WHEREAS, there is an ever increasing hazard posed by ionizing radiation; and
WHEREAS, additional rules and regulations must be instituted in order to cope with these hazards.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree:
SECTION 1. Presidential Decree No. 480 creating the radiation Health Office of the Department of Health is hereby amended to include the following additional functions and responsibilities:
SEC. 2. To carry out its additional functions and responsibilities, the Radiation Health Office of the Department of Health, aside from its regular budget appropriation shall be appropriated additional funds out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the yearly amounts of which shall be determined by the Secretary of Health through the recommendation of the Director of the Radiation Health Office.
The appropriation of additional funds for this purpose shall be made available the year following the effectivity of this Decree.
SEC. 3. Penalty Clause.—In conformity with the Revised Administrative Code, any person or institution who shall violate any of the rules and regulations promulgated by the Radiation Health Office in effectively carrying out its functions, shall pay a fine of P500.00 or shall suffer imprisonment for a period of not exceeding six (6) months or both.
SEC. 4. Repealing Clause.—Any provisions of law, decree, order, rules or regulations inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed, revised or amended accordingly.
SEC. 5. Effectivity Clause.—This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 8th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-eight.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines
By the President: (Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA Presidential Assistant