The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading the updated bill strengthening the local midwifery industry and repealing two old laws, one of which ran as long as 64 years ago.
“This bill is equipped with provisions that will help existing midwives to gain more knowledge in the practice of their profession. This is a tribute to our midwives who have been serving our country for almost all their lives,” the bill’s main author, Bulacan Rep. Salvador Pleyto said. “Both laws have been enacted several decades ago. It is only but proper to repeal the said republic acts to adapt to the changing times,” the congressman of Bulacan province’s sixth district said.
The five-man “collegial body” will be headed by a chairperson, all of whom will be “appointed” by the incumbent or sitting President; whose chairperson shall enjoy a six-year term of office – “without reappointment.”