Article 125Act No. 3815, Sec./Art. 125

Delay in the delivery of detained persons to the proper judicial authorities.-The penalties provided in the next preceding article shall be imposed upon the public officer or employee who shall detain any person for some legal ground and shall fail to deliver such person to the proper judicial authorities within the period of one hour.

REVISED PENAL CODE TEXT AND SPECIAL PENAL LAWS

(b)

A

physician,

dentist,

veterinarian

or

practitioner

authorized to prescribe any dangerous drug shall issue

the prescription therefor in one (1) original and two (2)

duplicate copies. The original, after the prescription has

been filled, shall be retained by the pharmacist for a

period of one (1) year from the date of sale or delivery of

such drug. One (1) copy shall be retained by the buyer or

by the person to whom the drug is delivered until such

drug

is consumed, while the second copy shall be

retained by the person issuing the prescription.

For purposes of this Act, all prescriptions issued by

physicians, dentists, veterinarians or practitioners shall be

written on forms exclusively issued by and obtainable

from the DOH. Such forms shall be made of a special kind

of paper and shall be distributed in such quantities and

contain such information and other data as the DOH

may, by rules and regulations, require. Such forms shall

only

be

issued by the DOH through its authorized

employees to licensed physicians, dentists, veterinarians

and practitioners in such quantities as the Board may

authorize. In emergency cases, however, as the Board

may specify in the public interest, a prescription need not

be

accomplished

on

such

forms.

The

prescribing

physician, dentist, veterinarian or practitioner shall, within

three (3) days after issuing such prescription, inform the

DOH of the same in writing. No prescription once served

by

the

drugstore

or

pharmacy

be

reused

nor

any

prescription once issued be refilled.

(c) All manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, importers,

dealers

and

retailers

of

dangerous

drugs

and/or

controlled precursors and essential chemicals shall keep

a record of all inventories, sales, purchases, acquisitions

and

deliveries

of

the

same

as

well

as the names,

addresses and licenses of the persons from whom such

items were purchased or acquired or to whom such items

were sold or delivered, the name and quantity of the

same and the date of the transactions. Such records may

be subjected anytime for review by the Board.

ARTICLE IV Participation of the Family,

Students, Teachers and School Authorities in

the Enforcement of this Act

Section 41. Involvement of the Family . – The family being

the basic unit of the Filipino society shall be primarily

responsible for the education and awareness of the

members of the family on the ill effects of dangerous

drugs and close monitoring of family members who may

be susceptible to drug abuse.

Section

42.

Student

Councils

and

Campus

Organizations. – All elementary, secondary and tertiary

schools' student councils and campus organizations shall

include in their activities a program for the prevention of

and deterrence in the use of dangerous drugs, and

referral for treatment and rehabilitation of students for

drug dependence.

Section 43. School Curricula . – Instruction on drug abuse

prevention

and

control

shall

be

integrated

in

the

elementary, secondary and tertiary curricula of all public

and

private

schools,

whether

general,

technical,

vocational or agro-industrial as well as in non-formal,

informal

and

indigenous

learning

systems.

Such

instructions shall include:

(1) Adverse effects of the abuse and misuse of dangerous

drugs on the person, the family, the school and the

community;

(2) Preventive measures against drug abuse;

(3)

Health,

socio-cultural,

psychological,

legal

and

economic

dimensions

and

implications

of the drug

problem;

(4) Steps to take when intervention on behalf of a drug

dependent is needed, as well as the services available for

the treatment and rehabilitation of drug dependents; and

(5) Misconceptions about the use of dangerous drugs

such as, but not limited to, the importance and safety of

dangerous drugs for medical and therapeutic use as well

as the differentiation between medical patients and drug

dependents in order to avoid confusion and accidental

stigmatization in the consciousness of the students.

Section 44. Heads, Supervisors, and Teachers of Schools.

– For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of Article II

of this Act, all school heads, supervisors and teachers shall

be deemed persons in authority and, as such, are hereby

empowered

to

apprehend,

arrest

or

cause

the

apprehension or arrest of any person who shall violate

any of the said provisions, pursuant to Section 5, Rule 113

of the Rules of Court. They shall be deemed persons in

authority if they are in the school or within its immediate

vicinity, or even beyond such immediate vicinity if they

are in attendance at any school or class function in their

official

capacity

as

school

heads,

supervisors,

and

teachers.

Any teacher or school employee, who discovers or finds

that any person in the school or within its immediate

vicinity is liable for violating any of said provisions, shall

have the duty to report the same to the school head or

immediate superior who shall, in turn, report the matter

to the proper authorities.

Failure to do so in either case, within a reasonable period

from the time of discovery of the violation shall, after due

hearing, constitute sufficient cause for disciplinary action

by the school authorities.

Section 45. Publication and Distribution of Materials on

Dangerous Drugs. – With the assistance of the Board, the

Secretary of the Department of Education (DepEd), the

Chairman

of

the

Commission

on

Higher

Education

(CHED)

and

the

Director-General

of

the

Technical

Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)

shall cause the development, publication and distribution

of information and support educational materials on

dangerous drugs to the students, the faculty, the parents,

and the community.

Section 46. Special Drug Education Center . – With the

assistance of the Board, the Department of the Interior

and

Local

Government

(DILG),

the

National

Youth

Commission (NYC), and the Department of Social Welfare

and Development (DSWD) shall establish in each of its

provincial office a special education drug center for

out-of-school youth and street children. Such Center

which shall be headed by the Provincial Social. Welfare

Development

Officer

shall

sponsor

drug

prevention

programs and activities and information campaigns with

the end in view of educating the out-of-school youth and

street children regarding the pernicious effects of drug

abuse. The programs initiated by the Center shall likewise

be adopted in all public and private orphanage and

existing special centers for street children.

ARTICLE V Promotion of a National Drug-Free

Workplace Program With the Participation of

Private and Labor Sectors and the Department

of Labor and Employment

Section 47. Drug-Free Workplace. – It is deemed a policy

of the State to promote drug-free workplaces using a

tripartite approach. With the assistance of the Board, the

Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) shall

develop, promote and implement a national drug abuse

prevention program in the workplace to be adopted by

private companies with ten (10) or more employees. Such

program

shall

include

the

mandatory

drafting

and

adoption of company policies against drug use in the

workplace in close consultation and coordination with

the DOLE, labor and employer organizations, human

resource development managers and other such private

sector organizations.

Section

48.

Guidelines

for

the

National

Drug-Free

Workplace Program. – The Board and the DOLE shall

formulate

the

necessary

guidelines

for

the

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