1965 / Jun
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4359 AN ACT TO CREATE THE NATIONAL SCHISTOSOMIASIS CONTROL COMMISSION, AUTHORIZING THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR. June 19, 1965
[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4359, June 19, 1965 ]
AN ACT TO CREATE THE NATIONAL SCHISTOSOMIASIS CONTROL COMMISSION, AUTHORIZING THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
SECTION 1. The National Schistosomiasis Control Commission is hereby created under the Department of Health to serve as a liaison agency between the government of the Philippines and the WHO/UNICEF, and as a coordinating body to ensure the concerted effort of various agencies concerned in planning and implementing a comprehensive program for schistosomiasis control in endemic and potentially endemic areas of the country.
SEC. 2. The membership of the Commission shall be composed of the following: The Secretary of Health as chairman, the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources, the Secretary of Public Works and Communications, the Chairman, National Economic Council, the Social Welfare Administrator, the Commissioner of Agricultural Productivity, the Director General of Program Implementation Agency, the National Irrigation Administrator, the Presidential Assistant on Community Development, the General Manager, National Waterworks & Sewerage Authority, the Budget Commissioner, and the President, Philippine Medical Association.
The chairman may designate the technical head of the schistosomiasis control program as executive secretary of the Commission. He may also secure the services on detail basis of officials and employees of other branches and agencies of the government to assist the Commission in the discharge of its duties and functions.
SEC. 3. The Commission shall create an executive committee and such other committees or sub-committees as may be necessary for the effective and efficient performance of its duties and proper exercise of its powers and responsibilities.
Under the executive committee there shall be created the secretariat and the necessary personnel provided therefor to carry out the administrative and general services functions of the National Schistosomiasis Control Commission.
SEC 4. The members of the National Schistosomiasis Control Commission will serve in honorary capacity and shall receive no compensation or remuneration, except traveling expenses andper diemswhen attending sessions of the Commission, its committees and sub-committees in such amount and under such conditions as the Secretary of Health may prescribe.
SEC 5. The National Schistosomiasis Control Commission shall have the following powers and duties:
SECTION 1. The National Schistosomiasis Control Commission is hereby created under the Department of Health to serve as a liaison agency between the government of the Philippines and the WHO/UNICEF, and as a coordinating body to ensure the concerted effort of various agencies concerned in planning and implementing a comprehensive program for schistosomiasis control in endemic and potentially endemic areas of the country.
SEC. 2. The membership of the Commission shall be composed of the following: The Secretary of Health as chairman, the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources, the Secretary of Public Works and Communications, the Chairman, National Economic Council, the Social Welfare Administrator, the Commissioner of Agricultural Productivity, the Director General of Program Implementation Agency, the National Irrigation Administrator, the Presidential Assistant on Community Development, the General Manager, National Waterworks & Sewerage Authority, the Budget Commissioner, and the President, Philippine Medical Association.
The chairman may designate the technical head of the schistosomiasis control program as executive secretary of the Commission. He may also secure the services on detail basis of officials and employees of other branches and agencies of the government to assist the Commission in the discharge of its duties and functions.
SEC. 3. The Commission shall create an executive committee and such other committees or sub-committees as may be necessary for the effective and efficient performance of its duties and proper exercise of its powers and responsibilities.
Under the executive committee there shall be created the secretariat and the necessary personnel provided therefor to carry out the administrative and general services functions of the National Schistosomiasis Control Commission.
SEC 4. The members of the National Schistosomiasis Control Commission will serve in honorary capacity and shall receive no compensation or remuneration, except traveling expenses andper diemswhen attending sessions of the Commission, its committees and sub-committees in such amount and under such conditions as the Secretary of Health may prescribe.
SEC 5. The National Schistosomiasis Control Commission shall have the following powers and duties:
- Formulate and carry out a comprehensive national schistosomiasis control program.
- Foster effective exchange of information and coordination of projects, programs and activities of various agencies connected with schistosomiasis control.
- Establish effective liaison with participating agencies.
- Submit recommendations to the President on administrative or legislative measures that will effectively carry out a national control program for the disease.