Amends Dental Service in Armed Forces

Section 1 amends Section 3 of Republic Act No. 481.
Section 2 amends Section 5 of Republic Act No. 481 (as amended).
Republic Act No. 2071 expressly refers to Republic Act No. 1128 as part of the amended framework of Republic Act No. 481.

Section 3 requires the Dental Service to establish professional standards and policies for the conduct of the Dental Service.
Section 3 requires the Dental Service to issue instructions and to conduct inspections and surveys to maintain those standards.
Section 3 directs the Dental Service to initiate and direct all actions relating to the dental service and to actions pertaining to facilities, equipment, supplies, research, tables of organization, planning, and personnel.
Section 3 covers, within actions relating to personnel, the Dental Service’s role in appointment, training, classification, assignment, transfer, promotion, and decoration of personnel.
Section 3 requires the Dental Service to submit estimates of the amount of funds needed to maintain the Dental Service.

Section 5 mandates that the number of Dental Service officers shall not be less than two officers for every one thousand (1,000) of the total strength of the AFP authorized from time to time.
Section 5 requires that a separate roster for Dental Service officers be kept separate from the Medical Service.
Section 5 provides that the Dental Service shall consist of commissioned officers of the same grades and proportionately distributed among such grades as are provided for the Medical Corps as now or may hereafter be provided.
Section 5 grants that Dental Service officers shall have the rank, pay, and allowances of officers of corresponding grades in the Medical Corps.