The Department of Tourism shall issue the corresponding guidelines, circulars or
directives related to this section for its accredited lodging establishments and
disseminate such information to all concerned.
The concerned academic institutions shall also ensure that dormitories under their
jurisdiction grant the 20% discount and VAT-exemption to students with disabilities.
Section 6.2 Restaurants – This shall apply to the purchase of food, drinks, beverages,
dessert and other consumable items served by the establishments including value
meals and other similar food counters, fast food, cooked food and short orders including
take outs. To safeguard the establishments from abuse of this privilege, the orders
should be limited only to the consumption of the concerned person with disability.
Section 6.3 Recreation Centers – This shall apply to admission fees of persons with
disability charged by theaters, cinema houses, concert halls, circuses, carnivals and
other places of culture and leisure. The said discount and exemption shall also apply to
charges in the utilization of services including rentals of facilities and equipment and
other accessories and gadgets to be used, enjoyed or availed by persons with disability
in these centers.
The Department of Tourism shall issue the corresponding guidelines, circulars or
directives related to Sections 6.2 and 6.3 for its accredited restaurants and recreation
centers and disseminate such information to all concerned.
The Local Government Units concerned, in coordination with the Leagues of Cities and
Municipalities, shall also ensure that restaurants and recreation centers under their
jurisdiction are compliant to the law by including the grant of 20% discount and VATexemption to persons with disability as part of the terms and conditions in the issuance
of business permits to the aforementioned establishments.
Section 6.4 Purchase of Medicines and Foods for Special Medical Purposes – This
shall apply to the purchase of prescribed generic and branded drugs / medicines as well
as foods for special medical purposes in all drugstores for the exclusive use or
availment of persons with disability.
The Department of Health, in coordination with the Philippine Health Insurance
Corporation and Food and Drug Administration, shall issue the corresponding
guidelines, circulars or directives related to this section and disseminate such
information to all concerned.
Section 6.5 Medical and Dental Services, Diagnostic and Laboratory Fees and
Professional Fees of Attending Doctors – This shall apply to the availment of medical
and dental services including diagnostic and laboratory fees by persons with disability in
government facilities or private hospitals and medical facilities. The said discount and
exemption shall also apply to the professional fees of attending doctors in such facilities.
The Department of Health, in coordination with the Philippine Health Insurance
Corporation, shall issue the corresponding guidelines, circulars or directives related to
this section and disseminate such information to all concerned.
Section 6.6 Domestic Air and Sea Travel – This shall cover the actual fare for
domestic air and sea travel. For promotional fares, the Section on No Double Discounts
should apply.
Section 6.7 Land Transportation Travel – This shall apply to actual fare for land
transportation travel such as, but not limited to, public utility buses or jeepneys, taxis,
Asian Utility Vehicles (AUVs), shuttle services, public railways including Light Rail
Transit, Metro Rail Transit and Philippine National Railways and Transportation Network
Vehicle Services (TNVS) such as Grab, Uber and the like.
The Department of Transportation including those agencies attached and under its
administrative supervision and control shall issue the corresponding guidelines,
circulars or directives related to domestic air, sea and land transportation travel and
disseminate such information to all concerned.
The Local Government Units concerned, in coordination with the Leagues of Cities and
Municipalities, shall also ensure the passage of local ordinance to enjoin transport
groups to grant this benefit/privilege.
Further, land transport groups shall place signages within public utility vehicles, shuttle
services and public railways to inform persons with disability that they are entitled to the
benefit/privilege.
Section 6.8 Funeral and Burial Services for the Death of a Person with Disability –
The beneficiary or any person who shall shoulder the funeral and burial expenses of the
deceased person with disability, shall claim the discount under this rule for the
deceased person with disability upon presentation of the death certificate and person