Pursuant to the powers vested in it by Section 36(a) of R.A. No. 6425, as amended, the Dangerous Drugs Board, in implementation of Section 24-A of said Act, hereby prescribes the following:

SECTION 1.       Any person apprehended/arrested pursuant to Section 24-A of R.A. No. 6425, as amended, for violating the provisions of said Act shall, immediately upon his arrest/apprehension, be referred by the arresting officer/s to drug testing centers designated for laboratory examinations/tests.

SECTION 2.       In addition to the existing drug testing centers already performing such laboratory examinations/tests such as the DDB, NBI, PC-INP and MOH, the Chairman is hereby authorized to designate such other drug testing centers as he may find to be adequate to perform the examinations/tests to determine the presence of dangerous drugs in body fluids and for identifying/determining the quality and quantity of drugs ingested.

SECTION 3.       Until such time as the Board has not established drug testing centers in each province or city as provided in Section 24-A of the Act, the Board shall improve or cause the improvement of drug testing centers designated by the Chairman pursuant to Section 2 hereof, by extending commodity as well as other kinds of assistance necessary to render said centers capable of conducting the examinations/tests required by said Act.  Nothing in this Regulation shall be construed as preventing the Board from establishing drug testing centers in each province or city as provided in Section 24-A of the Act.

SECTION 4.       This Regulation shall take effect immediately.

Adopted: 22 Sept. 1982

(SGD.) J. C. AZURIN
(Minister of Health)
Chairman