RA 6138, PD 498, and PD 1534 are amendments to which act?

RA 6138, PD 498, and PD 1534 are amendments to which act?

• A. RA 5527
• B. RA 8504
• C. PD 498
• D. PD 1534

Answer: (A)

The question tests recognizing the base statute that multiple amendments affect. In Philippine law, Presidential Decrees (PD) and Republic Acts can amend an earlier act governing a profession. The trio of amendments—RA 6138, PD 498, and PD 1534—were enacted to modify a single foundational statute that regulates a health profession. That base statute is the Pharmacy Act, Republic Act 5527, which governs the practice of pharmacy and the Board of Pharmacy. So the act being amended by these instruments is RA 5527. The other options don’t fit because PDs are decrees, not the base act, and the Pharmacy Act is the act being amended, not the amendments themselves.

The question tests recognizing the base statute that multiple amendments affect. In Philippine law, Presidential Decrees (PD) and Republic Acts can amend an earlier act governing a profession. The trio of amendments—RA 6138, PD 498, and PD 1534—were enacted to modify a single foundational statute that regulates a health profession. That base statute is the Pharmacy Act, Republic Act 5527, which governs the practice of pharmacy and the Board of Pharmacy. So the act being amended by these instruments is RA 5527. The other options don’t fit because PDs are decrees, not the base act, and the Pharmacy Act is the act being amended, not the amendments themselves.