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REPUBLIC ACTS
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1340 - AN
ACT AMENDING SEC TION ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR AND FIVE OF REPUBLIC ACT
NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
THE NATIONAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE
PURPOSE |
Section 1.
Sections one, two, three, four and five of Republic Act Numbered Seven
hundred thirty-one are hereby amended to read as follows: "Section 1.
There is hereby established under the Bureau of Hospitals, the National
Children's Hospital, which shall be under the management and
supervision of a chief who must be a physician of good repute, graduate
from a medical college of recognized standing and has for five years
engaged in the practice of medicine. The chief of said hospital shall
be appointed by the Secretary of Health, upon the recommendation of the
Director of Hospitals, and shall receive a compensation of not more
than six thousand pesos per annum. The chief of the National Children's
Hospital shall have all the powers conferred generally on chiefs of
government hospitals.
"Sec. 2. It
shall be incumbent upon the National Children's Hospital to render free
medical service and give accommodation gratuitously to sick and/or
undernourished children, subject to the rules and regulations of the
Bureau of Hospitals.cralaw
"Sec. 3. The chief of the National Children's Hospital shall have the authority to promulgate, with the approval of the Director of Hospitals, such rules and regulations not inconsistent with law, as may be necessary to secure the efficient administration of the hospital and the proper enforcement of laws relating thereto. "Sec. 4.
With the approval of the Director of Hospitals, the chief may allow
subsistence, quarters, and laundry service in kind to physicians,
nurses or employees serving in the hospital whenever such actions seems
advisable for the best interest of the public service.cralaw
"Sec. 5. Upon the approval of this Act, the existing Indigent Children's Hospital shall be abolished and the personnel and all the files, records, supplies, equipments, properties and other assets and unexpended balances of the appropriation of said hospital shall be transferred to the National Children's Hospital established under the provision hereof." Sec. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved: June 16, 1955 |
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