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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1525
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1525
- ESTABLISHING A SCHOOL OF NURSING AND MIDWIFERY IN THE MARIANO MARCOS
MEMORIAL REGIONAL HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER IN BATAC, ILOCOS NORTE
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WHEREAS,
one of the primary objectives of the national socio-economic
development program of the New Society is to make health care services
available to the Filipino people particularly those from the rural
areas; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, to realize this primary objective there is an urgent need for
more nurses and midwives as providers of health care services working
both independently and interdependently with physicians, social
workers, physical therapists and other professional health workers to
help the people achieve, maintain and regain health;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the cost of nursing education in cities and other urban areas
has become prohibitive thereby depriving those who are in the provinces
the opportunity to pursue this professions;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the Mariano Marcos Memorial Regional Hospital and Medical
Center is ideally located to accommodate students from the provinces of
Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Viscaya, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Abra and La
Union; and
WHEREAS, the said hospital has the necessary facilities for the
establishment of a School of Nursing and Midwifery. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
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:cralaw:red
Section 1. There is hereby established in the Mariano
Marcos Memorial Regional Hospital and Medical Center in Batac, Ilocos
Norte, a School of Nursing and Midwifery hereinafter referred to as
Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital School of Nursing;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
The School shall be headed by a Principal who is a holder of Master's
Degree in Nursing Administration who shall be appointed by the
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Section 2. The organization and management of the
said school shall be subject to the rules and regulations to be issued
by the Secretary of Health; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 3. The sum of two hundred thousand pesos is
hereby appropriated out of the funds of the National Treasury, not
otherwise appropriated to carry out the purposes of this decree for the
current fiscal year. Thereafter, such sum as may be necessary for the
operation of the school shall be included in the General Appropriations
Decree.
Section 4. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 11th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-eight.
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