AUTHORITY TO CHARGE FEES FOR DRUGS DEPENDENCY EXAMINATIONS

Pursuant to the rule-making powers vested in the Dangerous Drugs
Board under Section 36(a), Article VIII in relation to Section 30,
Article VI of Republic Act Numbered 6425, as amended, in relation to the
provisions of Section 572 of the Revised Administrative Code, and of
Sections 40 and 52 of Presidential Decree No. 1177, the Budget Reform
Decree of 1977, the following are hereby prescribed:

SECTION 1.       The fees for drug dependency examination
shall be in accordance with the rates prescribed by the Board as shown
in Annex “A” hereof.

SECTION 2.       Any person who avails himself of the
complete drug dependency examination shall pay all the fees therefor. 
However, if only one (1) examination is undertaken on the person himself
or on his specimen, the fee corresponding to such examination shall be
paid.

SECTION 3.       Persons who are covered by court
referrals or those arrested pursuant to section 24-A of Republic Act No.
6425, as amended, are exempt from the payment of the above prescribed
fees.

An Indigent patient shall, likewise, be exempt from the payment of
the above fees if he submits satisfactory proof of his indigence,
pursuant to Rule 3, Section 22 of the Revised Rules of Court, quoted
below as follows:

“Section 22.  Pauper Litigant — Any court may authorize a
litigant to prosecute his action or defense as a pauper upon a proper
showing that he has no means to that effect by affidavits, certificate
of the corresponding provincial, city or municipal treasurer, or
otherwise.X.X.X”

SECTION 4.       This Regulation shall take effect after
the completion of its publication once a week for two (2) consecutive
weeks in a newspaper of general circulation.

Adopted: 11 Jan. 1990

(SGD.) TOMAS P. MARAMBA, JR., M. D. ,M.H.A.
Vice-Chairman
(Undersecretary of Health for Standards and Regulation)

 

ANNEX “A”
TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION DIVISION:
The fees for drug dependency examination shall be as follows:
Medical		—     P 50.00
Psychological		—        50.00
Social Service		—        45.00
Routine Laboratory Examination:
Thin Layer Chromatograph (TLC)		—     P 40.00
Gas Chromatograph (GC)		—        55.00
Ultra-Violet Spectrophotometry (UV)		—        35.00
The above laboratory examinations are for the following drugs:
	Barbiturates	Meperidine
	Glutethimide	Ergot Alkaloids
	Ethinamate,	Opium Alkaloids
	Ethchlorvynol	Destropropoxyphene
	Methyprylone	Phenmetrazone
	Amphetemines	Methyl Phenidate
	Meprobamate	Chloral Hydrate
	Methaqualone	Cocaine
	Nitrazepam	LSD, PCP
	Methdone	Mescaline,
	Psilocybin
Enzyme Multiplied Immune:
Assay Technique (EMIT)
Marijuana		—     P 325.00
Amphetamines		—        305.00