Incentives for Dental Service Officers AFP

Republic Act No. 3093 promotes career incentives for officers in the Dental Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
Republic Act No. 3093 authorizes the appropriation of funds to implement its benefits and provisions.

Section 1 requires that any officer of the Dental Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines on active duty shall receive an incentive pay of PHP 100 monthly.
The PHP 100 monthly incentive pay is in addition to the officer’s salary and other allowances under existing laws and regulations.
Section 1 makes the incentive pay subject to conditions that determine when it accrues and when it is replaced.

Section 1 provides that the incentive pay shall not accrue in favor of an officer in time of war or declared national emergency.
Section 1 provides that the incentive pay shall not accrue while the officer is receiving additional pay for overseas service involving war or under conditions approximating war.

Section 1 grants officers in the Dental Service who receive or are authorized to receive flight or sea duty pay an option.
The officer’s option is to receive either the incentive pay under Republic Act No. 3093 or the flight or sea duty pay.
Section 1 imposes the rule that in no case is the officer entitled to both incentive pay and flight/sea duty pay.

Section 2 empowers the President of the Philippines to commission a person admitted to the practice of dentistry in the Philippines.
Section 2 requires that the commission must be to the rank of first lieutenant in the Dental Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
Section 2 states that the President’s power applies “Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding.”
Section 2 makes the commissioning power subject to rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of National Defense.

Section 3 appropriates PHP 200,000 or so much as may be necessary from funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Section 3 directs the appropriation to carry out the Act’s provisions during the first year of its implementation.
Section 3 provides that afterward, the necessary funds for the same purpose shall be included in the annual appropriation for the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

Section 4 states that the Act’s effectivity occurs upon its approval.
The incentive pay and commissioning mechanisms operate under Section 1 and Section 2, respectively, with the President’s commissioning power subject to Secretary of National Defense rules and regulations.