An Act to Amend Certain Sections 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"
Year:
1954
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
June 16, 1954
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This Act amends certain sections of Republic Act No. 481, which provides for more efficient dental care for the personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. It outlines the responsibilities of the Secretary of National Defense and the structure of the dental service within the Armed Forces.Full Text
REPUBLIC ACT No. 1128
An Act to Amend Certain Sections 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"
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:
Section 1. Sections two and five of Republic Act Numbered Four hundred eighty-one are amended to read as follows:
Section 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 16, 1954.
"Sec. 2. The Secretary of National Defense shall issue such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the intent of this Act, and the procedure for the performance of the dental functions of such dental service shall be defined and prescribed by appropriate directions to be issued by the Chief of Dental Service to the end that the dental service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, shall study, plan and direct and all matters coming within the cognizance of such service and all matters relating to dentistry shall be referred to the dental service. The Chief of Dental Service shall be directly responsible to the Chief of Staff for the administrations of all matters related to the dental service. Hereafter the dental corps of the Armed Forces of the Philippines shall be known as the dental service.
"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 in time of war or other emergency 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."
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