AMENDMENT TO ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2013-0006 ENTITLED “GUIDELINES TO RULE XI: ROLE OF DOH IN THE OMNIBUS RULES AND REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING THE MIGRANT WORKERS AND OVERSEAS F…

Pursuant to
Administrative Order (A.O.) No. 2013-0006 known as “Guidelines to Rule
XI: Role of DOH in the Omnibus Rules and Regulations Implementing the
Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos’ Act of 1995, as Amended by
Republic Act No. 10022” dated February 7, 2013, the following provisions
are hereby amended:

Under Section V. B. 2. a. 2. a. 4. Specific Guidelines on Personnel:

The following are the minimum personnel required on a full time basis:

4. A psychologist shall comply with R.A. No. 10029, “Philippine Psychology Act of 2009” and DOH standards and requirements.

The aforementioned is hereby amended to read as follows:

A supervising psychologist may be employed on a full time or a
part time basis, and shall comply with R.A. No. 10029 known as
“Philippine Psychology Act of 2009”, and DOH standards and requirements.
It shall be the responsibility of the psychologist to ensure the
validity, reliability and trustworthiness of the psychological report.

Part of the PEME annexed (as Annex-K) to the foregoing A.O. No.
2013- 0006 is psychological screening and evaluation which includes, but
are not limited to, the following: a) Interview, b) Autobiography, c)
16 Personality Factors Test (16 PF Test) and d) Raven’s Standard
Progressive Matrices (RSPM) or Purdue Non-Language Test (PNLT).

Annex K of A.O. No. 2013-0006 is hereby amended as shown below:

ANNEX K

Guidelines

3. Psychological screening and evaluation shall include, but are not limited to, the following:
   
   
1. Interview;
2. Autobiography;
3. 16 PF Test AND/OR Basic Personality Inventory (BPI) AND
4. Raven’s Progressive Matrices (RSPM) OR Purdue Non-Language Test (PNLT) OR Bender Gestalt Visual Motor Test

All other provisions of A.O. No. 2013-0006 still remain in effect.

(SGD) ENRIQUE T. ONA, MD
Secretary of Health