MTLAWS AND BIOETHICS (AO 201 S. 1973 and AO 290 S. 1976) Flashcards
“REVISED RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE REGISTRATION, OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF CLINICAL LABORATORIES IN THE PHILIPPINES”
AO 201 S 1973
When is the date of approval of AO 201 S 1973?
October 26, 1973
Under what section of RA 4688 is AO 201 S 1973?
Section 3
What administrative order amended AO 201 S 1973?
AO 290 S 1976
What is the total number of sections of AO 201 S. 1973?
24 Sections
What is the name of Section 1 of AO 201 S 1973?
Purpose and Title
What section (include name) is this of AO 201 S 1973?
The Rules and Regulations published and enforced pursuant to Section 3 to Republic Act 4688 approved on June 18, 1966, are hereby revised and shall be known as “REVISED RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE REGISTRATION IN THE PHILIPPINES” and promulgated for the purpose of preventing the operation and maintenance of substandard, improperly managed, and poorly equipped clinical laboratories.
Section 1. Purpose and Title
What is the name of Section 2 of AO 201 S 1973?
Scope
What section (include name) is this of AO 201 S 1973?
The promulgation embodied herein shall apply to any person, firm or corporation, operating and maintaining clinical laboratories in which any of all of the following: body fluids, tissues, secretions, excretions and radioactivity from human beings are analyzed for the determination of the presence of pathogenic organisms, pathologic processes and/or conditions of the persons from which they are obtained, provided that government hospital laboratories doing routine or maximum laboratory examinations are exempted if their services are declared as extensions of government regional or central laboratories, and provided further that laboratories being used solely for academic training and/or for purely research activities are likewise not herein covered.
Section 2. Scope
What is the name of Section 3 of AO 201 S 1973?
Basic Licensure Requirements
In Section 3. Basic Licensure Requirements of AO 201 S 1973:
Give at least 3 things that is required in the form of requirements.
- The name, citizenship, and domicile of the head of the laboratory
- The place, municipality, and province where it is to be established
- The name of establishment
- The name, citizenship, and domicile of the owner
- Scope and nature of work to be undertaken (see SECTION 11-C)
- Statement that applicant has complied with all business requirements under other existing laws or ordinances that are necessary in pursuance of the activity for which a license is herein applied for
- A tax clearance for the preceding year
In Section 3. Basic Licensure Requirements of AO 201 S 1973
Who is the only person allowed to be the head of the laboratory?
Pathologist or licensed physician duly in laboratory medicine
In Section 3. Basic Licensure Requirements of AO 201 S 1973:
How many days after establishment would BRL inspect?
60 Days
In Section 3. Basic Licensure Requirements of AO 201 S 1973:
Who would do the inspection of established laboratories?
Inspector of BRL
What is the name of Section 4 of AO 201 S 1973?
License Fees
In Section 4. License Fees of AO 201 S 1973:
How much is the renewal fee?
50 PHP
In Section 4. License Fees of AO 201 S 1973:
Tuwing kailan ung renewal?
Last 2 months of the year
In Section 4. License Fees of AO 201 S 1973
How long is the grace period for renewal and how much is the fine?
2 months and 10 PHP
What are the sections that doesn’t have a name in AO 201 S 1973?
Section 5, 6, and 9
What section is this of AO 201 S 1973
No Clinical Laboratory is allowed to operate without the proper license from the Secretary of Health thru the Bureau of Research and Laboratories who are charged with the responsibility of strictly enforcing the provisions of Republic Act No. 4688 and the Rules herein promulgated.
Section 5
What section is this? of AO 201 S 1973:
No person is permitted to manage, administer, or supervise a clinical laboratory unless he is physician, licensed and duly registered with the Board of Medical Examiners of the Republic of the Philippines, qualified in laboratory medicine as stipulated in Section 7-B and duly authorized by the Secretary of Health, such authorization to be renewed annually. This authorization shall be exempt of any fees.
Section 6
What is the name of Section 7 of AO 201 S 1973?
Definition of Terms
In Section 7. Definition of Terms: of AO 201 S 1973:
The term “Clinical Laboratories” shall mean to include any or all of the following:
1) Clinical Pathology
2) Anatomical Pathology
3) Forensic Pathology
In Section 7. Definition of Terms: of AO 201 S 1973:
Give at least 3 sections included in Clinical Pathology.
Clinical Chemistry
Hematology
Microbiology
Clinical Microscopy
Serology
Immunohematology
Blood Banking
Radioisotope Laboratory
Endocrine Laboratory
In Section 7. Definition of Terms: of AO 201 S 1973:
Give the 3 sections included in Anatomical Pathology.
Surgical Pathology
Cytology
Post-mortem examination
In Section 7. Definition of Terms: of AO 201 S 1973:
What section is included in Forensic Pathology?
All medico-legal examination
In Section 7. Definition of Terms: of AO 201 S 1973:
____ of the laboratory should be a duly licensed physician and registered with the Medical Board Examiners of the Philippines, and qualified in laboratory medicine by having been certified by the Philippine Board of Pathology, either in Anatomical Pathology, Clinical Pathology or both; provided that in some areas where there are no Pathologists, the laboratory may be supervised by a licensed physician with training in laboratory medicine as the Director of the Bureau of Research and Laboratories may consider sufficiently adequate depending on the activities performed, and that he is authorized by the Secretary of Health as head or in–charge of such laboratory.
“Head”, “Chief”, “Director”, “In-charge”
In Section 7. Definition of Terms, subsection (c) Personnel: of AO 201 S 1973:
A licensed physician and qualified in laboratory medicine a certified by the Philippine Board of Pathology either in Anatomical Pathology, Clinical Pathology or both who is under the direct supervision of the Head, Chief, Director or In–Charge of a clinical laboratory.
Associate Pathologist
In Section 7. Definition of Terms, subsection (c) Personnel: of AO 201 S 1973:
A duly licensed physician and registered with the Philippine Board of Examiners, with at least one (1) year training in laboratory medicine, and who shall be under the direct supervision of the head.
Pathology Assistant
In Section 7. Definition of Terms, subsection (c) Personnel: of AO 201 S 1973:
Must be a licensed Medical Technologist duly registered in the Board of Examiners for Medical Technology who shall be directly under supervision of a registered Pathologist, or a licensed physician authorized by the Secretary of Health as head of the laboratory in places where there are no Pathologist.
Medical Technologist
In Section 7. Definition of Terms, subsection (c) Personnel: of AO 201 S 1973:
Must have completed at least two years of college work with at least 12 units of laboratory subjects, and one year of training in an accredited laboratory; or without college work but with at least ten years training and experience in a duly approved clinical laboratory. The laboratory technicians will be under the supervision of the medical technologists and under the over– all supervision of the head of the laboratory or his associate or assistant.
Medical Laboratory Technician/Laboratory Technician