Tenth Congress
Second Regular Session

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8338, August 08, 1997 ]

AN ACT UPGRADING THE SOUTHERN ISABELA DISTRICT HOSPITAL IN SANTIAGO CITY, PROVINCE OF ISABELA, INTO A TERTIARY GENERAL HOSPITAL, TO BE KNOWN AS THE SOUTHERN ISABELA GENERAL HOSPITAL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

Section 1. The Southern Isabela District Hospital in Santiago City, Province of Isabela, is hereby upgraded into a tertiary general hospital under the direct technical and administrative supervision of the Department of Health, to be known as the Southern Isabela General Hospital.

Section 2. The Secretary of the Department of Health shall issue such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act.

Section 3. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be included in the General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into law and thereafter.1aшphi1

Section 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, Lapsed into law on August 8, 1997, without the signature of the President, in accordance with Article VI, Section 27 (1) of the Constitution.


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