Article 59p. 59

ADMINISTRATIVE CODE AND LAW OF PUBLIC OFFICERS TEXT AND RULES

disease

control

and

service

delivery

programs

implemented by the field offices. The Undersecretary for

Public Health Services, who shall be supported by an

Assistant Secretary, shall supervise the following:

(1) Maternal and Child Health Service which shall

formulate

plans,

policies,

programs,

standards

and

techniques relative to maternal and child health; provide

consultative

training

and

advisory

services

to

implementing

agencies;

and

conduct

studies

and

research

related to health services for mothers and

children;

(2) Tuberculosis Control Service which shall formulate

plans,

policies,

programs,

standards

and

techniques

relative to the control of morbidity and mortality from

tuberculosis; provide consultative, training and advisory

services to implementing agencies; and conduct studies

and research related to tuberculosis;

(3) Family Planning Service which shall formulate

plans,

policies,

programs,

standards

and

techniques

relative to family planning in the context of health and

family welfare; provide consultative, training and advisory

services to implementing agencies; and conduct studies

and research related to family planning;

(4)

Environmental

Health

Service

which

shall

formulate

plans,

policies,

programs,

standards

and

techniques

relative

to

environmental

health

and

sanitation; provide consultative, training and advisory

services to implementing agencies; and conduct studies

and research related to environmental health;

(5)

Nutrition

Service

which

shall formulate plans,

policies, programs, standards and techniques relative to

nutrition services in the context of primary health care,

provide consultative, training and advisory services to

implementing

agencies;

and

conduct

studies

and

research related to nutrition;

(6) Dental Health Service which shall formulate plans,

policies, programs, standards and techniques relative to

dental health services; provide consultative, training and

advisory services to implementing agencies; and conduct

studies and research related to dental services;

(7) Malaria Control Service which shall formulate plans,

policies, programs, standards and techniques relative to

the control of malaria; provide consultative, training and

advisory services to implementing agencies; and conduct

studies and research to malaria and its control;

(8)

Schistosomiasis

Control

Service

which

shall

formulate

plans,

policies,

programs,

standards

and

techniques relative to the control of schistosomiasis;

provide consultative, training and advisory services to

implementing

agencies;

and

conduct

studies

and

research related to schistosomiasis and its control;

(9) Communicable Disease Control Service which shall

formulate

plans,

policies,

programs,

standards

and

techniques

relative

to

the control of communicable

diseases, other than the major causes of mortality and

morbidity, such as leprosy, sexually transmitted diseases,

filariasis and others; provide consultative, training and

advisory services to implementing agencies; and conduct

studies

and

research

related

to

these

other

communicable diseases;

(10) Non-communicable Disease Control Service which

shall formulate plans, policies, programs, standards and

techniques relative to the control of non-communicable

diseases;

provide

consultative,

training

and

advisory

services to implementing agencies; and conduct studies

and

research

related

to

mental

illness,

cardiovascular-disease, cancer, other non-communicable

diseases, and occupational health.

SECTION

14.

Office

for

Hospital

and

Facilities

Services . — The Office for Hospital and Facilities Services,

headed by an Undersecretary who shall be supported by

an Assistant Secretary, shall include four (4) staff services

involved in policy formulation, standards development,

program

monitoring

and

provision

of

specialized

assistance

in

the

operations

of

hospitals

and

the

management of facilities, which are as follows:

(1)

Hospital

Operations

and

Management

Service

which shall formulate and implement plans, programs,

policies,

standards

and

techniques

related

to

management

improvement

and

quality

control

of

hospital operations; provide consultative, training and

advisory

services

to

field

offices

in

relation

to

the

supervision and management of hospital components;

and conduct studies and research related to hospital

operations and management;

(2) Radiation Health Service which shall formulate and

implement

plans,

programs,

policies,

standards

and

techniques to ensure radiation health safety; provide

consultative, monitoring, training and advisory services to

private and government facilities with radiation-emitting

apparatus; and conduct studies and research related to

radiation health;

(3) Hospital Maintenance Service which shall formulate

and implement plans, programs, policies, standards and

techniques related to assuring the proper maintenance of

Department equipment; provide consultative, training

and

advisory

services

to

implementing

agencies

in

relation

to

preservation,

repair

and

maintenance

of

medical and non-medical equipment of the Department;

and conduct studies and research related to equipment

and facility maintenance;

(4) Health Infrastructure Service which shall formulate

and implement plans, policies, programs, standards and

techniques related to development and preservation of

health infrastructure; provide consultative, training and

advisory services to implementing agencies in relation to

infrastructure projects to assure economical and efficient

implementation;

and

conduct

studies

and

research

related to infrastructure development and utilization.

SECTION 15. Office for Standards and Regulations . —

The Office for Standards and Regulations, headed by an

Undersecretary and supported by an Assistant Secretary,

shall include three (3) bureaus and one (1) national office

that shall be responsible for the formulation of regulatory

policies and standards over the various areas of concern

in the health sector, whose implementation shall be the

general responsibility of the Department's regional field

offices. The same bureaus shall also be responsible for

those areas of activity covered by regulatory policy to

provide the Secretary with current information on the

status of these regulated areas of activity and to provide

the Secretary with a basis for preliminary evaluation of

the

efficiency

of

the

Department's

field

offices

in

performing their regulatory functions. The same bureaus

shall conduct studies and research pertinent to their

areas of responsibility . In certain instances the bureaus

may also perform consultative, training and advisory

services to the practitioners and institutions in the area of

regulated activity. The same bureaus and national office

are the following:

(1) Bureau of Research and Laboratories which shall

develop and formulate plans, standards and policies, for

the establishment and accreditation and licensing of

laboratories; blood banks and entities handling biological

products;

provide

consultative,

training and advisory

services to public and private laboratories; and conduct

studies and research related to laboratory procedures and

operations;

(2) Bureau of Food and Drugs which shall act as the

policy formulation and sector monitoring arm of the

Secretary

on

matters

pertaining

to

foods,

drugs,

traditional medicines, cosmetics and household products

containing hazardous substances, and the formulation of

rules,

regulations

and standards in accordance with

Republic Act 3720 (1963), as amended by Executive Order

No. 175, s. 1987, and other pertinent laws for their proper

enforcement; prescribe general standards and guidelines

with respect to the veracity of nutritional and medicinal

claims in the advertisement of food, drugs and cosmetics

in the various media, to monitor such advertisements;

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