[ Act No. 2161, February 06, 1912 ]
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CLASSES FOR THE INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING OF MALE AND FEMALE NURSES UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH," BY REMOVING THE RESTRICTION AS TO THE NUMBER OF NURSES OF EACH SEX THAT MAY BE ADMITTED DURING ANY ONE YEAR.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Legislature, that:
SECTION 1. The first paragraph of section two of Act Numbered Nineteen hundred and seventy-five is hereby amended to read as follows:
Enacted, February 6, 1912.
SECTION 1. The first paragraph of section two of Act Numbered Nineteen hundred and seventy-five is hereby amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 2. The Director of Health, so far as consistent with the interest of the public service, shall select from amongst those persons jointly recommended by district health officers and division superintendents of schools, or in default thereof by provincial boards, students for the aforesaid classes from provinces organized under the Provincial Government Act and from the Provinces of Palawan, Mindoro, and Batanes, and the number of students selected shall not exceed one hundred in all of each sex: Provided, That in the admission of said students the highest average obtained in the examinations referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of the next preceding section, shall be taken into account."SEC. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the same shall take effect on its passage, in accordance with section one of Act Numbered Nineteen hundred and forty-five of the Philippine Legislature.
Enacted, February 6, 1912.