Section 12Sec./Art. 12

Penalties. Upon complaint of any person and after due notice and hearing, any blood bank/center which shall collect charges and fees greater than the maximum prescribed by the Department shall have its license suspended or revoked by the Secretary.

Any person or persons who shall be responsible for the above violation shall suffer the penalty of imprisonment of not less than one (1) month nor more than six (6) months, or a fine of not less than Five thousand pesos (P5,000) nor more than Fifty thousand pesos (₱50,000), or both at the discretion of the competent court.

Any person who shall establish and operate a blood bank without securing any license to operate from the Department or who fails to comply with the standards prescribed by the Department referred to in Section 9 hereof shall suffer the penalty of imprisonment of not less than twelve (12) years and one (1) day nor more than twenty (20) years or a fine of not less than Fifty thousand pesos (₱50,000) nor more than Five hundred thousand pesos (₱500,000), or both at the discretion of the competent court.

The Secretary, after due notice and hearing, may impose administrative sanctions such as, but not limited to fines, suspension, or revocation of license to operate a blood bank/center and to recommend the suspension or revocation of the license to practice the profession when applicable.

The head of the blood bank and the necessary trained personnel under the head's direct supervision found responsible for dispensing, transfusing and failing to dispose, within fortyeight (48) hours, blood which have been proven contaminated with blood transfusion transmissible diseases shall be imprisoned for ten (10) years. This is without prejudice to the filing of criminal charges under the Revised Penal Code.1a⍵⍴h!1