P1 | PHILIPPINE MEDTECH ACT OF 1969 (R.A NO.5527) Flashcards
“Philippine Medical Technology Act of 1969”
- Law that governs the practice of Medical Technologiy in the Philippines
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5527
PRIMARY PURPOSE OF RA 5527:
Ensure that the professional service of licensed individuals in order to protect the health and physical welfare of the public from the risk caused by the unlicensed practice.
NATURE OF RA 5527
Is a special penal law because this state prohibits certain acts and establishes penalty, order, and violation [fine, imprisonment, or both, depending on the discretion of the court]
RA 5527 summarized into 3 parts:
(T.P.E)
- The training [education]: 3,4,5,6 and 13
- The practice: 7-12, 20-26 and 28-29
- The examination: 15-19 and 27
RA 5527 CONSISTS OF ____ SECTIONS
32
SECTIONS UNDER RA 5527:
- Section 1: Title
- Section 2: Definition of Terms
- Section 3: Council of Medical Technology
- Section 4: Compensentation and Traveling expenses of council members
- Section 5: Functions of the council of medical technology education
- Section 6: Minimum Required course
- Section 7: Board of examiners of medical technology
- Section 8: Qualifications of Examiners
- Section 9: Executive officer of the board
- Section 10: Compensation of Members of the Board of Examiners for Medical Technology
- Section 11: Functions and Duties of the Board
- Section 12: Removal of the Board
- Section 13: Accreditation of Schools of Medical Technology and of Training Laboratories
SECTION UNDER RA 5527: (pt.2)
- Section 14: Inhibition against the Practice of Medical Technology
- Section 15: Examination
- Section 16: Qualification of Examination
- Section 17: Scope of Examination
- Section 18: Reporting of Rating
- Section 19: Rating in the Examination
- Section 20: Oath Taking
- Section 21: Issuance of Certificate of Registration
- Section 22: Fees
SECTIONS UNDER RA 5527: (pt.3)
- Section 23: Refusal to Issue Certificate
- Section 24: Administrative Investigation
- Section 25: Appeal
- Section 26: Resinstatement, reissue or replacement of certificates
- Section 27: Foreign Reciprocity
- Section 28: Roster of Medical Technologist
- Section 29: Penal Provisions
- Section 30: Separability Clause
- Section 31: Repealing Clause
An act requiring the registration of Medical Technologists, defining their practice, and other purposes.
SECTION 1: TITLE
“Philippine Medical Technology Act of 1969”
SECTION 1: TITLE was approved on?
June 21, 1969
SECTION 1: TITLE was signed by?
Former President Ferdinand E. Marcos
(August 14,1969)
SECTION 2: DEFINITION OF TERMS
- Medical Technology
- Pathologist
- Medical Technologist
- Medical Technician
- Accredited medical technology training laboratory
- Recognized school of medical technology
- Council
- Board
SECTION 2: DEFINITION OF TERMS
auxiliary branch of laboratory medicine which deals with the examinations by various chemical [clinical chemistry], microscopic, bacteriologic and other medical laboratory procedure or techniques which will aid the physician in the diagnosis, study and treatment of the diseases and in the promotion of health in general.
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
A duly registered physician who is specially trained in methods of laboratory medicine
- Validate the results we, medical technologist, generate in the laboratory
- Head of the laboratory
PATHOLOGIST
person who engages in the work of medical technology under the supervision of a Pathologist or licensed physician authorize by the DOH
- passed the prescribed course (BSMT/BSH) [BS Public Health; offered in University of the Philippines Manila] of training and examination is registered under the provision of this act.
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST
NOTE: in any case that the pathologist is not available in certain laboratories, DOH can authorize any license physicians
A person who not being a graduate of Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology/Bachelor of Science in Hygiene, but having passed the corresponding civil service examination
- performs the work of medical technology under the supervision of a registered medical technologist and/or qualified pathologist
MEDICAL TECHNICIAN
NOTE: not the case in the present; medical technicians nowadays are also registered medical technologists.
A clinical laboratory, office, agency, clinic, hospital or sanitarium duly approved by the DOH or its authorized agency.
ACCREDITED MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY TRAINING LABORATORY
NOTE: at the present time, CHED ang nagbibigay ng accreditation sa mga training laboratories to cater interns
Any school, college, or university which offers a course in Medical Technology approved by Department of Education
RECOGNIZED SCHOOL OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
NOTE: At the present time, ang CHED ang nagbibigay ng recognition para magkaroon ang universities ng BS MLS program.
The council of Medical Technology Education established under this act.
COUNCIL
The Board of Examiners for Medical Technology under this act
- Included on the members of the council
BOARD
SECTION 3: COUNCIL OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
- Secretary of Education or Director of Private Education
- Director of Bureau of Research and Laboratories of the DOH
- Chairman
- Vice-chairman
SECTION 3: COUNCIL OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
Members: (7 members; including board of medical technology)
- 1 chairman & 2 members of the Board of Medical Technology
- Dean of the Institute of Health of UP
- A representative of the deans or heads of the Privates schools of medical technology
- President of PAMET (Philippine Association of Medical Technologists)
- President of PSP (Philippine Society of Pathologists)
SECTION 3: COUNCIL OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
FUNCTION:
for the education of students of Medical Technology Program
SECTION 4: COMPENSATION AND TRAVELING EXPENSES OF COUNCIL MEMBERS
The chairman and members of the Council shall be entitled to a ____ for every meeting actually attended.
twenty-five pesos per diem
SECTION 4: COMPENSATION AND TRAVELING EXPENSES OF COUNCIL MEMBERS
Maximum meeting in a month:
2 meetings only
SECTION 4: COMPENSATION AND TRAVELING EXPENSES OF COUNCIL MEMBERS
- Officials receiving regular salaries from the Government shall not receive per diem
- Chairman and members shall be entitled to traveling expenses in connection to duties and responsibilities
SECTION 5: FUNCTIONS OF THE COUNCIL OF MEDICAL
TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION
- To recommend minimum required curriculum (subjects/courses na needed)
- To determine and prescribe the number of students, account the student-instructor ratio, and the availability of facilities for instruction.
- To approve medical technology school meeting the requirements and recommended closure to those who found to be substandard.
- To require all medical technology schools to submit an annual report, including the total number of students and instructors, a list of facilities available for instruction, a list of their recent graduates and new admissions, on or before the month of June.
- To inspect and determine whether a high standard of education is maintained
- To certify for admission into an undergraduate internship students who have satisfactorily completed three years of the medical technology course or its equivalent and to collect from said students the amount of five pesos each which money accrue to the operating fund of the council.
- Formulate and recommend approval of refresher course for applicants who shall have failed the board examination for the third time
- To promulgate and prescribe rules and regulation of foregoing functions.