share of any financial return that may come from its authorized commercial use.
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Section 3. Objectives. – The objectives of this Act are as follows:
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(a) To encourage scientific research on and develop traditional and alternative health care
systems that have direct impact on public health care;
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(b) To promote and advocate the use of traditional, alternative, preventive and curative health
care modalities that have been proven safe, effective, cost effective and consistent with
government standards on medical practice;
(c) To develop and coordinate skills training courses for various forms of traditional and
alternative health care modalities;
(d) To formulate standards, guidelines and codes of ethical practice appropriate for the practice
of traditional and alternative health care as well as in the manufacture, quality control and
marketing of different traditional and alternative health care materials, natural and organic
products, for approval and adoption by the appropriate government agencies;
(e) To formulate policies for the protection of indigenous and natural health resources and
technology from unwarranted exploitation, for approval and adoption by the appropriate
government agencies;
(f) To formulate policies to strengthen the role of traditional and alternative health care delivery
system; and
(g) To promote traditional and alternative health care in international and national conventions,
seminars and meetings in coordination with the Department of Tourism, Duty Free Philippines,
Incorporated, Philippine Convention and Visitors Corporation and other tourism-related
agencies as well as non-government organizations and local government units.
ARTICLE II
DEFINITION OF TERMS
Section 4. Definition of Terms. – As used in this Act, the following terms shall mean:
(a) “Traditional and alternative health care” – the sum total of knowledge, skills and practices on
health care, other than those embodied in biomedicine, used in the prevention, diagnosis and
elimination of physical or mental disorder.
(b) “Traditional medicine” – the sum total of knowledge, skills, and practice on health care, not
necessarily explicable in the context of modern, scientific philosophical framework, but
recognized by the people to help maintain and improve their health towards the wholeness of
their being, the community and society, and their interrelations based on culture, history,
heritage, and consciousness.
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