1 . 2 PRC Modernization Act of 2000 3 . 4 The Foods, Drugs, Devices, and Cosmetics Act of 1982 5 Food and Drug Act of 2008 6 ASIN Law of 1995 7 Tobacco Regulation Act of 2003 8 . 9 Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 10 Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972 Philippine Pharmacy Act of 2016 Continuing Professional Development Act of 2016 The Graphic Warnings Law of 2013

Regulatory Agencies

1 PDEA 2 FDA 3 PRC 4 DDB 5 DOH 6 BAI

1 Determines what is good or bad; To make clear what is better than the other; ORAL PRINCIPLE OF PRACTICE (good or bad) 2 BRANCH of MORAL SCIENCES that treats all the professional your responsibility to the public; MORAL PRINCIPLE OF PROFESSIONALS Branch of moral science that treats the obligation of a professional 3 Involves healthcare / workers that deals with BIOSCIENCES; workers that the scope of work are inside the biological sciences, disease and medicine related.

1 Ethics 2 Professional Ethics 3 Bioethics

Universal Principles of Biomedical Ethics

1 Autonomy 2 Veracity 3 Beneficence 4 Nonmaleficence 5 Confidentiality 6 Justice 7 Role Fidelity AuVeBe N CoJuRo

Basic Moral Responsibilities Health Care practitioners have TOWARD THEIR PATIENTS:

1 Competence 2 Trustworthiness 3 Caring T - three (Towards their patients)

1 are RIGHTS that are GUARANTEED FUNDAMENTALLY by the CONSTITUTION and are provided by laws and regulations promulgated at the national, provincial or local level. 2 MAY BE REINFORCED BY LAWS, but their BASIS LIES not in the law, but in ETHICAL PRINCIPLES

1 Legal rights 2 Moral rights

1 Provides WRITTEN GUIDELINES regarding ETHICAL BEHAVIOR 2 Means CONFORMING WITH THE RULES and regulations governing the rights and duties of pharmacists, patient, and other health professionals

1 Code of Ethics 2 Ethical Behaviour

Importance of code of ethics:

1. A code of ethics makes the decision-making process more efficient. 2. Individual professionals may occasionally need guidelines for directing their professional behavior. 3. Professional ethics establish a pattern of behavior that clients come to expect from members of the profession.

In the Philippines, the code of ethics for Pharmacists was prepared by the government accredited pharmacy organization, the__. The latest Code of Ethics of pharmacist was approved on November 2002.

Philippine Pharmacists Association

Specific Principles of Professional Conduct

1 Service to others 2 Integrity and objectivity 3 Professional competence 4 Solidarity and Teamwork 5 Social and civic responsibility 6 Global competitiveness 7 Equality of all professions 3 S PIG E

– They protect life, property, and public welfare.

Service to others

– To maintain and broaden public confidence, professionals shall perform their responsibilities with the highest sense of integrity and imbued with nationalism and spiritual values

Integrity and objectivity

– Obligation to keep up with new knowledge and techniques in their field, continually improve their skills and upgrade their level of competence and take part in a lifelong continuing education program.

Professional competence

– Each profession shall nurture and support one organization for all its members

Solidarity and Teamwork

– Professionals shall always carry out their professional duties with due consideration of the broader interest of the publics.

Social and civic responsibility

– Every professional shall remain open to the challenges of more dynamic and interconnected world.

Global competitiveness