4.3 It shall develop standards on technical aids produced locally. B. Local Government Units – It shall: 1. provide rehabilitation services within the scope and capability of the center at affordable cost; 2. allocate or construct a room within or adjacent to the provincial hospital building with a dimension of at least 100 square meters to house the medical rehabilitation center; 3. provide adequate funding for the proper maintenance and operation of the center; 4. create positions and provide funding for salaries of permanent and casual personnel assigned to the center; and 5. tap the services of local non-government organizations, private practitioners and other government agencies in the area, whenever feasible. SECTION 4. Health Program for Disability A. Institution of a National Health Program – For the purpose of instituting a national health program for disability, an ad-hoc inter-agency committee if hereby created, to be composed of the following: Chairman : Department of Health (DOH) Co-Chairman : National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons(NCWDP) Members: Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS) Nongovernment Organizations (NGOs) University of the Philippines – Manila A representative each from League of cities, provinces and municipalities. Other multidisciplinary and multisectoral team of specialists or agencies that DOH and NCWDP may enlist. Functions: 1. The committee shall develop a master plan for a national health program for disability, which shall be comprehensive in nature, integrated in health service delivery, and shall have the basic premise of integrating disabled persons into the mainstream of society. 2. A national rehabilitation center shall be established under the program, which will function as a national training, research and rehabilitation center in the country. 3. The committee shall formulate the program within one year from the approval of these Rules and Regulations. Operational expenses of the committee shall be charged against the funds of the Department of Health. 4. The committee shall be responsible in determining the amount necessary for the initial implementation of the program. B. Scope The National Health Program for Disability shall address health promotion, prevention, early detection and rehabilitation of disabilities/conditions, which shall include but not limited to the following: 1. ortho/moving disabilities 2. communication deficits 3. visual/seeing disabilities 4. learning (cognitive or intellectual) disabilities 5. chronic illnesses with disability 6. mental disabilities 7. psychosocial and behavioral C. Implementing Agencies 1. The Department of Health, in coordination with the National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons, shall be the leads agency in the implementation of the program. 2. The following government agencies shall actively participate in the implementation of the program: 2.1 Local Government Units 2.2 Department of Social Welfare and Development 2.3 Department of Labor and Employment 2.4 Department of Education, Culture and Sports 2.5 Other government/nongovernment agencies, which the Department of Health and the National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons may enlist. 3. All health equipment, facilities and personnel under the local government units shall be made available for the implementation of the program.