MTLAWS AND BIOETHICS (RA 4688) Flashcards
“AN ACT REGULATING THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF CLINICAL LABORATORIES AND REQUIRING THE REGISTRATION OF THE SAME WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, PROVIDING PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.”
RA 4688
When was the date of approval of RA 4688?
June 18, 1966
What is the Senate Bill No. of RA 4688?
SB 227
What is the House Bill No. of RA 4688?
HB 7081
How many sections does RA 4688 contain?
8 Sections
What section is this of RA 4688:
Any person, firm, or corporation, operating, and maintaining a clinical laboratory in which body fluids, tissues, secretions, excretions and radioactivity from beings or animal are analyzed for the determination of the presence of pathologic organisms, processes and/or conditions in the persons or animals from which they were obtained, shall register and secure a license annually at the office of the Secretary of Health: Provided, that the government hospital laboratories doing routine or minimum laboratory examinations shall be exempt from the provisions of this section if their services are extensions of government regional or central laboratories.
Section 1
What section is this of RA 4688:
It shall be unlawful for any person to be professionally in-charge of a registered clinical laboratory unless he is a licensed physician duly qualified in laboratory medicine and authorized by the Secretary of Health, such authorization to be renewed annually.
No license shall be granted or renewed by the Secretary of Health for the operation and maintenance of a clinical laboratory unless such laboratory is under the administration, direction and supervision of an authorized physician as provided for in the preceding paragraph.
Section 2
In Section 2 of RA 4688:
Who is the person to be professionally in-charged of a registered clinical laboratory?
Licensed physician duly qualified in laboratory medicine
What section is this of RA 4688:
The Secretary of Health, through the Bureau of Research and Laboratories shall be charged with the responsibility of strictly enforcing the provisions of this Act and shall be authorized to tissue such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out its provisions.
Section 3
What section is this from RA 4688?
Any person, firm or corporation who violated any provisions of this Act or the rules and regulations issued thereunder by the Secretary of Health shall be punished with imprisonment for not less than one month but not more than one year, or by a fine of not less than 1000 PHP nor more than 5000 PHP, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.
Section 4
In Section 4 of RA 4688:
How long is the imprisonment for violations?
1 months - 1 year
In Section 4 of RA 4688:
How much is the fine for violations?
1000 PHP - 5000 PHP
What section is this of RA 4688:
If any section or part of this Act shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof.
Section 5
What section is this of RA 4688:
The sum of 50 PHP, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry into effect the provisions of this Act.
Section 6
What section is this of RA 4688:
All Acts of parts of Acts which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.
Section 7
