Section 52Sec./Art. 52

Transition Period. - The transfer of functions, assets, funds, equipment, properties, transactions, and personnel of the affected agencies, and the formulation of the internal organic structure, staffing pattern, and operating system of the PhilATOM shall be completed within one (1) year from the effectivity of this Act; Provided, That until new appointments and new staffing pattern shall have been issued, the existing personnel of all subsumed entities shall continue to assume their posts on holdover capacities.

A Transition Committee is hereby created which shall be composed of the Director of the PNRI, the Director of the FDA-CDRRHR, and the Director General of FDA.

The Transition Committee shall facilitate the complete and full operation of the PhilATOM which shall not be later than one (1) year from the effectivity of this Act. It shall likewise promulgate the Transition Plan necessary to effectively implement the smooth and orderly transfer to the PhilATOM of the subsumed agencies.

The PhilATOM, in consultation with the Transition Committee and the DBM, shall create the staffing pattern within one hundred twenty (120) days from the effectivity of this Act. The PhilATOM shall draw up its organizational structure with the necessary qualification requirements and standards in accordance with the civil service law, rules, and regulations for evaluation and approval of the DBM. All regulatory functions, including all powers, duties, records, files, equipment, assets, and funds of the PNRI are hereby transferred to the PhilATOM.

All regulatory functions regarding the use of devices generating ionizing radiation of the Radiation Regulation Division of the FDA-CDRRHR are hereby transferred to the PhilATOM including all powers, functions, duties, records, files, equipment, assets, and funds. There shall be no demotion in ranks and positions, and no diminution in salaries, benefits, allowances, and emoluments of all PNRI and FDA-CDRRHR personnel to be transferred to the PhilATOM.

Qualified employees of the PhilATOM and its attached units shall be covered by Republic Act No. 8439 or the Magna Carta for Scientists, Engineers, Researchers and other Science and Technology Personnel in Government.