Organization.
Section 12
SEC. 12. Organization.—The Philippine Health Service shall consist of one Director of Health, one Assistant Director under whose charges shall be a division, three chiefs of divisions, twelve deputy chiefs of divisions, nineteen medical inspectors, and a total of forty senior surgeons and junior surgeons. There shall also be'attached to the Philippine Health Service such number of assistant surgeons as may, on recommendation of the Director of Health and Council of Hygiene, and in the opinion of the Secretary of the Interior, be required, and for whom salaries shall have been provided in current appropriations: Provided, That for Purposes of organization under this Act, thirteen deputy chiefs of divisions are temporarily authorized, but the first vacancy subsequently occurring in the grade of deputy chief of division shall not be filled and thereafter the number in that grade shall be fixed at twelve. Officers of the Philippine Health Service and assistant surgeons shall perform such duties and be subject to such assignments as may be required in the interests of the service.