August 8, 1997 *

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8338

AN ACT UPGRADING THE SOUTHERN ISABELA DISTRICT HOSPITAL IN SANTIAGO CITY, PROVINCE OF ISABELA, INTO A TERTIARY GENERAL HOSPITAL, TO BE KNOWN AS THE SOUTHERN ISABELA GENERAL HOSPITAL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

SECTION 1. The Southern Isabela District Hospital in Santiago City, Province of Isabela, is hereby upgraded into a tertiary general hospital under the direct technical and administrative supervision of the Department of Health, to be known as the Southern Isabela General Hospital.

SECTION 2. The Secretary of the Department of Health shall issue such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act.

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 August 8, 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. 43 page 6956 on October 27, 1997.