An Act Upgrading the Cotabato Regional Hospital in Cotabato City Into a Medical Center to be Known as the Cotabato Regional and Medical Center, and Appropriating Funds Therefor
Republic Act No. 8316, enacted on June 30, 1997, upgrades the Cotabato Regional Hospital in Cotabato City to a medical center, now known as the Cotabato Regional and Medical Center, with an increased bed capacity of 400. The Department of Health is tasked with overseeing the center and creating the necessary regulations for its operation. Funding for this upgrade will be included in the General Appropriations Act in the year following the law's enactment. The Act took effect upon its approval and was published in the Official Gazette on September 29, 1997.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Republic Act No. 8316
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Republic Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
June 30, 1997 *
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8316
AN ACT UPGRADING THE COTABATO REGIONAL HOSPITAL IN COTABATO CITY INTO A MEDICAL CENTER TO BE KNOWN AS THE COTABATO REGIONAL AND MEDICAL CENTER, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
SECTION 1. The Cotabato Regional Hospital in Cotabato City is hereby upgraded into a medical center, correspondingly increasing its bed capacity to four hundred (400) beds, under the supervision of the Department of Health, to be known as the Cotabato Regional and Medical Center.
SECTION 2. The Department of Health shall issue the necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act. cd
SECTION 3. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be included in the General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into law and thereafter.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
* Lapsed into law on June 30, 1997, without the signature of the President, in accordance with Article VI, Section 27 (1) of the Constitution.
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 93 No. 39 page 6122 on September 29, 1997.
Cite This Law
An Act Upgrading the Cotabato Regional Hospital in Cotabato City Into a Medical Center to be Known as the Cotabato Regional and Medical Center, and Appropriating Funds Therefor, Republic Act No. 8316, Jun 30, 1997 (Philippines)
An Act Upgrading the Cotabato Regional Hospital in Cotabato City Into a Medical Center to be Known as the Cotabato Regional and Medical Center, and Appropriating Funds Therefor, Republic Act No. 8316 (Phil. 1997)
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