SENATE Blue Ribbon Committee Chairman Francis Tolentino is considering amending the Anti-Hazing Law to include a provision stating that a fraternity, whether recognized or not, registered or not, will hold the school accountable for their students.

Citing the doctrine of in loco parentis, Tolentino said when the children are entrusted by parents to a school, the parents delegate to the school certain responsibilities and school officials become their secondary parent.

However, Maya Angelique Jajalla, legal staff of the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities, said the group will object to the amendment because the Supreme Court has affirmed that schools cannot protect students from all risks.

Jajalla said that in the exercise of academic freedom, the school carries out its policy of banning fraternities.

Fraternities again took the spotlight following the hazing death of Adamson University student John Matthew Salilig.

Tolentino asked the National Bureau of Investigation to hunt down a medical physician who was reportedly present during the initiation rites that killed Malilig.

An affidavit submitted by Ralph Benjamin Tan said a doctor who was supposedly in attendance during Salilig’s welcoming rites refused to aid the victim when he was fighting for his life.

“‘Yung isang suspect nagsalita siya na mayroong isa silang kasamahan na may pinsang doktor na nandoon na — noong naghihingalo na halos si Matthew ay hiningian ng tulong subalit yung doktor hindi tumulong,” Tolentino said.

Tan was one of five suspects who surrendered following the discovery of Salilig’s body in Imus City, Cavite last February.

Tolentino said the doctor can be held criminally liable for refusing to save a life.