REPUBLIC ACT NO. 675, March 14, 1952

AN ACT TO FIX THE SALARIES OF PHYSICANS UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Republic Acts March 14, 1952
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. The annual salaries of physicians under the Department of Health shall be as hereinbelow fixed:

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
Chief of division
P6.000.00
Medical assistant
6,000.00
Department inspector
6,000.00
Chief of section
5,100.00
Senior specialist
4,800.00
Junior specialist
4,500.00

BUREAU OF HEALTH
Chief of division
6,000.00
Senior health inspector
6,000.00
Junior health inspector
5,400.00
Chief of section
5,100.00

Health Districts

District health officer, first class A province
6,600.00
District health officer, first class B province
6,300.00
District health officer, first class C province.
6,000.00
District health officer, second class province
5,700.00
District health officer, third class province
5,100.00
District health officer, fourth class province
4,800.00
District health officer, fifth class province
4,200.00
Assistant district health officer
3,720.00
President of sanitary division
3,120.00
SCHOOL MEDICAL AND DENTAL SERVICES
Medical Section

Chief of section
P5,100.00
Medical supervisor
P3,720.00
4,500.00
Clinic physician
2,760.00
3,480.00
Radiologist
2,760.00
3,460.00
Training center physician
2,760.00
3,460.00

BUREAU OF HOSPITALS

Chief of division
6,000.00
Senior hospital inspector
6,000.00
Senior medical supervisor
6,000.00
Senior leprologist or senior clinical specialist
6,000.00
Junior hospital inspector
5,400.00
Junior medical supervisor
5,400.00
Junior leprologist or junior clinical specialis
P5.400.00
Chief of section
5,100.00

National, Provincial, and City Hospitals

Chief of hospital
P4,800.00
6,000.00
Senior resident physician and/or

Equivalent

3,720.00
4,500.00
Junior resident physician and/or

equivalent

2,760.00
3,480.00
Other Hospitals of Lesser Category
Chief of hospital
3,720.00
4,500.00
Resident physician and/or equivalent
2,760.00
3,480.00

PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH LABORATORIES

Chief of division
6,000.00
Chief researcher
6,000.00
Chief specialist
6,000.00
Chief of section or laboratory inspector
5,100.00
Associate researcher
5,100.00
Associate specialist
5,100.00
Assistant researcher
4,500.00
Assistant specialist
4,500.00
Assistant laboratorian
4,500.00

INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION

Chief of division
P6,000.00
Chief biochemist
6,000.00
Chief biometrist
6,000.00
Chief medical nutritionist
6,000.00

SEC. 2. If a hospital is departmentalized, the chief of each of the clinical departments, working on half time basis, shall receive a salary not more than fifty per cent of his salary if working on full time basis.

SEC. 3. No chief of hospital, or president of sanitary division, shall receive salary less than that of charity clinic physician in the same locality.

SEC. 4. All laws, acts, or parts thereof, inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, are hereby repealed.

SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, March 14, 1952.