Medical Inspection of Children Enrolled in Private Schools, Colleges and Universities
Republic Act No. 124, enacted on June 14, 1947, mandates that private schools, colleges, and universities in the Philippines with an enrollment of 300 or more students must provide a physician for annual medical inspections of their students. The appointed physician is required to report quarterly on school health activities to the Director of Health, under the supervision of the Bureau of Health. Failure to comply with this law can result in a fine of up to 500 pesos for the school's principal, director, or president. The Act aims to promote student health and has been effective since its approval.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Republic Act No. 124
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Republic Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
June 14, 1947
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 124
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE MEDICAL INSPECTION OF CHILDREN ENROLLED IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE PHILIPPINES
SECTION 1. Effective July first, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, it shall be the duty of the principal, director and/or president of a private school, college or university, with a total enrollment of three hundred or more to provide part or full time physician for the yearly medical inspection of the pupils and students enrolled therein, who shall render reports at the end of every quarter, to wit: end of September, December, March and June of each school year, of their school health activities to the Director of Health. Said physician shall be placed under the direct supervision of the Bureau of Health.
SECTION 2. It shall be incumbent on the Bureau of Health to formulate a school health medical inspection program to be observed by private schools, colleges and universities in the Philippines.
SECTION 3. Any principal, director or president of a private school, college or university who fails to comply with this or part of this Act, shall, upon conviction, pay a fine of not more than five hundred pesos.
SECTION 4. Any act or part thereof in conflict with the provisions of this Act is hereby repealed. casia
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 14, 1947.
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 43, No. 7, p. 2561 in July 1947
Cite This Law
Medical Inspection of Children Enrolled in Private Schools, Colleges and Universities, Republic Act No. 124, Jun 14, 1947 (Philippines)
Medical Inspection of Children Enrolled in Private Schools, Colleges and Universities, Republic Act No. 124 (Phil. 1947)
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