Transferring the Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Batac, Ilocos Norte to the Mariano Marcos State University

September 28, 1978

LETTER OF IMPLEMENTATION NO. 73

TRANSFERRING THE MARIANO MARCOS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF NURSING IN BATAC, ILOCOS NORTE TO THE MARIANO MARCOS STATE UNIVERSITY

WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 1525 provided for the establishment of the Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in the Mariano Marcos Memorial Regional Hospital and Medical Center in Batac, Ilocos Norte;

WHEREAS, the Mariano Marcos State University in Batac, Ilocos Norte, is operating a school of nursing as authorized in its Charter, Presidential Decree No. 1279;

WHEREAS, there is a need to strengthen and coordinate the current efforts or the Mariano Marcos Memorial Regional Hospital and Medical Center and the Mariano Marcos State University to develop a school of nursing that is responsive and effective with highly competent staff fully supported with facilities, funds and expertise; and

WHEREAS, under Presidential Decree No. 1416 dated June 5, 1978, the President is vested with continuing authority to reorganize the National Government;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby order:

SECTION 1. The Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital School of Nursing established in the Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital and Medical Center in Batac, Ilocos Norte, is hereby transferred to and made a unit of the Mariano Marcos State University.

SECTION 2. The policies, plans and programs of the school of nursing shall be subject to the approval of the Board of Regents of the Mariano Marcos State University.

SECTION 3. The Board of regents of the University is hereby empowered to determine and create an organizational structure appropriate for the school of nursing including the number, position, and salaries of its officers and staff.

The Board shall appoint all officers, and employees of the school and shall establish a compensation scheme including allowances, honoraria and other benefits, and such other conditions of employment as it may deem proper, including the engagement and provision of services of consultants and the detail of personnel, to and from the school, as the Board may deem necessary for the development of a viable school of nursing.

SECTION 4. This Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 28th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Eight.