HB 4495
House·20th Congress·Filed Sep 10, 2025
An Act Providing for a Comprehensive Nursing Law Towards a Quality Health Care System, and Appropriating Funds Therefor, Repealing Republic Act No. 9173 Otherwise Known as the Philippine Nursing Act of 2002
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The bill proposes a new Philippine Nursing Practice Act that would replace the 2002 nursing law, create a Board of Nursing, set a minimum entry salary, require a 1‑to‑10 nurse‑to‑patient ratio, and establish advanced‑practice nursing and a national nursing workforce database.
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