Presidential Decree No. 1424 (PD 1424) — Further Amending Republic Act No. 1245, as Amended by Republic Act No. 2251, Otherwise Known as the Hospital Residency Law
WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 1243, approved on June 10, 1955,
as amended by Republic Act No. 2251 dated June 18, 1959, which has been enforced
for the last twenty-two (22) years, has been found to be unresponsive to the
needs and demands of the government service as envisioned by the New
Society;
WHEREAS, the said law did not provide for the utilization of
graduates of the Residency Program in the government service where they are most
needed thus resulting in brain drain of medical manpower; and
WHEREAS, with the progress of medical science, it is felt
that other disciplines should be included in the training programs;
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 the fallowing amendments to Republic Act No. 1243, as amended
by Republic Act No. 2251, otherwise known as the Hospital Residency Law:
SECTION 1. All appointees to vacancies in the different
teaching or training hospitals under the Department of Health and the Department
of National Defense in the various disciplines shall be known as Resident
Trainees.
SEC. 2. All physicians undergoing training in the teaching
and training hospitals under the Department of Health and the Department of
National Defense shall not be covered by the provisions of Republic Act 5901
(40-Hours a Week Law).
SEC. 3. The training programs shall embrace the following
disciplines:
1.
Orthopedic Surgery
- 4 years
2.
General Surgery
- 4 years
3.
General Medicine
- 4 years
4.
Ob.-Gyn.
- 4 years
5.
Pediatrics
- 4 years
6.
E.E.N.T.
- 4 years
7.
Neurology & Psychiatry
- 4 years
8.
Radiology & Radiotherapy
- 4 years
9.
Urology (1 yr. General Surgery; 3 yrs. Urology)
- 4 years
10.
Pulmonary Diseases
- 4 years
11.
Anesthesiology
- 3 years
12.
Pathology
- 3 years
13.
Rehabilitation
- 3 years
14.
General Practice
- 2-½ years
15.
Tropical Medicine
- 2 years
16.
Clinical Pathology
- 2 years
SEC. 4. The supervision and control of these training
programs shall be under the Department of Health and the Department of National
Defense.
SEC. 5. To utilize the graduates of these training programs,
the Department of Health and the Department of National Defense shall draw up a
program to assimilate and utilize these graduates in the government medical
service.
SEC. 6. The Secretary of Health and the Secretary of
National Defense shall promulgate the necessary rules and regulations to
implement this Decree.
SEC. 7. All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations
inconsistent with this Decree are hereby repealed, modified or amended
accordingly.
SEC. 8. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 9th day of June, in the year of Our Lord,
nineteen hundred and seventy-eight.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the
Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) JACOBO C. CLAVE
Presidential Executive
Assistant
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