MT Laws Flashcards
RA, approval date, president, # of sections for Philippine Medical Technology Act of 1969
RA 5527; June 21, 1969; Ferdinand E. Marcos; 32
Senate Bill number of Medical Technology Act of 2011
Senate Bill 2722
Identify whether the ff can be done only be medtech or can be done by other professionals as well:
- Research involving human beings or animals requiring the use of or application of Medical Technology knowledge and procedures
- Parasitologic, bacteriologic, mycologic, virologic or other microbiologic techniques
- Phlebotomy, collection, processing or preservation of spx
- Clinical lab quality control
- Blood banking procedures and techniques or other blood transfusion services
- Examination of tissues, secretions and excretions of the human body and other bodily fluids
- Preparations and standardization of rgts, stds, stains or others
- Histopathologic or cytotechnologic techniques
- Examination of tissues, secretions and excretions of the human body and other bodily fluids
- Can be done by non medtech
- Medtech only
- Can be done by non medtech
- Can be done by non medtech
- Medtech only
- Medtech only
- Can be done by non medtech
- Medtech only
- Medtech only
The minimum required medtech course is ____ yrs including ____ mos of internship
4 yrs; 12 mos
Who should become the chairman of Board of examiners for medtech?
Pathologist appointed by the president of Phils from a list submitted by the Philippine Society of Pathologists
Who can become the 2 members of the Board of examiners for medtech?
Medtechs appointed by the president of Phils from a list submitted by PAMET
How long is the term of the board of examiners?
3 yrs w/ maximum of 1 reappointment
Current board members and chairman
Chairman: Marilyn A. Cabal-Barza
Members: Marilyn R. Atienza, Marian M. Tantingco
Fill in the blanks:
“Qualifications of Examiners:
- Filipino citizen
- Good moral character
- Qualified _______ /________ (profession)
- Been in the practice of lab med or medtech for _____ prior to appointment
- Not a faculty member for _____ or have any pecuniary interest in an institution”
Pathologist / RMT
At least 10 yrs
At least 2 yrs
No person shall practice MT w/o COR unless:
Duly registered physician, MT from other countries including professor, MT in the service of US armed force
Qualification for examination
Good health, good moral character, completed 4-year course in BS Med Tech or BS Public Health
General average needed to pass board exam
75%
board exam: No rating below ____ in any major subject
50%
board exam: Has not failed in at least ___% of the subjects computed according to relative weight
60%
Board exam: no further exam after ___ (how many) fails unless:
_____ (how long) refresher course in an accredited school
_____ (how long) post-grad training in an accredited lab
3 fails
12-month
12-month
Medical lab technician: failed to pass the board exam but obtained a general rating of ____%
70%
Refusal to issue certificate:
Immoral or dishonorable conduct, unsound mind, incurable communicable dse
Administrative investigative-revocation or suspension of certificates: conducted by at least ____ (how many) board members and ____ (how many) legal officer - together they are called the ______
2 board members; 1 legal officer; hearing committee
Unanimous vote; permanent
Revocation
Majority vote; up to 2 yrs
Suspension
The decision of revocation / suspension is final after ____ (how long)
30 days
Replaced the Council of Med Tech Educ
Technical Panel in Medical Technology Education (TPMTE)
Chairman of TPMTE
President of PASMETH
TPMTE should be composed of:
President of PASMETH as chairman, president of PAMET, representative from Board of MedTech / PRC, representative from PAMET and PASMETH
Student instructor ratio in lec and lab
40: 1 (lec)
20: 1 (lab)
Amendments to RA 5527 and enumerate the amended sections
RA 6138 - 16, 21, 22
PD 498 - 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 13, 16, 17, 21, 29
PD 1534 - 3, 8, 13
Blood Bank Act of 1956 RA, approval date, president, nos. of sections
RA 1517
June 16, 1956
Ramon Magsaysay
7 sections
National Blood Services Act of 1994 RA, approval date, president, nos. of sections
RA 7719
May 5, 1994
Fidel V. Ramos
15
Blood bank that exists for profit
Commercial blood bank
Individual included in the list of qualified voluntary blood donors ready to donate blood when needed in his/her community
Walking blood donor
True or false: blood banks/centers may collect service fees not greater than the maximum prescribed by the DOH
True
Blood which have been proven contaminated with blood transfusion transmissible disease must be disposed within ____. Failure to do so leads to what punishment?
48 hrs; imprisonment up to 10 yrs
AO no. of the Rules and Regulations Governing the Regulation of Blood Service Facilities
2008-0008
Identify which BSFs can perform the ff:
- Advocacy and promotion of voluntary blood donation and healthy lifestyle
- Provision of whole blood and pRBC only
- Storage, issuance, transport and distribution of whole blood and pRBC
- Compatibility testing if hospital based
- Recruitment, retention and care of voluntary blood donors
- Screening and selection of voluntary blood donors
- Conduct of health educ and counseling services
- Collection of blood (mobile or facility-based) from qualified voluntary blood donors
- Storage and issuance of whole blood and blood components obtained from a BC (compat testing of red cell, direct coombs, Ab screen, investigation of transfusion rxns, assist the HBTC in the conduct of post-transfusion surveillance)
- Transport of blood to BC for testing and processing
- Testing of units of blood for TTIs (transfusion transmitted infections)
- Processing and provision of blood components
- Storage, issuance, transport and distribution of units of whole blood and/or blood products to hospitals and other health facilities
- BS, BCU, BB, BC
- BS
- BS, BB, BC
- BS, BCU, BB
- BCU, BC
- BCU
- BCU, BC
- BCU, BC
- BB
- BCU
- BC
- BC
- BC
Organ Donation Act of 1991 RA, approval date, president, nos. of sections
RA 7170, Jan 7, 1992, Corazon Aquino, 19 sections
Decreased individual, includes a still-born infant or fetus
Decedent
Makes a legacy of all or part of his body
Testator
Individual authorized to donate all or part of the body of a decedent
Donor
Irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory fxns or of all fxns of the brain and brain stem
Death
Any individual (the testator) who is at least ____ yrs of age and of sound mind may execute a legacy by writing a will or through other documents
18
Arrange the ff according to the order of property of a person who may execute a donation
Son/daughter of legal age, brother or sister of legal age, spouse, either parent, guardian over the person of the decedent at time of death
- Spouse
- Son or daughter of legal age
- Either parent
- Brother or sister of legal age
- Guardian over the person of the decedent at a time of death
Death must be diagnosed separately and certified by _____
2 qualified physicians
Philippine AIDS Prevention and Control Act of 1998 RA, approval date, president, number of articles and sections
RA 8504 Feb 13, 1998 Fidel V Ramos 9 articles 52 sections
Individual being tested does not reveal his or her true identity
Anonymous testing
Imposed testing, lack of consent
Compulsory testing
Finding and counseling the sexual partner(s) of a person diagnosed of STD
Contact tracing
HIV window period refers to the period of time, usually lasting from ____ to ____ during which an infected individual will test negative upon HIV testing but can actually transmit the infection
2 wks to 6 mos
Agent or device used to prevent transmission of a disease
Prophylactic
EO number of Family Code of the Phils
209
Comprehensive HIV/AIDS monitoring program established under the DOH to determine and monitor the magnitude and progression of HIV infection in the Phils
AIDSWATCH
Shall be the central advisory, planning, and policy-making body for the comprehensive and integrated HIV/AIDS prevention and control program in the Phils
PNAC (Philippine National AIDS Council)
PNAC was created by virtue of EO ____ dated ____
EO 39
Dec 3, 1992
PNAC consists of how many members
26
Newborn Screening Act of 2004 RA, approval date, president, number of articles and sections
RA 9288 April 7, 2004 Gloria M Arroyo 5 articles 19 sections
Monitoring of a newborn with a heritable condition to ensure compliance with medicine and dietary prescriptions
Follow-up
Locating a newborn with a possible heritable condition to confirm diagnosis and provide treatment if appropriate
Recall
A newborn is defined as:
Child from time of delivery to 30 days old
Newborn screening reference center:
office under the national institute of health (NIH) in UP Manila
A newborn that must be placed in ICU must be tested for newborn screening by _____
7 days
True or False: newborn screening is compulsory
False. Parents/guardian may refuse testing
Enumerate the 6 parameters of newborn screening program in the philippines
PKU, galactosemia, congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), congenital hypothyroidism (CH), G6PD deficiency, MSUD
Most common IEM in the Phils
MSUD
MSUD was added through DOH memorandum No. _______, dated _______
2015-0154
May 15, 2012
Student instructor ratio in lec and lab
40: 1 (lec)
20: 1 (lab)
Amendments to RA 5527 and enumerate the amended sections
RA 6138 - 16, 21, 22
PD 498 - 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 13, 16, 17, 21, 29
PD 1534 - 3, 8, 13
Blood Bank Act of 1956 RA, approval date, president, nos. of sections
RA 1517
June 16, 1956
Ramon Magsaysay
7 sections
National Blood Services Act of 1994 RA, approval date, president, nos. of sections
RA 7719
May 5, 1994
Fidel V. Ramos
15
Blood bank that exists for profit
Commercial blood bank
Individual included in the list of qualified voluntary blood donors ready to donate blood when needed in his/her community
Walking blood donor
True or false: blood banks/centers may collect service fees not greater than the maximum prescribed by the DOH
True
Blood which have been proven contaminated with blood transfusion transmissible disease must be disposed within ____. Failure to do so leads to what punishment?
48 hrs; imprisonment up to 10 yrs
AO no. of the Rules and Regulations Governing the Regulation of Blood Service Facilities
2008-0008
Identify which BSFs can perform the ff:
- Advocacy and promotion of voluntary blood donation and healthy lifestyle
- Provision of whole blood and pRBC only
- Storage, issuance, transport and distribution of whole blood and pRBC
- Compatibility testing if hospital based
- Recruitment, retention and care of voluntary blood donors
- Screening and selection of voluntary blood donors
- Conduct of health educ and counseling services
- Collection of blood (mobile or facility-based) from qualified voluntary blood donors
- Storage and issuance of whole blood and blood components obtained from a BC (compat testing of red cell, direct coombs, Ab screen, investigation of transfusion rxns, assist the HBTC in the conduct of post-transfusion surveillance)
- Transport of blood to BC for testing and processing
- Testing of units of blood for TTIs (transfusion transmitted infections)
- Processing and provision of blood components
- Storage, issuance, transport and distribution of units of whole blood and/or blood products to hospitals and other health facilities
- BS, BCU, BB, BC
- BS
- BS, BB, BC
- BS, BCU, BB
- BCU, BC
- BCU
- BCU, BC
- BCU, BC
- BB
- BCU
- BC
- BC
- BC
Organ Donation Act of 1991 RA, approval date, president, nos. of sections
RA 7170, Jan 7, 1992, Corazon Aquino, 19 sections
Decreased individual, includes a still-born infant or fetus
Decedent
Makes a legacy of all or part of his body
Testator
Individual authorized to donate all or part of the body of a decedent
Donor
Irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory fxns or of all fxns of the brain and brain stem
Death
Any individual (the testator) who is at least ____ yrs of age and of sound mind may execute a legacy by writing a will or through other documents
18
Arrange the ff according to the order of property of a person who may execute a donation
Son/daughter of legal age, brother or sister of legal age, spouse, either parent, guardian over the person of the decedent at time of death
- Spouse
- Son or daughter of legal age
- Either parent
- Brother or sister of legal age
- Guardian over the person of the decedent at a time of death