Republic Act No. 2010: An act to regulate the practice of optometry in the philippines

In plain language

Republic Act No. 1998 establishes rules and standards for the practice of optometry in the Philippines, including the creation of a Board of Examiners, registration requirements, qualifications for board members, and enforcement mechanisms to ensure professional conduct.

Definition of optometry and optometrist

Prohibition of practice without registration

Creation of the Board of Examiners in Optometry

Functions of the Board: administration, certification, monitoring, enforcement

Qualifications and composition of Board members

Term of office and procedures for vacancy

Removal process for Board members

Designation of the Commissioner of Civil Service as executive officer

optometry

healthcare

regulation

medical profession

REPUBLIC ACT No. 2010

An Act to Amend Item (9), Page 558, Paragraph "am," for the Province of Palawan, Section Two of Republic Act Numbered Twelve Hundred

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:

Section 1

Item (9), page 588, paragraph "am," for the Province of Palawan, section two of Republic Act Numbered Twelve hundred, is amended to read as follows:

| "(9) Construction of building for industrial shop, Bintuan Barrio School, Coron | ₱4,000.00." |

Section 2

This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: June 22, 1957.

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