AN ACT TO AMEND SUBSECTION (g) OF SECTION TWENTY-FIVE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE, AS AMENDED, BY ESTABLISHING THE NURSE CORPS IN THE MEDICAL SERVICE OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES.

• Number: Republic Act No. 203
• Sections: 3

Section 1

SECTION 1. Subsection (g) of section twenty-five of Commonwealth Act Numbered One, as amended by Commonwealth Act Numbered Five hundred and sixty-nine, is further amended to read as follows:

"(g) The Medical Service shall consist of the Medical Corps, the Dental Corps, the Veterinary Corps, the Nurse Corps, the Medical Administrative Corps and such other corps as may be created by the President. It shall be charged with all matters pertaining to the physical examination, health and sanitation of personnel and animals of the army. The same pay, allowances, rights and privileges shall be granted to the members of the Nurse Corps as are given to the members of the other corps in the Medical Service."

Section 2

SEC. 2. Executive Order Numbered Two hundred and sixty-seven, series of nineteen hundred and forty, is hereby repealed.

Section 3

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, May 12, 1948.