Section 14
SEC. 14. District health officers shall, when practicable, attend all persons, entitled by law to receive free medical aid and attendance, and upon the application of the local authorities shall, when practicable, attend free of charge persons confined in provincial or municipal prisons and inmates of other government institutions. All medicines and supplies for such purposes shall, when practicable, be furnished by the respective provinces, or municipalities, as the case may be: Provided, That medicine for the treatment of the indigent poor may be furnished by the Bureau of Health whenever it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the Director of Health that the province or municipality in which the medicines are to be used is financially unable to supply the same.