2: MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY / MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE CODE OF ETHICS OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY PROFESSION AND HEALTH PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP

Question 1

• The principles that govern a person’s behavior in the workplace or work environment.
• This is often codified as a set of rules by which professionals should act toward other people in their place of work. Code of Ethics
• Works on the principle “treating others the way we would like to be treated”.
• Professionals shall “observe confidentiality”
• In solving ethical problems and deciding on ethical dilemmas, or when placed in debatable situations, codes of ethics help direct decision-making.

Answer 1

Professional Ethics

Question 2

• Provide the action to codes of ethics and serve to apply the codes of ethics to articular and relevant situations.
• Provide a list of guidelines or conditions in implementing concodentially.

Answer 2

Codes of Conduct

Question 3

• Professionals are required not only to have an ethical commitment, a personal resolve to act ethically, but also to have both ethical awareness and ethical competency

Answer 3

General Principle of Professional Conduct

Question 4

• Refers to the ability to discern between right and wrong and demonstrate ethical competency which is the ability to apply sound and moral reasoning.
• Provide the underpinnings of correct behavior and acceptable conduct.

Answer 4

Ethical Awareness

Question 5

• Pertains to the ability to engage in sound moral reasoning and consider carefully the implications of alternative actions.

Answer 5

Ethical Competency

Question 6

• Professionals are committed to a life of service to others.
• They protect life, property, and public welfare.
• To serve others, they shall be prepared for heroic sacrifice and genuine selflessness in carrying out their professional duties even at the expense of personal gain.

Answer 6

Service to Others

Question 7

• To maintain and broaden public confidence, professionals shall perform their responsibilities with the highest sense of integrity and imbued with nationalism and spiritual values.

Answer 7

Integrity and Objectivity

Question 8

• Professionals shall, therefore, undertake only those professional services that they can reasonably deliver with professional competence.

Answer 8

Professional Competence

Question 9

• Each profession shall nurture and support one organization for all its members.
• Through a deep spirit if solidarity, each member should put the broader interest of the profession above one’s personal ambition and preference.

Answer 9

Solidarity and Teamwork

Question 10

• They shall serve their clients/employers and the public with professional concern and in a manner consistent with their responsibilities to society.

Answer 10

Social and Civic Responsibility

Question 11

• Every professional shall remain open to more challenges of a more dynamic interconnected world.

Answer 11

Global Competitiveness

Question 12

• All professionals perform an equally important, yet distinct, service to society.
• In the eyes of the PRC, all professions are equal, and therefore, everyone shall treat one another with respect and fairness.

Answer 12

Equality of all professions

Question 13

• Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees
• Purpose: To respect the rights of others at all times and to refrain from doing acts contrary to law, morals, or customs.

Answer 13

• Republic Act 6713

Question 14

• The Philippine Medical Technology Act of 1969
• Approved June 21, 1969

Answer 14

• Republic Act 5527

Question 15

• AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN, KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ACT OF 1969

Answer 15

RA 6138

Question 16

• AMENDING SECTIONS TWO, THREE, FOUR, SEVEN, EIGHT, ELEVEN, THIRTEEN, SIXTEEN, SEVENTEEN, TWENTY-ONE, AND TWENTY-NINE OF THE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5527, ALSO KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ACT OF 1969
• The second revision of RA 5527
• Approved on June 28, 1974
• Amended 11 sections of the original law.
• Worked upon by Felix Asprer

Answer 16

• Presidential Decree 498

Question 17

• Filed by Hon. Senator Edgardo Angara (15th Congress) on February 28, 2011
• This shall be known as the Philippine Medical Technology Act of 2011.
• This is an act regulating and modernizing the practice of medical technology (medical laboratory science) in the Philippines, repealing for this purpose Republic nos. 5527 and Presidential Decree nos. 498 and 1534, and for other purposes.
• It has 38 sections
• Legislative status: Pending in the Committee

Answer 17

Senate Bill 2722

Question 18

• This was proposed by Hon. Leopoldo N. Bataoil (16th Congress) on December 4, 2013
• This is an act regulating and modernizing the practice of medical technology (medical laboratory science) in the Philippines, repealing, for this purpose, Republic Act nos. 5527 and 6138 and Presidential Decree nos. 498 and 1534
• It consists of 38 sections
• Legislative status: Approved by the Committee on Appropriations on February 4, 2015

Answer 18

House Bill 3502

Question 19

• This was introduced by Hon. Senator Teofisto Guingona III (16th Congress) on November 27, 2014
• This shall be known as the Philippine Medical Technology Act of 2014.
• This is an act regulating and modernizing the practice of medical technology (medical laboratory science) in the Philippines repealing for this purpose, Republic Act nos. 5527 and 6138 and Presidential Decree nos. 498 and 1534, and for other purposes.
• It consists of 38 sections
• Legislative status: Pending in the Committee

Answer 19

Senate Bill 2473

Question 20

• This was another amendment proposed by Hon. Leopoldo N. Bataoil (17th Congress), which was introduced on July 27, 2016.
• This is an act regulating and modernizing the practice of medical technology (medical laboratory science) in the Philippines, repealing, for this purpose, Republic Act nos. 5527 and 6138 and Presidential Decree nos. 498 and 1534.
• It is composed of 37 sections. Legislative status: Pending in the Committee.

Answer 20

House Bill 2049

Question 21

• This was filed by Hon. Senator Antonio Trillanes III on July 26, 2018 (17th Congress)
• This shall be known as the Philippine Medical Technology Act of 2018.
• This is an act regulating and modernizing the practice of medical technology in the Philippines, providing funds thereof and for other related purposes.
• it has 40 sections.
• Legislative Status: Pending in the Committee

Answer 21

Senate Bill 1891

Question 22

• First Regular Session
• Introduced by Senator Joseph Victor G. Ejercito
• Short Title: Philippine Medical Technology Act of 2023
• AN ACT REGULATING AND MODERNIZING THE PRACTICE OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY IN THE PHILIPPINES, PROVIDING FUNDS THERFOR AND FOR OTHER RELATED PURPOSES

Answer 22

• 19th Congress Senate Bill 2007

Question 23

• Second Regular Session
• Introduced by Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” T. Go
• Short Title: Philippine Medical Technology Act of 2023
• AN ACT REGULATING AND MODERNIZING THE PRACTICE OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY IN THE PHILIPPINES, REPEALING, FOR THIS PURPOSE, REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5527 AND 6138 AND PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NOS. 498 AND 1534, PROVIDING FUNDS THERFOR AND FOR OTHER RELATED PURPOSES

Answer 23

• 19th Congress Senate Bill 2503