Republic Act No. 951

: The main purpose of Republic Act No. 951 is to require certain private schools, colleges, and universities in the Philippines to provide medical and dental services for pupils and students.
: Private schools, colleges, and universities in the Philippines with a total enrollment of at least three hundred and one thousand students are covered under this law.
: Private schools must provide a part-time or full-time physician and a dentist to give medical and dental services to the enrolled pupils and students.
: The duty became effective on July 1, 1947.
: They must render reports every quarter (end of September, December, March, and June) of their school health activities to the Director of Health.
: The physician and dentist shall be placed under the direct supervision of the Bureau of Health.
: The Bureau of Health is tasked to issue rules and regulations concerning the medical and dental services that private schools, colleges, and universities must provide.
: The reports are submitted quarterly at the end of September, December, March, and June of each school year.
: Sections one and two of Republic Act No. 124 were amended by Republic Act No. 951.
: The act took effect upon its approval on June 20, 1953.