Pursuant to the powers vested in the Dangerous Drugs Board under Section 36(a) of R.A. 6425, as amended, and for the purposes of Section 30 also of the said Act, the criteria established under Board Regulation No. 1, s. 1972, are hereby amended to read as follows:

1.       The physician must be registered with the Board of Medical Examiners, and duly licensed to practise in the country;

2.       The applicant must have been actively involved in dangerous drugs control work for at least six (6) months prior to the filing of application for accreditation;

3.       The physician must be a psychiatrist, or in lieu thereof, he must have been in the general practice of medicine for at least three (3) years and must at least have supervised training in the diagnosis and management of drug addicts for at least three (3) months;

4.       The physician must be a member of good standing in a local medical society in his community.

This Regulation shall take effect immediately.

Adopted: 11 Oct. 1973

(SGD.) CLEMENTE S. GATMAITAN, M.D., M.P.H.
Chairman