AMENDMENT TO PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 480 WHICH CREATED THE RADIATION HEALTH OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

• Number: Presidential Decree No. 1372
• Sections: 6

Preamble

WHEREAS, radiation has become almost indispensable in

medicine, industry, agriculture, research and other fields of activity;

WHEREAS, there is an ever increasing hazard posed by

ionizing radiation; and

WHEREAS, additional rules and regulations must be instituted

in order to cope with these hazards.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the

Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby

order and decree:

Section 1

SECTION 1. Presidential Decree No. 480 creating the

radiation Health Office of the Department of Health is hereby amended to include

the following additional functions and responsibilities:

Establish basic requirements for non-ionizing and ionizing radiation

emitting apparatus as well as installations to conform with the "Basic

Standards" laid down by the "Code of Practice" for radiation protection.

Formulate policies which are necessary to effectively upgrade the quality of

the practice of radiology in the Philippines which is essential in the primary

health care of our people.

Establish and maintain a National Radiation Standard Section commonly known

as the "Secondary Standard Dosimetry Laboratory."

Establish, supervise and operate a Bio-Medical Engineering Division.

Section 2

SEC. 2. To carry out its additional functions and

responsibilities, the Radiation Health Office of the Department of Health, aside

from its regular budget appropriation shall be appropriated additional funds out

of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the yearly

amounts of which shall be determined by the Secretary of Health through the

recommendation of the Director of the Radiation Health Office.

The appropriation of additional funds for this purpose shall be made

available the year following the effectivity of this Decree.

Section 3 Penalty Clause.

SEC. 3. Penalty Clause.—In conformity with the

Revised Administrative Code, any person or institution who shall violate any of

the rules and regulations promulgated by the Radiation Health Office in

effectively carrying out its functions, shall pay a fine of P500.00 or shall

suffer imprisonment for a period of not exceeding six (6) months or both.

Section 4 Repealing Clause.

SEC. 4. Repealing Clause.—Any provisions of law,

decree, order, rules or regulations inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed,

revised or amended accordingly.

Section 5 Effectivity Clause.

SEC. 5. Effectivity Clause.—This Decree shall take

effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 8th day of May, in the year of Our Lord,

nineteen hundred and seventy-eight.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President of the

Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA

Presidential Assistant