SECTION 1. Basic Policy The following policies govern the delivery of health services to disabled persons: 1. The delivery of health services to disabled persons shall be the responsibility and concern of both the government and the private sector and the members of the community at large. 2. Health services for disabled persons should be an integral part of all basic health services. 3. Health services should be accessible, appropriate, acceptable, affordable and timely. SECTION 2. Scope These provisions shall apply to the following: 1. Government and private institutions involved in the delivery of health services 2. Special institutions, both government and private, delivering health services to disabled persons. SECTION 3. Function and Areas of Responsibility A. Department of Health 1. National Health Program for Disabled Persons – The Department shall: 1.1 include in its annual budgetary proposals the provision for the funding requirements of the program; 1.2 create a division under the Non-Communicable Disease Control Service that shall administer and lead in the implementation of the program; 1.3 set up a national registration/reporting system for specific types of disabilities and shall generate and assess data base on the current status, needs and circumstances of disabled persons in the country to provide an effective basis for a national health program plan for disabled persons; and 1.4 strengthen its programs on immunization, breastfeeding, maternal and child care, safe motherhood, family planning, pre-employment examination/orientation disease control programs and other relevant programs in support of the National Health Program for Disabled Persons. 2. Establishment of Medical Rehabilitation Centers at the Provincial Level – The Department shall: 2.1 Initiate the establishment of medical rehabilitation centers at the provincial level and shall request for the necessary capital and equipment outlay needed for this purpose; 2.2 Program the establishment of medical rehabilitation centers at the provincial level through a reasonable phasing scheme that will ensure a nationwide coverage within a ten year period, subject to availability of funds; 2.3 Formulate policies and standards governing the operations of such medical rehabilitation centers; 2.4 Institute a manpower development program to ensure adequate manpower support for the centers; and 2.5 Monitor and assess regularly the operations of the centers to ensure that standards are strictly followed. 3. Training of Personnel 3.1 The Department of Health shall organize training programs for care of disabled persons and in consultation with the National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons and other specialists in the field, shall recommend standards for accreditation of training centers, trainors and training programs for the rehabilitation of disabled persons to ensure availability of quality health manpower necessary to operate rehabilitation centers nationwide. 3.2 It shall integrate into the existing training programs the disability Management Training Programs. 3.3 The training should involve expertise from both government and private. 4. Other Health Services 4.1 The Department Of Health shall set the standard requirements and capabilities for care of disabled persons appropriate for each level of health care facility. 4.2 It shall develop in coordination with the National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons, a mechanism to monitor and enforce standards of care for disabled persons as embodied in the National Health Program for Disability, in both government and private health institutions in order to promote and protect the right to health of disabled persons.