Conversion of Surigao del Norte Provincial Hospital in Surigao City into Caraga Regional Hospital
Republic Act No. 8255, enacted on February 11, 1997, converts the Surigao del Norte Provincial Hospital in Surigao City into the Caraga Regional Hospital, a regional training hospital. The Secretary of Health is tasked with issuing necessary rules and regulations to implement the Act. Funding for the hospital's conversion will be included in the General Appropriations Act following the law's enactment. The Act took effect immediately upon approval and was published in the Official Gazette on May 5, 1997.
February 11, 1997
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8255
AN ACT CONVERTING THE SURIGAO DEL NORTE PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL IN SURIGAO CITY INTO A REGIONAL TRAINING HOSPITAL TO BE KNOWN AS CARAGA REGIONAL HOSPITAL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
SECTION 1. The existing Surigao del Norte Provincial Hospital in Surigao City is hereby converted into a regional training hospital to be known as Caraga Regional Hospital.
SECTION 2. The Secretary 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 immediately upon its approval.
Approved: February 11, 1997
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 93 No. 18 page 2767 on May 5, 1997.