PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES, CODES & ISSUANCES
PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES AND CODES
REPUBLIC ACTS
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1136 - AN
ACT REORGANIZING THE DIVISION OF TUBERCULOSIS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH |
(SUPERSEDED BY EO 258, s. 1958) Section 1. The Division of Tuberculosis in the Department of Health, hereinafter called the Division, is re-organized to include an administrative section with a statistical, motor and electrical maintenance, library, and buildings and grounds maintenance units; a section of clinics and therapy; a section of prevention and immunization with a BCG immunization and children's clinic, and health education and social service units; a section of X-ray operation and maintenance; and a section of TB laboratory and research. The Division shall have a chief and an assistant chief who shall be appointed by the Secretary of Health and shall receive annual compensation at the rate of seven thousand two hundred pesos and six thousand pesos, respectively. It shall also have such technical, clerical and other personnel as may be determined by the Secretary of Health who shall appoint them and fix their compensation in accordance with law; Provided, however, That all the subordinate personnel of the present Division of Tuberculosis in the Department of Health shall continue in office with at least the same compensation.
Sec. 2. The Division shall have the following
functions: Sec. 3. There is created the National Advisory Council on Tuberculosis to be composed of the Secretary of Health, as Chairman, one representative each of the Department of Labor, Department of Education, and Social Welfare Administration, to be designated by their respective heads, a representative of the Philippine Tuberculosis Society, and a representative each of two civic organizations to be designated by the President of the Philippines. The chief of the Division of Tuberculosis shall be the executive secretary of the National Advisory Council on Tuberculosis. The said Council shall give advice to the Division regarding the performance of its functions.
Sec. 4. The FOA-PHILCUSA and WHO-UNICEF-assisted
TB and BCTG units when they are ready to the turned over fully to the
Government, all tuberculosis clinics supported by provincial or city
agreements if the provinces and cities concerned agree, and all the TB
public health activities of the Department of Health, Department of
Education, and Social Welfare Administration are transferred to the
Division of Tuberculosis as herein reorganized. The said Division is
authorized and directed to receive, staff, and maintain any TB center
or pavilion which the Philippine Tuberculosis Society may turn over
voluntarily to the Division. Approved: June 16, 1954 |