QUIZ Flashcards
provide accurate and reliable information to medical doctors / place where specimens are processed
CLINICAL LABORATORY
concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases performed through laboratory testing
CLINICAL PATHOLOGY
concerned with the diagnosis of diseases through microscopic examination
ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY
operates within the premises or part of an institution
INSTITUTION-BASED
not part of an established institution
FREE-STANDING
owned, wholly or partially, by national or local government units
GOVERNMENT-OWNED
owned, established, and operated by an individual, corporation
PRIVATELY-OWNED
licensed to perform basic, routine laboratory testing
PRIMARY-CATEGORY
licensed to perform laboratory tests being done by the primary category clinical laboratories along with routine clinical chemistry tests
SECONDARY-CATEGORY
licensed to perform all the laboratory tests performed in the secondary category laboratory
TERTIARY-CATEGORY
laboratory in a government hospital designated by the DOH to provide special diagnostic functions
NATIONAL REFERENCE LABORATORY
an act regulating the operation and maintenance of clinical laboratories
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4688
any person, firm or corporation, operating and maintaining a clinical laboratory in which body fluids, tissues, secretions, excretions and radioactivity from beings or animals 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
SECTION 1
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
SECTION 2
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 issue such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out its provisions
SECTION 3
any person, firm or corporation who violates 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 one thousand pesos nor more than five thousand pesos, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court
SECTION 4
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