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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 649 - AN
ACT PROVIDING FOR REVISED SALARY ALLOCATIONS AND AUTOMATIC SALARY
INCREASES FOR NURSES IN THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE |
Section 1. This
Act may be cited as the "Government Nurse Salary Act."
Sec. 2. Any provision of existing of law to the
contrary notwithstanding, the minimum and maximum rates of annual
salaries for nurses in the National Government service and local and
provincial government service depending on the availability of funds as
hereby classified shall be as follows: Sec. 3. The Secretary of Health or heads of other departments of the Government which employ nurses shall allow, free of charge, quarters and subsistence to all of nurses who are employed in institutions or hospitals who shall work not exceeding forty-eight hours a week: Provided, That Government nurses assigned to Public Health Nursing shall be entitled to an additional compensation of fifty pesos to sixty pesos a month in lieu of quarters, subsistence, and laundry allowance. Sec. 4. A nurse with professional qualifications higher than the standards required for the position to which she is appointed shall be given a higher rate of entrance salary than a nurse who merely meets the standards, provided she has passed the Board Examination for Nurses and possesses the necessary civil service eligibility. Sec. 5. The scale of salaries hereinabove provided shall become effective when the Secretary of Finance and the Auditor General shall have certified to the President that there exist available funds in the National Treasury in excess of the sums appropriated in the general appropriations law sufficient to cover the increase in salaries herein authorized. Sec. 6. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval. Approved: June 15, 1951 |
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