Establishment of Sulu Medical Center in Siasi, Sulu
Republic Act No. 6349, enacted on June 19, 1971, establishes the Sulu Medical Center, a fifty-bed hospital in Siasi, Sulu. The hospital will operate under the supervision of the Director of Medical Services, with its site determined by local authorities in consultation with the Director. The act allocates an initial appropriation of five hundred thousand pesos for the hospital's establishment and operations, with future funding to be included in the annual General Appropriations Act. The Secretary of Health is tasked with creating necessary regulations to implement the act. This legislation took effect upon its approval.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Republic Act No. 6349
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Republic Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
June 19, 1971
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6349
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A HOSPITAL IN THE PROVINCE OF SULU TO BE LOCATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SIASI, TO BE KNOWN AS SULU MEDICAL CENTER, AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS THEREFOR
SECTION 1. There shall be established under the supervision of the Director of Medical Services, a fifty-bed capacity hospital in the Province of Sulu, to be located in the Municipality of Siasi, to be known as the Sulu Medical Center. The site for the said hospital shall be determined by the Provincial Board of the Province of Sulu and the Municipal Council of the Municipality of Siasi, in consultation with the Director of Medical Services.
SECTION 2. The Secretary of Health shall promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry into effect the purpose of this Act.
SECTION 3. The sum of five hundred thousand pesos is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the establishment, operation and maintenance of said hospital during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventy. Such sum as may be needed for its operation and maintenance in subsequent years shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Enacted without Executive approval on June 19, 1971.
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 67, No. 52, p. 10021 on December 27, 1971
Cite This Law
Establishment of Sulu Medical Center in Siasi, Sulu, Republic Act No. 6349, Jun 19, 1971 (Philippines)
Establishment of Sulu Medical Center in Siasi, Sulu, Republic Act No. 6349 (Phil. 1971)
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