REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1082 - AN
ACT STRENGTHENING HEALTH AND DENTAL SERVICES IN THE RURAL AREAS, AND
PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR |
Section 1.
Nomenclature. – The District Health Officers shall henceforth be called
Provincial Health Officers, and the Presidents of Sanitary Divisions,
Municipal Maternity and Charity Clinic Physicians and Heads of Units of
the Rural Health Units (FOA/PHILCUSA) of the Bureau of Health shall
henceforth be named Municipal Health Officers.cralaw Sec. 2. (a) There shall be in each province
a Provincial Health Officer, and in each congressional district, a
Public Health Dentist: Provided, however, That a congressional district
having a population of over one hundred fifty thousand shall have an
additional Public Health Dentist. The existing charity dentists under
the Bureau of Hospitals financed by the Sweepstakesd and national fund
and the dentists under the Bureau of Health shall constitute of the
nucleus for the dental service in the one hundred and two Congressional
Districts: And, provided, further, That the positions of Public Health
Dentists shall be created immediately upon the approval of this Act so
that each congressional district shall have one dentist. Sec. 3. The existing Presidents of Sanitary Divisions, Municipal Maternity and Charity Clinic Physicians, and Heads of the Units of the Rural Health Units (FOA/ PHILCUSA) of the Bureau of Health shall be the Municipal Health Officers to head the rural health units and shall remain in their present stations as municipal health officers thereat until their places of assignment are fixed by the Secretary of Health upon the recommendation of the Director of Health: Provided, however, That the additional rural health units required in section two (b) of this Act shall be established in four years from the effectivity of this Act.cralaw Sec. 4. The minimum and maximum rates of annual
salaries for the positions created in this Act shall be as
follows: Sec. 5. The duties of the Provincial Health Officers shall be the same as those enumerated in section nine hundred eighty of the Revised Administrative Code for District Health Officers, while the duties of the Municipal Health Officers shall be the same as those enumerated in section one thousand six of said Code for Presidents of Sanitary Divisions in addition to those provided for in Commonwealth Act Numbered Seven hundred four, as amended by Republic Act Numbered One hundred eighty-five, for Maternity and Charity Clinic Physicians.cralaw Sec. 6. The Secretary of Health, upon the recommendation of the Director of Health, shall promulgate rules and regulations governing the duties, functions, and distribution on the public health nurses, midwives, sanitary inspectors, and public health dentists with a view to intensify the public health services and public sanitation work in the rural areas.cralaw Sec. 7. In the event that the Health Fund created
under section one thousand twelve of the Revised Administrative Code is
not sufficient to cover the salaries of the personnel created under the
Act who are paid regularly from said fund, the balance shall be taken
from the fund hereinafter provided. Sec. 9. The Office of the Section of Municipal Maternity and Charity Clinics of the Bureau of Hospitals, its personnel, equipment, supplies, records, and appropriation shall, upon the approval and operation of this Act, be transferred to the Bureau of Health.cralaw Section 10. All laws, administrative orders, executive orders, and regulations, or parts thereof inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.cralaw Section 11. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval. Approved: June 15, 1954 |