Short answer. Under RA 8552, yes. A physician, nurse, or hospital personnel who cooperated in falsifying a birth registration, in violation of their oath of office, faced the same penalties as the person who committed the offense, plus permanent disqualification. But RA 8552 has been repealed by Republic Act No. 11642 (2022), so this provision no longer governs.
What the law says
Any physician or nurse or hospital personnel who, in violation of his/her oath of office, shall cooperate in the execution of the abovementioned crime shall suffer the penalties herein prescribed and also the penalty of permanent disqualification.
RA 8552, Section 21 — Violations And Penalties. Read the full provision →
What the law says
Any person who shall cause the fictitious registration of the birth of a child under the name(s) of a person(s) who is not his/her biological parent(s) shall be guilty of simulation of birth, and shall be punished by prision mayor in its medium period and a fine not exceeding Fifty thousand pesos (P50,000.00).
RA 8552, Section 21 — Violations And Penalties. Read the full provision →
What the now-repealed RA 8552 provided for medical personnel
Section 21 of RA 8552 answered this question directly: any physician or nurse or hospital personnel who, in violation of his/her oath of office, shall cooperate in the execution of the abovementioned crime shall suffer the penalties herein prescribed and also the penalty of permanent disqualification. Under that provision, a doctor or nurse who helped falsify the paperwork faced the same punishment as the person who committed the underlying offense, plus permanent disqualification on top of it.
The underlying crime this built on
The medical-personnel penalty referred back to a specific offense: any person who shall cause the fictitious registration of the birth of a child under the name(s) of a person(s) who is not his/her biological parent(s) shall be guilty of simulation of birth, and shall be punished by prision mayor in its medium period and a fine not exceeding Fifty thousand pesos (P50,000.00). Faking a birth certificate to disguise an adoption as a biological birth is exactly what this offense described.
RA 8552 has been repealed
This is no longer the governing statute. Republic Act No. 8552 was repealed in its entirety by Republic Act No. 11642 (2022). Domestic adoption is no longer handled as a court petition the way RA 8552 described; RA 11642 created an administrative process instead, run through the National Authority for Child Care, and it is that body which now oversees adoption in the Philippines.
What this means today
Because RA 8552 has been repealed, this article cannot tell you what penalties currently apply to a doctor or nurse who helps falsify a birth registration for an adoption. What can be said with confidence is that the specific provision quoted above is no longer the law being applied, and any such conduct today would be assessed under RA 11642 and other current law, not RA 8552's repealed text.