WHEREAS, there were pending before the
Congress prior to the promulgation of Proclamation No. 1081 dated
September 21, 1972, certain measures vital to the health and economic
conditions of the people; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, one of these measures is a bill entitled "An Act Insuring the
Successful Operation of Malaria Eradication Campaigns in the
Philippines;" and
WHEREAS, this measure will greatly help in reducing to the minimum the
incidence of malaria, if not totally eradicate it, thereby removing one
of the deterrents to our economic endeavors;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as
Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and
pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081 dated September 21, 1972, and General
Order No. 1 dated September 22, 1972, as amended, and in order to
overcome serious setbacks in malaria eradication campaigns on account
of the refusal of house owners to cooperate in this campaign, do hereby
decree that H. No. 15077, entitled " An Act Insuring the Successful
Operation of Malaria Eradication Campaigns in the Philippines," as
herein incorporated, is hereby adopted and approved, and made part of
the law of the land.
Section 1. To insure a successful campaign for the
eradication of malaria in the Philippines in order to promote the
general health and welfare of the people as a whole and to alleviate
specifically the injurious effects of malaria on agricultural
productivity, rural development, industrial endeavor and community
development, anti-malaria workers of the Malaria Eradication Service of
the Department of Health are hereby authorized:cralaw:red
(a) To enter private premises, dwellings and yards
without being guilty of trespass thereof, in order to spray the houses
or to canvass for malaria cases, take blood films, give treatment and
other anti-malaria activities necessary to eradicate malaria;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(b) To gather data from other agencies for
consolidation of records on the incidence of malaria and to conduct
investigation, studies, research and demonstration with the view of
discovering a solution to the problems incidental to the purpose of
this Decree.
Section 2. Government and private hospitals, clinics
and other health agencies are required to report to the Malaria
Eradication Service in the Department of Health any incidence that may
come to their knowledge. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 3. Anti-malaria workers shall see to it that
the insecticide residue on sprayed surfaces, being essential to the
success of the anti-malaria program, shall not be wilfully removed but
must be allowed to stay on the wall until the termination of the
spraying campaign.
Section 4. Any person who refuses or obstruct an
anti-malaria worker from the performance of the duties provided in this
Decree or refuses, without just cause, to allow said worker free entry
to his premises during a malaria control campaign shall be fined not
less than three hundred pesos nor more than five hundred pesos, or by
imprisonment for not less than one month but not more than three
months, or both, depending upon the discretion of the court.
Section 5. The Director of the Malaria Eradication
Service, with the approval of the Secretary of the Department of
Health, is hereby authorized to issue rules and regulations for the
proper implementation of the other provisions of this Decree.
Section 6. All Acts, parts of Acts and executive
orders inconsistent with the provisions of this Decree are hereby
repealed.
Section 7. This Decree shall take effect
immediately. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Done in the City of Manila,
this 27th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and seventy-two.
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