Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 124)
The main purpose of Republic Act No. 124 is to provide for the medical inspection of children enrolled in private schools, colleges, and universities in the Philippines.
The principal, director, or president of a private school, college, or university with a total enrollment of three hundred or more is required to provide a part-time or full-time physician for yearly medical inspection of the pupils and students.
The Act took effect on July 1, 1947.
The physician must render reports at the end of every quarter—specifically at the end of September, December, March, and June of each school year—detailing their school health activities to the Director of Health.
The physician is placed under the direct supervision of the Bureau of Health.
The Bureau of Health is responsible for formulating a school health medical inspection program to be observed by private schools, colleges, and universities in the Philippines.
Any principal, director, or president who fails to comply with the Act shall, upon conviction, pay a fine not exceeding five hundred pesos.
Private schools, colleges, and universities in the Philippines with a total enrollment of three hundred or more are covered by the medical inspection requirement.
Yes, Republic Act No. 124 repeals any act or part thereof that is in conflict with its provisions.
The Bureau of Health is mandated to formulate and promulgate the school health medical inspection program.