EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 519
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 519 - CREATING
A HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER AS AN AUTONOMOUS MEMBER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
THE PHILIPPINES SYSTEM
WHEREAS,
health is an essential component of the New Society’s program for the
upliftment of the Filipino;
WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 5163 established a Health Sciences Center,
consisting of the units of the University of the Philippines related to
the health sciences;
WHEREAS, the internal organization of the University of the Philippines
System would be improved with greater coordination and unity of
leadership among its health units;
WHEREAS, the President of the Philippines is authorized to re-organize
the government by virtue of P.D. No. 1416;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby
Order:
Section 1. Establishment of the Health Sciences
Center. — The Health Sciences Center created by R.A. No. 5163 is hereby
constituted as an autonomous university within the University of the
Philippines System, consisting of the Colleges of Medicine, Pharmacy
and Dentistry, Institute of Public Health, Philippine General Hospital,
School of Allied Medical Professions, Institute of Ophthalmology,
Institute of Health Sciences (Tacloban), Comprehensive Community Health
Program, Anesthesiology Center for the Western Pacific, National
Teacher Training Center for the Health Professions, and such other
units of the University as may be approved by its Board of Regents.
Sec. 2. Organization. — The Center shall be headed
by a Chancellor, who shall be a member ex-officio of the Board of
Regents of the University of the Philippines System, pursuant to P.D.
No. 58.
The Chancellor shall be the executive officer of the autonomous
University and shall discharge the following functions and
responsibilities:
a.
To prescribe rules for the governance of the autonomous university,
consistent with its purposes and the policies laid down by the Board of
Regents of the University of the Philippines System;
b. To submit
to the President of the University System for approval by the Board of
Regents the courses of study and academic programs, rules of
discipline, and awards of degrees and diplomas as recommended by the
University Council;
c. To maintain
links with other units of the University System so as to ensure
fruitful academic interchange and the maximization of the use of human
and physical resources;
d. To submit
to the President an annual report on the operations of the autonomous
University and such other reports as may be required;
e. To prepare
and recommend to the President for approval of the Board of Regents the
budget of the autonomous University;
f. To perform
such other functions as the Board of Regents may delegate to him;
g. To
institute or effect the appropriate and efficient exercise of such
functions or responsibilities as may be necessary for the expeditious
administration of the autonomous University.
Sec. 3. Staffing and Compensation. — The Staffing
and Compensation structure of the Center and the Office of the
Chancellor shall be determined in accordance with P.D. No. 1177, P.D.
No. 985, and other pertinent budget and compensation law.
Sec. 4. Funding. — The sum of Three Hundred Fifty
Thousand Pesos (P350,000) shall be released to the University of the
Philippines System in Calendar Year 1979 for purposes of implementing
this Order. This shall be charged to the Special Activities Fund in
B.P. No. 1 pursuant to Special Provision No. 3 governing the said Fund
and Authorizing its use for new organizational units of Government.
Amounts necessary for the operation of the Center beginning in calendar
year 1980 shall be duly provided for in the General Appropriations Act,
observing pertinent budget law: Provided, That the timing and amount of
capital outlays funds needed for the construction of the Physical plant
of the Center in Quezon City shall be duly evaluated within the context
and as part of the national public buildings program, subject to the
limits of available funds.
Sec. 5. Effectivity. — This Order shall be
immediately effective.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 24th day of January, nineteen hundred and seventy-nine.
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