WHEREAS, the use of radiation, although beneficial to the development of the country, carries with it certain hazards and, therefore, should be properly regulated;
WHEREAS, the danger to public health posed by ionizing radiation is similar in effect to other dangers to public health resulting from human activity; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Health, being the government agency charged with the functions of safeguarding and promoting the people's health, should be assigned the responsibility to institute proper measures for the effective control of such radiation hazards.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081 dated September 21, 1972, and General Order No. 1 dated September 22, 1972, as amended, do hereby decree and order:
SECTION 1. Creation; Functions.—There is hereby created in the Department of Health a Radiation Health Office which shall have the following functions:
SEC. 2. Relationship with other entities.—The
Radiation Health Office shall, in the furtherance of its functions and
duties, cooperate and coordinate with governmental and private entities
as well as international organizations involved in activities related to
radiation.
SEC. 3. Appropriations.—To carry out the functions of the Office herein created, there is hereby appropriated the amount to Two Hundred Thousand Pesos (P200,000.00) out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated. The same amount or such amounts as shall be needed shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act for the continued operation of the Office.
SEC. 4. Repealing clause.—Any provisions of law, decree, order, rules or regulations inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed, revised or amended accordingly.
SEC. 5. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 6th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-four.
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FERDINAND E. MARCOS | ||||||
President of the Philippines | |||||||
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By the President: | ||||||
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ALEJANDRO MELCHOR | ||||||
Executive Secretary |