NEW RA 5527 Flashcards
Significance of RA 5527
Required the registration of medical technologists
● Defined the practice of medical technology
● All medical technologists became professionals
RA 5527 Final Approved by:
→ Pres. Ferdinand Marcos
PENDING AMENDMENT
SB 2473
● A person who:
→ Engages in the work of medical technology supervised by a
pathology
→ Passed the prescribed course of training and examination
Medical technologist
● A duly registered physician trained in methods of lab medicine
Pathologist
● Qualified to assist medical technologists and/or pathologists
Medical laboratory technicians
Recognized school of medical technology
● Approved by ____
● Recommended by the ____
CHEd !!
Council of MT Education
Chairperson of the council:
→ Director of CHED !!
Members of council:
→ Director of the Bureau of Health Facilities and Services !!
→ The Board of Medical Technology
→ Representatives of the deans of schools of Medical
Technology / Public Health
→ President, Phil. Society of Pathologists
→ President, PAMET
Vice-Chairperson of council
→ Chairperson of the PRC !!
compensation every meeting for chairperson !!
50 pesos
compensation every meeting for every member !!
25 pesos
who recommends for board members?
PRC !!
term of the board
3 years !!
▪ (until a duly qualified successor is appointed)
how many years should the board not a faculty of any institution?
2 years prior to appointment !!
chairperson of the board
→ 1 Pathologist
● Members of the board
→ 2 Medical Technologists
EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE BOARD
PRC !!
COMPENSATION OF THE BOARD
● Php 10 for every applicant examined
additional functions of the board: !!
- Determines the adequacy of staff in all clinical laboratories before licensing
- Prescribes qualifications / trainings of MTs as to special fields of the profession
- Classifies and prescribes qualifications / trainings for technical staff in clinical laboratories
→ Technicians, CMT
who will approve training labs?
Bureau of Health Facilities & Services (BFHS) !!
who will recommend schools for accreditation?
council
examination places as of 2022
Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Iloilo, Koronadal, Legazpi,
Lucena, Pampanga, Rosales, Tacloban, Tuguegarao,
Zamboanga
who will recommend accreditation of training labs?
council
new month schedule of examination
February / March
new course qualification for exams
BSMT (BMLS / BSMLS) or BSPH (BS in Public Health)
first day schedule of exam courses
Clinical Chemistry 20%
● Microbiology / Parasitology 20%
● Clinical Microscopy 10%
second day schedule of exam courses
● Hematology 20%
● Immunology - Serology / Blood Banking 20%
● Histopathology / MT Laws / Lab Management 10%
Schedule of subjects must be submitted to ___ atleast __ days before exam
Submit to PRC atleast 30 days before the exam
Any amendment in the scope/ schedule of exam must be approved by ___ and must be published at least _____ prior to the exam date
PRC, 3 months
report of rating takes ___ days (now)
3
flow of report of rating
Board –> PRC –> President
under section 24, what are the violated sections
section 23 and 29
REVOCATION OF COR
UNANIMOUS
● SUSPENSION:
MAJORITY
how many years of suspension?
less than 2 years
failure to surrender cor:
Perpetual disqualification from the practice of medical technology
____ decision is final after 30 days of promulgation
PRC Chair’s
Professional rights between countries
SECTION 27: FOREIGN RECIPROCITY
‘Laws shall take effect after ___ days following publication in the Official Gazette’
15
amendments of PD 498
2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 13, 16, 17, 21, 29
amendments of ra 6138
16, 21, 22
amendments of ra 1534
3, 8, 13
under PD 498, what is the amendment of section 2
Medical Laboratory Technicians
● A person certified and registered with the Board as qualified to
assist a medical technologist and/or qualified pathologist in the
practice of medical technology as defined in this Act.”
council chairman under PD 498
Commissioner of the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) !!
council vice-chairman under PD 498
Chairman of the Board of Medical Technology !!
members of council under PD 498
The two (2) members of the Board of Medical Technology
→ Director of Private Education or its duly authorized representative !!
→ Director of the Bureau of Research and Laboratories of the Department of Health
→ A representative of the deans or heads of the private schools
of medical technology, as members
(no presidents of pamet and psp)
under PD 498, what is the amendment of section 4
For every meeting actually attended
→ Chairman: Fifty pesos (P50.00) per diem
→ Members: Twenty-five pesos (P25.00)
under PD 498, what is the amendment of section 7
chairman and members
▪ who shall be appointed by the President of the Republic of
the Philippines upon recommendation of the Professional
Regulation Commission (PRC !!)
● The Chairman and members of the Board shall hold office for
three (3) years after appointment or until their successors shall
have been appointed and duly qualified:
under PD 498, what is the amendment of section 8
3) is a duly registered medical technologist of the Philippines with
the degree of Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology/Bachelor
of Science in Hygiene/ !! Public Health !!
5) is not a member of the faculty of any medical technology school
for at least !! two (2) years !! prior to appointment or having any
pecuniary interest direct or indirect in such institution.”
under PD 498, what is the amendment of section 11
(c) Issue, suspend and revoke certificates of registration for the
practice of medical technology and medical laboratory technician;
● (g) To determine the adequacy of the technical staff of all clinical
laboratories and blood banks before they could be licensed with
the Department of Health in accordance with R.A. No. 4655 and
1517;
● (h) To prescribe the qualification and training of medical
technologist as to special fields of the profession and supervise
their specialty examination conducted by the professional
organization of medical technologists accredited by the
Professional Regulation Commission;
● (i) To classify and prescribe the qualification and training of the
technical staff of clinical laboratories as to: Chief Medical
Technologist; Senior Medical Technologist; Medical Technologist
and Medical Laboratory Technician.”
under PD 498, who will approve schools of MT?
The Department of Education and Culture !!
under PD 498, who will recommend schools of MT?
Medical Technology Board !!
under PD 498, who will approve laboratories of MT?
Professional Regulation Commission
under PD 498, what is the amendment of section 16
(b) Has completed a course of at least four (4) years leading to
the degree of Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology or
Bachelor of Science in !! Public Health !!
→ conferred by a recognized school, college or university in
accordance with this Decree or having graduated from some
other profession
→ and has been actually performing medical technology for the
last five (5) years prior to the date of the examinations, if such
performance began prior to June 21, 1969.”
under PD 498, what is the amendment of section 17
no lab management sa histopath, cyto, mt laws
under PD 498, what is the amendment of section 21
●Provided, that upon application filed and the payment of the
required fee of one hundred and fifteen pesos !! (P115.00) !!
●addition shall have been in the practice of medical
technology for at least !! three (3) years !! prior to the filing of the
application in laboratories in the Philippines duly accredited by
the Bureau of Research and Laboratories, Department of Health,
or in foreign countries
under PD 498, what is the amendment of section 29
“(j) Any person or corporate body who shall allow anyone in his
employ who is not a registered medical technologist/medical
laboratory technician to engage in the practice of medical
technology or recommend for appointment anyone to the position
of medical technologist/medical laboratory technician knowing
that he is not registered as such.”
effectivity date of PD 498
june 28, 1974
effectivity date of ra 6138
august 31, 1970
under ra 1534 , who is the chairman of the council?
Director of Higher Education
under ra 1534 , who is the vice chairman of the council?
chairman of PRC
members of council under ra 1534
same with old 5527
under ra 1534 , what is the amendment of section 8
Qualification of Examiners. No person shall be appointed as a member of the Medical Technology Board unless he or she: . . . is a qualified Pathologists, or a duly registered Medical Technologist, of the Philippines with the degree of Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology/Bachelor of Science in Hygiene/ !!Public Health !!
under RA 1534, who will approve schools of MT?
The Department of Education and Culture
under RA 1534, who will approve laboratories of MT?
DOH through the Bureau of Research and Laboratories
under ra 1534, laboratory procedures commonly required in the following fields are
Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology, Serology, Parasitology, Hematology, Blood Banking, Clinical Microscopy, and Histopathologic techniques
effectivity date of ra 1534
june 11, 1978
