Declared purpose and policy direction
- The law provides for the establishment, operation, and maintenance of an emergency hospital for Calabanga, Camarines Sur.
- The law authorizes funding to support the hospital’s construction of buildings and purchase of lot.
Hospital establishment and supervision
- Section 1 directs that an emergency hospital be established under the supervision of the Director of Medical Services.
- The emergency hospital must be known as Calabanga Emergency Hospital.
- The hospital’s site is to be determined by the municipal council of the Municipality of Calabanga.
- Site selection must be done in consultation with the Director of Medical Services.
Site selection and implementing governance
- Section 1 makes the municipal council of Calabanga responsible for site determination.
- The Director of Medical Services participates in site determination through consultation.
- The hospital’s operational framework is placed under the Director of Medical Services’ supervision.
Health Department rulemaking power
- Section 2 mandates that the Secretary of Health promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out the Act’s purpose.
- The rulemaking authority covers implementation requirements for the hospital’s establishment, operation, and maintenance.
Budget authorization and covered expenditures
- Section 3 authorizes the appropriation of PHP 300,000.
- The appropriation must come from any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
- The authorized funds cover establishment, operation, and maintenance of the hospital.
- The authorized funds include construction of buildings and purchase of lot.