MORATORIUM ON ACCREDITATION OF NEW MEDICAL FACILITIES AUTHORIZED TO CONDUCT MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO (OFW) WORKERS AND SEAFARERS
National Administrative Register [ DOH ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2005-0026, September 27, 2005 ]
To date, there are 114 OFW accredited clinics operating in Metro Manila. This number is enough to service the requirements of the departing OFWs. In view of this, a moratorium on the accreditation of new medical facilities is hereby imposed.
This moratorium is only applicable to Metro Manila.
Adopted: 27 Sept. 2005
(SGD.) FRANCISCO T. DUQUE III, MD., MSc.
Secretary of Health