State Act
Section 18
Art. 18 – The comunidades can create medical posts, in consultation with the Directorate of Health Services, and the selection procedure to fill up those posts shall be conducted in the Directorate of Civil Administration, in terms of general law in force. § 1. The medical posts, referred to in the present article, shall be filled on contract basis, in accordance with the articles 45 to 47 of the Overseas Civil Services Statutes – (Estatuto do Funcionalismo Ultramarino). However the same shall depend on the favorable vote of the concerned comunidades, in respect of the concession of privileges that imply financial burden to them. § 2. The provision in the preceding paragraph shall be applicable to the medical posts existing as on the date of publication of this Code.