Dental officers staffing ratios and rosters
- Section 1 amends Section 5 of Republic Act No. 481 to require that the number of officers of the dental service must be not less than two officers for every thousand of the total strength of the AFP authorized from time to time.
- Section 1 amends Section 5 of Republic Act No. 481 to require that a separate roster for dental-service officers must be kept separate from the medical service roster.
- Section 1 amends Section 5 of Republic Act No. 481 to require that, in time of war or other emergency, the dental service shall consist of commissioned officers of the same grades and proportionately distributed among those grades as those now or hereafter provided for the medical corps.
- Section 1 amends Section 5 of Republic Act No. 481 to require that such commissioned officers, during war or other emergency, must have the rank, pay and allowances of officers of corresponding grades in the medical corps.
Coverage, effectivity, and implementation timing
- Republic Act No. 1128 is an act amending certain sections of Republic Act No. 481, entitled “An Act to Provide More Efficient Dental Care for the Personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.”
- Republic Act No. 1128 takes effect upon its approval, with approval dated June 16, 1954.
- Republic Act No. 1128 amends only Sections 2 and 5 of Republic Act No. 481 and leaves other provisions of Republic Act No. 481 unchanged.