The Reorganization Law of 1932

  

 As in any other law or body of laws, Philippine legislation has undergone stages of development and modifications. Another important landmark in said legislation was the enactment of Act No.4007, known as the Reorganization Law of 1932, which was passed by the Philippine Legislature on December 5, 1932 and took effect on January 1, 1933. For the first time the Board of Dental Examiners was placed under the direct supervision of the Bureau of Civil Service. The Examining Boards of the Medical and Allied Professions, including the Board of Dental Examiners, were transferred from the Department of Interior to the Department of Public Instruction. This authority ended in 1941, with the Executive Order of President Manuel L. Quezon on January 17, 1941 pursuant to Commonwealth Act No. 430, transferring these Examining Boards to the Department of Health and Public Welfare.

Upon the establishment of the Republic of the Philippines on July 4, 1946, the day the United States of America granted the country its independence, the law governing the practice of dentistry in the Philippines was the law in force under the Commonwealth Government which is Chapter 32 (Sections 784 to 808) of the Revised Administrative Code, as amended by Act No. 4007 and Commonwealth Act No. 430. Not having been replaced as of July 4, 1946, the Dental Law as amended in the Revised Administrative Code was deemed to continue in force upon the establishment of the Republic of the Philippines.