office in the said health program
• Cabatuan, Iloilo – Municipal Ordinance No. 2007-007
  An ordinance establishing a newborn screening facility in the rural health unit of the municipality of Cabatuan, Iloilo and authorizing the newborn screening facility of the municipality to charge a newborn screening fee of five hundred fifty pesos (P550.00)
• Negros Occidental – Resolution No. 0348 Series of 2004
  Resolution Informing all Local Government Units and Private and Public Hospitals of the Enactment of Republic Act No. 9288, otherwise known as “An Act Promulgating a Comprehensive Policy and a National System for Ensuring Newborn Screening”
• Regional Development Council, Western Visayas Region – RDC VI Resolution No. 66 Series of 2002
  Resolution Enjoining All Private and Government Hospitals, Rural Health Units and Lying-ins of Region VI to Adop the Implementation of Newborn Screening Project and to Conduct Information Dissemination on the Project, particularly, at the Barangay Level
• Bago City, Negros Occidental – Resolution No. 02-103 Series of 2002
  Supporting the Participation of the City Hospital and the City Health Office of the City of Bago in the Newborn Screening Program of the National Institutes of Health
• Tanjay City, Negros Oriental – Resolution No. 310