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Introduced by SENATOR IMEE R. MARCOS
AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A COLLEGE OF MEDICINE IN THE SOUTHERN LUZON STATE 
UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS LOCATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF LUCBAN, 
PROVINCE OF QUEZON, TO BE KNOWN AS THE SOUTHERN LUZON STATE 
UNIVERSITY-COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Section 1, Article XIV of the 1987 Constitution provides that, "The State shall 
protect and promote the rights of all citizens to quality education at all levels and shall 
take appropriate steps to make such education accessible to all."
Southern Luzon State University (SLSU) is the premier, state-funded higher 
education institution in Quezon Province in the Philippines operating by virtue of 
Republic Act 9395 or the SLSU Charter. It is composed of 11 campuses in the province 
of Quezon, with the main campus situated in the Municipality of Lucban.
SLSU is mandated to primarily provide advanced education, professional, 
technological instruction in the fields of allied medicine, education, engineering, 
agriculture, fisheries, forestry, environment, arts and sciences, accountancy, 
cooperative, business and entrepreneurship, technology and other relevant fields of 
study. It also undertake research and extension services and provide progressive 
leadership in its areas of specialization.
To date, SLSU has a College of Allied Medicine and is offering Bachelor of 
Nursing, Diploma/ Certificate in Midwifery, Master of Arts in Medical Surgical Nursing 
and Master of Arts in Psychiatric Nursing.
The COVID-19 pandemic showed the loopholes of the medical sector in our 
country including the shortage of doctors. The World Health Organization estimates


that fewer than 2.3 health workers (physicians, nurses, and midwives only) per 1,000 
would be insufficient to achieve coverage of primary healthcare needs.
This bill seeks to bolster the preparation for possible future pandemics and 
calamities by providing quality and accessible medical education to all Filipinos through 
the establishment of a medical school in the Southern Luzon State University (SLSU) 
Main Campus in Lucban, Quezon.
In view of the foregoing, the immediate passage of this bill is respectfully
sought.
E R. MARCOS


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Introduced by SENATOR IMEE R. MARCOS
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AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A COLLEGE OF MEDICINE IN THE SOUTHERN LUZON STATE 
UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS LOCATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF LUCBANf 
PROVINCE OF QUEZON, TO BE KNOWN AS THE SOUTHERN LUZON STATE 
UNIVERSITY-COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled:
SECTION 1. Establishment - There is hereby established a medical school in 
the Southern Luzon State University (SLSU)-Main Campus located in the Municipality of 
Lucban, Province of Quezon, to be known as the "Southern Luzon State University- 
College of Medicine".
SEC. 2. General Mandate. - The Southern Luzon State University-College of 
Medicine, hereinafter referred to as the "College", shall primarily offer a Doctor of 
Medicine Program, including an Integrated Liberal Arts and Medicine Program, 
consisting of basic science and clinical courses, and using a learner-centered, 
competency-based, and community-oriented approach. The primary goal of the College 
shall be to develop a corps of professional physicians to strengthen the healthcare 
system of the country, as well as to respond to the human resource development needs 
of the Province of Quezon and Region IV-A.
The College is also mandated to undertake research and extension services and 
provide progressive leadership in these areas.
SEC. 3. Governance. - The governance of the College shall be vested in the 
Board of Regents of the SLSU, hereinafter referred to as the Board, whose powers are 
defined under Republic Act No. 9395, entitled "An Act Converting the Southern Luzon


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Polytechnic College in the Municipality of Lucan, Province of Quezon, its Units and 
Satellite Campuses in the Municipalities of Sampaloc, Infanta, Polillo, Tagkawayan, 
Alabat and Tiaong, and the Lucena Dual-Tech Livelihood and Training Center in the 
City of Lucena, All in the Province of Quezon, Into a State University to be Known as 
the Southern Luzon State University (SLSU) and Appropriating Funds Therefor", as 
amended, and other applicable laws and regulations, unless otherwise provided or 
amended elsewhere in this Act.
SEC. 4. Administration. - The administration of the College shall be vested in 
the Dean of the SLSU insofar as may be authorized by its Board.
SEC. 5. The College Dean. - The College shall be headed by a Dean who shall 
be appointed by the Board, subject to its guidelines on qualification standards, and 
based on the recommendation of the President, following a process of consultation with 
the constituents of the College. The Dean shall render full-time service, serve a term 
of three (3) years, and may be reappointed to another term.
Within six (6) months from the effectivity of this Act, the President of the SLSU 
shall constitute the Search Committee for the Deanship.
The powers and duties of the Dean of the College, in addition to those 
specifically provided for in this Act, shall include those usually pertaining to the Office 
of the Dean of similar state universities and colleges and those delegated by the 
President.
The salary of the Dean of the College shall be in accordance with Republic Act 
No. 11466, otherwise known as the "Salary Standardization Law of 2019", and such 
other laws amendatory thereto, which may hereinafter be enacted, and shall be 
comparable to that being received by the Deans of similar educational institutions.
In case of vacancy in the Office of the Dean by reason of death, compulsory 
retirement, resignation, removal for cause, or incapacity of the Dean to perform the 
functions of the office, the Board shall, upon the recommendation of the President, 
designate an Officer-in-Charge of the College, pending the appointment of a new Dean: 
Provided, That the Officer-in-Charge shall serve only during the unexpired portion of 
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The Dean of the College shall be assisted by a College Secretary, who shall be 
appointed by the Board.
SEC. 6. The Faculty. - The Board shall, upon the recommendation of the 
President of the SLSU, appoint the faculty members of the College: Provided, That no 
political belief, gender preference, cultural or community affiliation or ethnic origin, nor 
religious opinion or affiliation shall be a matter of inquiry in the appointment of faculty 
members of the College: Provided, further. That said appointment shall be subject to 
the guidelines on qualification standards set by the Board: Provided, finally. That no 
member of the faculty shall teach for or against any particular church or religious sect.
SEC. 7. Scholarship Programs and Admission. - The College shall provide 
scholarships and other affirmative action programs to assist poor but deserving 
students who qualify for admission to the College. Students who have availed 
themselves of the scholarship program under Republic Act No. 11509, otherwise known 
as the "Doktor Para sa Bayan Act", shall render a return service in accordance with the 
said law. Students availing themselves of other nationally-funded scholarship programs 
to complete the medicine degree program under the College may be required to render 
a return service depending on the contract to be signed between the student and the 
College.
No student shall be denied admission to the College by reason of gender, 
religion, cultural or community affiliation, physical disability, or ethnic origin.
SEC. 8. Academic Freedom and Institutional Autonomy. - The College shall 
enjoy academic freedom and institutional autonomy, pursuant to Paragraph 2, Section 
5 of Article XIV of the Constitution.
SEC. 9. Authority to Loan or Transfer Apparatus, Equipment or Supplies, and 
Detail of Personnel. - Upon the request of the Board, through the President of the 
SLSU, the heads of the bureaus and offices of the national government may loan or 
transfer to the college such apparatus, equipment or supplies as may be needed by it, 
and detail employees for duty therein when, in the judgment of the head of bureau or 
office, the apparatus, equipment, supplies or services of such employees can be spared 
without serious detriment to public service.
The employees so detailed shall perform such duties as required of them by the 
Dean of the College, and the time so served shall be counted as part of their regular 
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SEC. 10. Assets, Liabilities, and Personnel. - All appropriations, assets, both 
real and personal, personnel, and records of the College, as well as its liabilities or 
obligations, shall be titled or named after the SLSU.
All parcels of land belonging to the government to be occupied by the College 
shall be the property of the SLSU, and titled under its name: Provided, That should the 
SLSU cease to exist or be abolished or should such aforementioned parcels of land be 
no longer needed by the SLSU, the same shall revert to the Municipality of Lucban or 
to the Republic of the Philippines, as the case may be.
SEC. 11. Duty and Tax Exemptions. - The importation by the College of medical 
books or publications, medical equipment or instruments which are for medical, 
laboratory or scientific purposes shall, upon certification by the Commission on Higher 
Education (CHED), be exempt from customs duties in accordance with the provisions 
of Republic Act No. 10863, otherwise known as the "Customs Modernization and Tariff 
Act".
All grants, bequests, endowments, donations, and contributions made to and 
used actually, directly, and exclusively for educational purposes by the College, shall 
be exempt from donor's tax and the same shall be considered as allowable deduction 
from gross income for purposes of computing the taxable income of the donor in 
accordance with the provisions of the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997, as 
amended.
SEC. 12. Suppletory Application. - The provisions of Republic Act No. 8292, 
otherwise known as the "Higher Education Modernization Act of 1997 , shall form part 
of this Act.
SEC. 13. Appropriations. - The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of 
this Act shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
SEC. 14. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - Within sixty (60) days from 
the approval of this Act, the Board shall, in consultation with the CHED, issue rules and 
regulations to implement the provisions of this Act.
SEC. 15. Separability Clause. - If, for any reason, any part or provision of this 
Act is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the remaining parts or provisions not affected 
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SEC. 16. Repealing Clause. - All laws, presidential decrees, executive orders, 
and rules and regulations contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are 
amended, repealed, or modified accordingly.
SEC. 17. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,