REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2071 - AN ACT TO
AMEND CERTAIN SECTION OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY-ONE,
ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE MORE EFFICIENT DENTAL CARE FOR THE
PERSONNEL OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES," AS AMENDED BY
REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ELEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT |
Section 1.
Section three of Republic Act Numbered Four hundred eighty-one is
amended to read as follows: "Sec. 3.
The Dental Service shall (1) establish professional standards and
policies for the conduct of the Dental Service; (2) issue instructions
and conduct inspections and surveys for the maintenance of such
standards; (3) initiate and direct all actions relating to the dental
service and pertaining to facilities, equipment, supplies, research,
tables of organization, planning and personnel, including the
appointment, training, classification, assignment, transfer, promotion
and decoration of personnel; and (4) submit estimated of the amount of
funds needed to maintain the Dental Service." Sec. 2. Section five of Republic Act Numbered Four hundred eighty-one, as amended, is further amended to read as follows: "Sec. 5.
The number of officers of the Dental Service shall not be less than two
officers for every thousand of the total strength of the AFP authorized
from time to time. A separate roster for officers of the Dental Service
shall be kept separate from the Medical Service. Hereafter the Dental
Service shall consist of commissioned officers of the same grades and
proportionately distributed among such grades as are now or may
hereafter be provided for the Medical Corps, and who shall have the
rank, pay and allowances of officers of corresponding grades in the
medical corps." Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.cralaw Approved: June 13, 1958. |