Conversion of Isabela Puericulture Center in Isabela, Negros Occidental into Isabela Maternity and Emergency Hospital
Republic Act No. 3269, enacted on June 17, 1961, converts the Isabela Puericulture Center in Negros Occidental into the Isabela Maternity and Emergency Hospital under the Bureau of Medical Services. The act stipulates that the hospital's chief must be a qualified medical professional with at least five years of practice and is appointed by the Secretary of Health. It also empowers the Secretary to establish operational rules and appoint staff for the hospital. An initial appropriation of fifty thousand pesos is authorized for its operation for the fiscal year 1961-1962, with provisions for future funding in subsequent General Appropriation Acts. The law became effective upon its approval.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Republic Act No. 3269
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Republic Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
June 17, 1961
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3269
AN ACT CONVERTING THE ISABELA PUERICULTURE CENTER IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ISABELA, PROVINCE OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, INTO A MATERNITY AND EMERGENCY HOSPITAL, AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS THEREFOR
SECTION 1. The Isabela Puericulture Center in the Municipality of Isabela, Province of Negros Occidental, is hereby converted into a maternity and emergency hospital under the Bureau of Medical Services, to be known as the Isabela Maternity and Emergency Hospital. The chief of hospital shall be appointed by the Secretary of Health upon the recommendation of the Director of Medical Services. cd i
SECTION 2. No person shall be appointed chief of the Isabela Maternity and Emergency Hospital unless he is a graduated of a medical college recognized by the government, has passed examination for the practice of the medical profession given by the Board of Medical Examiners and has been in the actual practice of medical profession for at least five years prior to his appointment. cd i
SECTION 3. The Secretary of Health shall prescribe the rules and regulations for the establishment and operation of the hospital and shall also appoint the subordinate personnel of the same for its proper operation to carry into effect the purpose of this Act.
SECTION 4. The chief of the hospital shall exercise the powers, duties and functions that are generally granted to chiefs of government hospitals.
SECTION 5. The sum of fifty thousand pesos, out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the operation and maintenance of the Isabela Maternity and Emergency Hospital for the fiscal year nineteen hundred sixty-one to nineteen hundred sixty-two and, thereafter, the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary to carry into effect the purposes of this Act shall be included in the annual General Appropriation Acts.
SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 17, 1961 cd
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 58, No. 9, p. 1695 on February 26, 1962
Cite This Law
Conversion of Isabela Puericulture Center in Isabela, Negros Occidental into Isabela Maternity and Emergency Hospital, Republic Act No. 3269, Jun 17, 1961 (Philippines)
Conversion of Isabela Puericulture Center in Isabela, Negros Occidental into Isabela Maternity and Emergency Hospital, Republic Act No. 3269 (Phil. 1961)
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