Section 16Sec./Art. 16

Role of LGUs. -LGUs are mandated to support the integration of the scholar into the public health and medical service system by performing the following functions:

(a) Create a mechanism or system to provide the necessary support, including support to ensure their safety and protection, for the integration of physicians who will be assigned to the LGU;

(b) Coordinate with the DOH and the physicians to determine the specific health needs or requirements of the community and provide the necessary assistance, including involvement in the research component of the medical service system;

(c) As far as practicable and subject to availability of funds, maintain a regular counterpart fund to be used for providing the balance of the scholarship budget for scholars enrolled in SUCs or PHEIs;

(d) Provide other forms of financial assistance, subject to availability of funds, to support the integration program of doctors in the LGUs;

(e) Recommend to the CHED any strategies to improve the implementation of the MSRS Program;

(f) In coordination with the CHED, SUC or PHEI concerned, conduct an information dissemination campaign on the MSRS Program within the municipality or province, with the objective of attracting qualified applicants to the said Program;

(g) Execute and enforce laws, ordinances and regulations which may, directly or indirectly, have a positive impact on the MSRS Program; and

(h) Perform all other acts to assist the scholar to ensure that the scholar finishes the Doctor of Medicine Program within the timeframe provided by the medical school or the CHED.