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PD 169 Reporting of Physical Injuries

This presidential decree from 1973 requires doctors, hospitals, clinics, and other medical facilities in the Philippines to report any treatment of physical injuries to the nearest Philippine Constabulary unit. It aims to help law enforcement track violent crimes and conduct timely investigations. Any medical practitioner who treats injuries without reporting it could face imprisonment of 1-3 years and/or fines, as well as losing their license. The secretaries of health and national defense were tasked with issuing rules to implement this reporting requirement.

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PD 169 Reporting of Physical Injuries

This presidential decree from 1973 requires doctors, hospitals, clinics, and other medical facilities in the Philippines to report any treatment of physical injuries to the nearest Philippine Constabulary unit. It aims to help law enforcement track violent crimes and conduct timely investigations. Any medical practitioner who treats injuries without reporting it could face imprisonment of 1-3 years and/or fines, as well as losing their license. The secretaries of health and national defense were tasked with issuing rules to implement this reporting requirement.

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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No.

169 April 4, 1973


REQUIRING DOCTORS, HOSPITALS, CLINICS, ETC. TO REPORT TREATMENT FOR
PHYSICAL INJURIES
WHEREAS, pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972 and No. 1104, dated
January 17, 1973, martial law has been declared throughout the Philippines to, among other goals,
restore and maintain peace and order;
WHEREAS, for the attainment of the aforesaid goal, and to enable the law-enforcement agencies to
keep track of all violent crimes, conduct timely investigations thereon and effect the immediate arrest
of the perpetrators thereof, it is necessary that all persons treating injuries resulting from any form of
violence be required to report such fact to said agencies;
WHEREAS, while some of the victims of violent crimes, or those who may have sustained physical
injuries in the act of committing or as the result of the commission of a crime submit themselves for
medical treatment in hospitals, medical clinics, sanitariums, or other medical establishments, or to
medical practitioners, they do not report their injuries to the law-enforcement agencies for one
reason or another;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, pursuant to Proclamations No. 1081, dated
September 21, 1972 and No. 1104, dated January 17, 1973 and in my capacity as Commander-inChief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, do hereby order and decree that:
1. The attending physician of any hospital, medical clinic, sanitarium or other medical
establishments, or any medical practitioner, who has treated any person for serious or less
serious physical injuries as those injuries are defined in Articles 262, 263, 264 and 265 of the
Revised Penal Code shall report the fact of such treatment personally or by fastest means of
communication to the nearest Philippine Constabulary unit without delay: Provided, That no
fee shall be charged for the transmission of such report through government communication
facilities;
2. The report called for in this Decree shall indicate when practicable, the name, age;
address and nearest of kin of the patient; the nature and probable cause of the injury; the
approximate time and date when, and the place where, the injury was sustained; the time,
date, and nature of treatment; and the physical diagnosis and/or disposition of the patient;
I do further order and decree that any violation of this Decree and/or the rules and regulations which
shall be promulgated by competent authorities in accordance herewith, with malicious intent or gross
negligence, shall suffer the penalty of imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than three
(3) years and/or a fine of not less than 1,000 nor more than 3,000 pesos, as a military tribunal may
direct. In addition, the government license or permit of the attending physician to practice his
profession shall be cancelled by the Civil Service Commission after the sentence imposed by the
military tribunal has become final and executory.

The Secretary of Health and the Secretary of National Defense shall promulgate the necessary rules
and regulations to carry out the purposes of this Decree.
Done in the City of Manila, this 4th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-three.

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