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Republic of the Philippines
Cordillera Administrative Region
Province of Abra MUNICIPALITY OF MALIBCONG Barangay Bayabas
OFFICE OF THE PUNONG BARANGAY
Executive Order No.19
AN ORDER DESIGNATING EVANGELINE A. TAWAGUEN, ALMA P. BALNEG AND ROLAND ANAASAN AS AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL TO ACCESS ADOLESCENT MEDICAL RECORDS. WHEREAS, the Policy on Patient/Physician Confidentiality states, “The privacy of adolescent minors should be respected. Parents should not, in some circumstances, have unrestricted access to the adolescent’s medical records, WHEREAS, Policy on Adolescent Health Care, Confidentiality further states, “protection of confidentiality is needed to appropriately address issues such as depression, suicide, substance abuse, domestic violence, unintended pregnancy and sexual orientation, WHEREAS, Confidentiality of information in the medical record is a personal to the individual and must be properly safeguarded. It is handled in confidence so that personal information is not made known to unauthorized persons, WHEREAS, Policy on Adolescent Health Care, Protecting Adolescents states, “A key tenet for all health professionals is to ensure that adolescents have access to the health services they need, including sexual and reproductive health services.” And, while encouraging involvement of parents in adolescent decisions about sexual health, “if communication between the adolescent and parent cannot be facilitated, access to confidential health care for the adolescent patient must be ensured, NOW THEROF, I, ALEJANDRO E. BUSAY, Punong Barangay of Bayabas, by virtue of the power vested in me by law do hereby designate EVANGELINE A. TAWAGUEN, ALMA P. BALNEG AND ROLAND ANAASAN as authorized personnel to access adolescent medical records. Section I. APPOINTMENT OR DESIGNATION OF AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL WHO CAN ACCESS ADOLESCENT MEDICAL RECORDS 1.1 The Punong Barangay shall designate personnel authorized to access medical records of adolescents to maintain confidentiality of records at all times. Section 2. SPECIFIC ROLES AND FUNCTIONS 1.1 Keep all medical records in a locked area, room or file to ensure safekeeping. 1.2 Take necessary precautions to avoid compromise of medical information. 1.3 Restrict access to medical records to unauthorized personnel unless deem necessary and permitted by the client.