Section 4Sec./Art. 4

Objectives. To ensure the availability, accessibility and affordability of quality health care, the Philippine Coast Guard General Hospital shall have the following objectives:

(a) To provide a comprehensive and total health care services to all personnel and employees of the PCG, their dependents and the retired uniform personnel;

(b) To complement the existing package of services under the health care program so as to include preventive, promotive, diagnostic, curative and rehabilitative programs;

(c) To conduct medical examination of all the trainees of the PCG to ensure their physical and mental capability; and

(d) To monitor the condition of patients and to generate relevant information and data in aid of policy information.

As used in this Act, dependents refer to: (1) the legitimate spouse dependent for support upon the concerned PCG personnel; (2) the legitimate, illegitimate, or legally adopted children, primarily dependent upon and living with the Coast Guard personnel if such child is not more than twenty-one (21) years of age, unmarried and not gainfully employed, or is over the age of majority but incapacitated and incapable of self-support due to a mental or physical defect; and (3) the parents dependent upon the PCG personnel for support.