Department of Health(DOH)

Dear Daryl, Please be informed that we are endorsing your request to the DOH Health Facility Development Bureau (HFDB) for action. Kindly await for their response, thank you. All the best and God bless!

September 14, 2023 Dear Daryl Martin Rivera, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Aug 31, 2023 11:31:02 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for Reference Guide and Compendium of Standard Requirements in Establishing National Reference Lab. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. The DOH Office for Health Laboratories would like to note that a Reference Guide and Compendium of Standard Requirements in Establishing National Reference Laboratories (NRL's) do not exist However, similar to the Reference Guide and Compendium of Standard Requirements for the establishment of TB Laboratories, these NRL's are aligned with the minimum requirements set by the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines, and the Department of Health issuances such as: 1. Administrative Order No. 2021-0037 entitled New Rules and Regulations Governing the Regulation of Clinical Laboratories in the Philippines at the link below https://hfsrb.doh.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ao2021-0037-2.pdf 2. Department Order No. 2020-0820 entitled Institutionalizing and Strengthening the National Reference Laboratories in the Philippines 3. Other related regulations and guidelines Attached is the copy Department Order No. 2020-0820 for your reference Kindly accomplish the FOI Feedback form at the link https://bit.ly/DOHFOIFeedbackForm Thank you Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to the Central Appeals and Review Committee, at [email protected]. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, FOI Decision Maker FOI Receiving Officer