Executive Order No. 30




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 30, May 03, 1954 ] DESIGNATING THE DISTRICT HEALTH OFFICERS, CITY HEALTH OFFICERS AND SANITARY ENGINEERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO REGULATE THE PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION OF WATER SUPPLIES. WHEREAS, it is necessary and advisable to regulate the planning, installation and/or construction of water supplies both for public and private consumption; and WHEREAS, water supplies, if improperly located and installed and/or constructed, become possible vehicles of water-borne disease transmission; NOW, THEREFORE, I, RAMON MAGSAYSAY, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law and in the interest of public health, do hereby designate and authorize the District Health Officers, City Health Officers and Sanitary Engineers of the Department of Health to regulate the installation and/or construction of works pertaining to water supplies. Well sites as well as plans for construction of other community water supplies shall bear the approval of the District Health Officer or City Health Officer and the Sanitary Engineer of the Department of Health except in the case of waterworks which require the approval of the Director of Health. The District Health Officers, City Health Officers and Sanitary Engineers of the Department of Health shall, within their respective areas, have the authority to inspect, supervise and stop if necessary and construction of water supplies or part thereof found not in conformity with the approved plans or not in accordance with accepted public health practice. Done in the City of Manila, this 3rd day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-four, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the eighth.1a⍵⍴h!1 (Sgd.) RAMON MAGSAYSAY President of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) FRED RUIZ CASTRO Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation