FURTHER AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1245, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2251, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE HOSPITAL RESIDENCY LAW

• Number: Presidential Decree No. 1424
• Sections: 9

Preamble

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

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.

Section 2

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).

Section 3

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

Section 4

SEC. 4. The supervision and control of these training

programs shall be under the Department of Health and the Department of National

Defense.

Section 5

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.

Section 6

SEC. 6. The Secretary of Health and the Secretary of

National Defense shall promulgate the necessary rules and regulations to

implement this Decree.

Section 7

SEC. 7. All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations

inconsistent with this Decree are hereby repealed, modified or amended

accordingly.

Section 8

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