QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 268)
EO No. 317 was issued pursuant to Commonwealth Act No. 430. It authorizes and directs the organization of the Department of Health and Public Welfare (DH&PW) effective January 1, 1941, based on powers conferred by CA No. 430.
EO No. 317 states that the organization of the DH&PW is effective January 1, 1941.
It is charged with (1) protecting the health of the people, (2) maintaining sanitary conditions, and (3) properly enforcing laws and regulations relative to health, sanitation, food, drugs and narcotics, slum housing, garbage disposal, and other social services.
It means the Department provides control and oversight at the executive level over the enumerated bureaus, boards, local health departments, hospitals/dispensaries/clinics, markets and slaughterhouses, health resorts and establishments, and charitable/relief agencies covered by the Order.
Examples include: the Bureau of Health; the Bureau of Public Welfare; the Bureau of Quarantine Service; the Board of Medical Examiners; the Board of Dental Examiners; the provincial/city/municipal hospitals, dispensaries and clinics; and public markets and slaughterhouses.
Yes. It includes “all charitable and relief agencies, including institutions for the care of the aged and/or infirm and of dependent, defective and/or delinquent children,” supported wholly or partially by the Government or any of its branches or instrumentalities.
The activities, functions, and duties of the Secretary of Public Instruction in connection with sanitation and health matters were transferred to, and thereafter performed by, the Secretary of Health and Public Welfare.
The transfer takes effect as of January 1, 1941, or as soon thereafter as practicable, but not later than January 31, 1941.
From the forced savings in salaries and wages and sundry expenses of the Bureaus and Offices of the Department of Public Instruction.
They shall be expended in accordance with a budget to be approved by the President.
They are transferred to the Department of Health and Public Welfare.
They must make the necessary adjustments of the appropriations affected by the reorganization.
The Office of the Commissioner of Health and Welfare and the Council of Hygiene are abolished, and their functions and duties are transferred to the Department of Health and Public Welfare.
EO No. 317 is issued pursuant to CA No. 430 and by virtue of powers conferred by it; it uses CA No. 430 as its enabling law.
Health and sanitation generally, food, drugs and narcotics, slum housing, garbage disposal, and other social services.
It was done at the City of Manila on January 7, 1941.