Amendment to Hospital Residency Law

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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1424: Amendment to Hospital Residency Law

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Title Source: Supreme Court: Amendment to Hospital Residency Law

Law: Presidential Decree No. 1424

Decision Date: Jun 9, 1978

Presidential Decree No. 1424 amends the Hospital Residency Law to address the brain drain of medical manpower by including various disciplines in training programs and developing a program to utilize graduates in the government medical service.

Exemption from 40-Hours Workweek Law

Physicians undergoing training in these teaching and training hospitals are exempted from Republic Act No. 5901, commonly known as the 40-Hours a Week Law.

Disciplines Included in Training Programs

The training programs cover multiple medical disciplines with prescribed lengths:
1. Orthopedic Surgery - 4 years
2. General Surgery - 4 years
3. General Medicine - 4 years
4. Obstetrics and Gynecology (Ob-Gyn) - 4 years
5. Pediatrics - 4 years
6. Ear, Eye, Nose, and Throat (E.E.N.T.) - 4 years
7. Neurology & Psychiatry - 4 years
8. Radiology & Radiotherapy - 4 years
9. Urology (1 year General Surgery; 3 years Urology) - 4 years
10. Pulmonary Diseases - 4 years
11. Anesthesiology - 3 years
12. Pathology - 3 years
13. Rehabilitation - 3 years
14. General Practice - 2 to 12 years
15. Tropical Medicine - 2 years
16. Clinical Pathology - 2 years

Supervision and Control

The Department of Health and the Department of National Defense have joint supervision and control over these training programs.

Utilization of Graduates

The Department of Health and the Department of National Defense are mandated to develop a program to assimilate and utilize the graduates of these training programs effectively within the government medical service to address manpower needs.

Rulemaking Authority

The Secretaries of Health and National Defense are empowered to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement this decree.

Repeal and Effectivity

All laws, decrees, orders, rules, or regulations inconsistent with this decree are repealed, modified, or amended accordingly.
The decree takes effect immediately upon signing.

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