Criteria for Conversion.
Section 3
SEC. 3. Criteria for Conversion. – The Department of Health and the Members of the House of Representatives shall be guided by the following criteria in the conversion of such municipal main health centers: Absence of public health care facilities such as clinics or hospitals in the area; Geographical consideration such as remoteness or isolation of communities from the mainland of a province by bodies of water or by formidable mountain terrain; Inaccessibility to towns with medical care facilities due to lack of transportation facilities; and General insufficiency of medical care facilities of the province or islands.