Salaries of District Health Officers
ACT NO. 3297, enacted on December 2, 1926, establishes a salary structure for district health officers in the Philippines, varying based on the class of the province they serve, ranging from 2,400 to 4,500 pesos annually. Half of their salary is funded by the Philippine Health Service, while the other half comes from the provincial health fund or Insular aid if no health fund exists. The Act prohibits district health officers from engaging in private practice unless specified conditions are met, ensuring they receive only their designated salary. Additionally, these officers are entitled to vacation and accrued leave, with their salaries calculated based on their rank. Any conflicting laws are repealed, and the Act takes effect upon approval.
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- What is Salaries of District Health Officers about?
- ACT NO. 3297, enacted on December 2, 1926, establishes a salary structure for district health officers in the Philippines, varying based on the class of the province they serve, ranging from 2,400 to 4,500 pesos annually. Half of their salary is funded by the Philippine Health Service, while the other half comes from the provincial health fund or Insular aid if no health fund exists. The Act prohibits district health officers from engaging in private practice unless specified conditions are met, ensuring they receive only their designated salary. Additionally, these officers are entitled to vacation and accrued leave, with their salaries calculated based on their rank. Any conflicting laws are repealed, and the Act takes effect upon approval.
- What type of law is Act No. 3297?
- Salaries of District Health Officers (Act No. 3297) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was Salaries of District Health Officers enacted?
- Salaries of District Health Officers (Act No. 3297) was enacted on Dec 2, 1926.
- What is the citation for Salaries of District Health Officers?
- Salaries of District Health Officers, Act No. 3297, Dec 2, 1926 (Philippines)
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 3297
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
December 2, 1926
ACT NO. 3297
AN ACT TO FIX THE SALARIES OF DISTRICT HEALTH OFFICERS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
SECTION 1. Commissioned officers of the Philippine Health Service assigned as district health officers to any province constituting a health district in accordance with the provisions of section nine hundred and seventy-eight of the Administrative Code, shall receive compensation in accordance with the following scale:
(a) For first-class provinces, four thousand five hundred pesos per annum.
(b) For second-class provinces, including the Mountain Province, Zamboanga, Palawan, Davao, Lanao, Cotabato, and Sulu, four thousand pesos per annum.
(c) For third-class provinces, including Agusan, Bukidnon, and Nueva Vizcaya, three thousand six hundred pesos per annum.
(d) For fourth-class provinces, three thousand pesos per annum.
(e) For fifth- and sixth-class provinces, including Batanes, two thousand four hundred pesos per annum: Provided, That no district health officer shall receive a salary exceeding the salary assigned by law to his rank more than twelve hundred pesos per annum.
SECTION 2. One-half of the salary of the district health officers shall be paid out of the general appropriation for the Philippine Health Service and the other half shall be paid out of the health fund of the province concerned: Provided, That in provinces where there is no health fund, said half shall be paid out of the Insular aid to the province.
SECTION 3. No district health officer shall engage in private practice except in the cases and under the conditions provided for in Act Numbered Twenty-nine hundred and thirty-five; but in this case the district health officer shall receive only the salary belonging to his rank.
SECTION 4. District health officers shall be entitled to the number of days of vacation leave and accrued leave due them by virtue of their rank in the Health Service, and their salary while on vacation leave or accrued leave shall be computed in accordance with the salary of their rank or grade, regardless of what other salary they may have received or be receiving in connection with their assignment as district health officer in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
SECTION 5. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.
SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect on its approval.
Approved, December 2, 1926.
Cite This Law
Salaries of District Health Officers, Act No. 3297, Dec 2, 1926 (Philippines)
Salaries of District Health Officers, Act No. 3297 (Phil. 1926)
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