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Section 3Sec./Art. 3
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Criteria for Conversion. The Department of Health and the Members of the House of Representatives shall be guided by the following criteria in the conversion of such municipal main health centers:
a. Absence of public health care facilities such as clinics or hospitals in the area;
b. Geographical consideration such as remoteness or isolation of communities from the mainland of a province by bodies of water or by formidable mountain terrain;
c. Inaccessibility to towns with medical care facilities due to lack of transportation facilities; and
d. General insufficiency of medical care facilities of the province or islands.
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