Increasing the Minimum Bed Capacity of Zamboanga City Medical Center
Republic Act No. 10613, enacted on August 28, 2013, amends Section 2 of Republic Act No. 7272 to increase the minimum bed capacity of the Zamboanga City Medical Center from 250 to 500 beds. This change positions the Medical Center as the principal hospital facility for Region IX and mandates that the increase be implemented within three years of the Act's approval. The Secretary of Health is tasked with incorporating this expansion into the Department's programs, with funding allocated in the annual General Appropriations Act. The Act takes effect 15 days after publication in a widely circulated newspaper.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Republic Act No. 10613
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Republic Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
August 28, 2013
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10613
AN ACT INCREASING THE MINIMUM BED CAPACITY OF THE ZAMBOANGA CITY MEDICAL CENTER FROM TWO HUNDRED FIFTY (250) TO FIVE HUNDRED (500), AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 2 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7272
SECTION 1. Section 2 of Republic Act No. 7272 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 2. The Medical Center shall serve as the principal hospital facility of Region IX. It shall have an increase in the bed capacity from two hundred fifty (250) to five hundred (500). The increase in bed capacity shall be implemented for a period of not more than three (3) years from the approval of this Act."
SECTION 2. The Secretary of Health shall immediately include in the Department's programs the implementation of this Act, the funding of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
SECTION 3.T his Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved: August 28, 2013. CSIcHA
Cite This Law
Increasing the Minimum Bed Capacity of Zamboanga City Medical Center, Republic Act No. 10613, Aug 28, 2013 (Philippines)
Increasing the Minimum Bed Capacity of Zamboanga City Medical Center, Republic Act No. 10613 (Phil. 2013)
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