An Act Authorizing The Secretary of The Interior to Establish A School of Nursing In The Southern Islands Hospital Division, As A Dependency of The School of Nursing of The Philippine General Hospital, and for Other Purposes
Act No. 2725, approved on December 18, 1917, authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to establish a School of Nursing within the Southern Islands Hospital Division, subordinate to the Philippine General Hospital's School of Nursing. This initiative aims to increase the number of trained nurses in the Philippines and improve public health. The new school will operate under the supervision of the Philippine General Hospital's Director and Superintendent of Nurses, following similar regulations. Additionally, the Southern Islands Hospital Division will be transferred from the Philippine Health Service to become a dependency of the Philippine General Hospital. The Act will take effect on January 1, 1918, and any conflicting laws will be repealed.
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- What is An Act Authorizing The Secretary of The Interior to Establish A School of Nursing In The Southern Islands Hospital Division, As A Dependency of The School of Nursing of The Philippine General Hospital, and for Other Purposes about?
- Act No. 2725, approved on December 18, 1917, authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to establish a School of Nursing within the Southern Islands Hospital Division, subordinate to the Philippine General Hospital's School of Nursing. This initiative aims to increase the number of trained nurses in the Philippines and improve public health. The new school will operate under the supervision of the Philippine General Hospital's Director and Superintendent of Nurses, following similar regulations. Additionally, the Southern Islands Hospital Division will be transferred from the Philippine Health Service to become a dependency of the Philippine General Hospital. The Act will take effect on January 1, 1918, and any conflicting laws will be repealed.
- What type of law is Act No. 2725?
- An Act Authorizing The Secretary of The Interior to Establish A School of Nursing In The Southern Islands Hospital Division, As A Dependency of The School of Nursing of The Philippine General Hospital, and for Other Purposes (Act No. 2725) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
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- An Act Authorizing The Secretary of The Interior to Establish A School of Nursing In The Southern Islands Hospital Division, As A Dependency of The School of Nursing of The Philippine General Hospital, and for Other Purposes (Act No. 2725) was enacted on Dec 18, 1917.
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- An Act Authorizing The Secretary of The Interior to Establish A School of Nursing In The Southern Islands Hospital Division, As A Dependency of The School of Nursing of The Philippine General Hospital, and for Other Purposes, Act No. 2725, Dec 18, 1917 (Philippines)
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- Act No. 2725
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
December 18, 1917
ACT NO. 2725
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TO ESTABLISH A SCHOOL OF NURSING IN THE SOUTHERN ISLANDS HOSPITAL DIVISION, AS A DEPENDENCY OF THE SCHOOL OF NURSING OF THE PHILIPPINE GENERAL HOSPITAL, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
SECTION 1. With a view to preparing the greatest number possible of nurses in the Philippine Islands for the hospital service and the improvement of public health conditions, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to establish and create in the Southern Islands Hospital Division a School of Nursing subject and subordinate to the School of Nursing of the Philippine General Hospital. The School of Nursing of the Southern Islands Hospital hereby established shall be under the executive control and supervision of the Director and the Superintendent of Nurses of the Philippine General Hospital, in the same manner as the School of Nursing of said General Hospital, and the provisions of existing law not incompatible herewith, applicable to the School of Nursing of the General Hospital, shall be applicable also to the School of Nursing of the Southern Islands Hospital, as a dependency of the School of Nursing of said Philippine General Hospital. The funds necessary for the purposes of this Act shall be appropriated in the appropriation acts.
SECTION 2. In order to facilitate the carrying out of the purposes of this Act, it is necessary and it is hereby provided, that the Southern Islands Hospital Division be transferred from the Philippine Health Service to the Philippine General Hospital, so that hereafter the said Southern Islands Hospital shall constitute a dependency of the Philippine General Hospital.
SECTION 3. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on January first, nineteen hundred and eighteen.
Approved, December 18, 1917.
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An Act Authorizing The Secretary of The Interior to Establish A School of Nursing In The Southern Islands Hospital Division, As A Dependency of The School of Nursing of The Philippine General Hospital, and for Other Purposes, Act No. 2725, Dec 18, 1917 (Philippines)
An Act Authorizing The Secretary of The Interior to Establish A School of Nursing In The Southern Islands Hospital Division, As A Dependency of The School of Nursing of The Philippine General Hospital, and for Other Purposes, Act No. 2725 (Phil. 1917)
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