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The bill would require every barangay in the Philippines to have at least one registered nurse employed by the local government, paid a stipend comparable to salary grade 15, and tasked with reporting on the community’s health.

The Philippine Nursing Practice Act is a proposed law that would replace the 2002 Nursing Act. It seeks to improve nursing standards, set minimum wages, require safe staffing ratios, create a national nursing workforce database, and establish a board to oversee licensing, education, and professional conduct.

The bill would replace the 2002 Nursing Act with a new law that sets a minimum salary for new government nurses, adds mandatory health‑insurance and housing benefits, creates career‑advancement pathways, and requires the government to plan and monitor the nursing workforce.

The proposed New Philippine Nursing Practice Act aims to raise nurses’ pay, set safe staffing levels, create a national database of nurses, and establish a board that will oversee licensing, advanced‑practice training, and career progression.

The Philippine Nursing Practice Act of 2026 proposes a new, comprehensive nursing law that replaces the 2002 Nursing Act. It creates a new nursing board, sets higher salary and staffing standards, defines advanced nursing roles, and establishes a national data system to manage the nursing workforce.

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.