RA 5527 MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ACT IN THE PHILIPPINES Flashcards
What is the Medical Technology act in the Philippines?
REPUBLIC ACT NO.
5527
Philippine Medical
Technology Act of
1969
When was Medtech act approved?
June 21, 1969
Who approved Medtech act?
Former President
Ferdinand E. Marcos
When was Medtech act signed?
August 14,1969
Section 1 of RA 5527
SECTION 1: TITLE
Section 2 of RA 5527
SECTION 2: DEFINITION OF TERMS
Section 3 of RA 5527
SECTION 3: COUNCIL OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
Section 4 of RA 5527
SECTION 4: COMPENSATION AND TRAVELING EXPENSES OF
COUNCIL MEMBERS
Section 5 of RA 5527
SECTION 5: FUNCTIONS OF THE COUNCIL OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION
-Function of council is ALL related in Medical Technology Education
(for school purposes)
- Recommend minimum required curriculum.
- 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 if high standards are met.
- To certify for admission into an undergraduate internship students who have satisfactorily completed three years of the medical technology course (Collect P5 each student for funds)
- 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
Section 6 of RA 5527
SECTION 6: MINIMUM REQUIRED COURSE
At least 4 years Medical Technology Course
3 years - courses
4th yr – clinical internship
SUBJECTS (depends on school curriculum)
English
Spanish
Social Science
General Zoology)
Botany
Mathematics
College Physics
General Chemistry
Qualitative Chemistry
Quantitative Chemistry
Biochemistry
Gross Anatomy
Histology
Physiology
Clinical Parasitology
General Pathology
Microbiology
Biostatistics
Clinical Laboratory Methods
(including hematology, serology, blood banking, clinical microscopy, applied microbiology, and parasitology, histopathologic techniques, and cytotechnology)
Section 7 of RA 5527
SECTION 7:
BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
Board Members:
o Chairman: Pathologist appointed by the President of the Philippines; serve 3 years
o Members : (2) Two members who are registered medical technologists appointed by the President of the Philippines; one will serve 2 years another will serve 1 year
• No member shall be allowed more than (1) one reappointment. (Before)
Board of MT Examiners:
*Chairman: Dr. Marilyn A. Cabal-Barza (Pathologist)
*Member: Dr. Leila Lany M. Florento (PhD.)
Section 8 of RA 5527
SECTION 8:
QUALIFICATIONS OF BOARD EXAMINERS
- Is a Filipino citizen
- Is of good moral character
- Is a qualified Pathologist, or duly registered medical technologists with a degree in BSMT/BSH
- Has been in the practice of laboratory medicine or medical technology for at least (10) ten years prior to his appointment
- Is not a member of the faculty of any medical technology school or have any pecuniary interest, direct or indirect, in such institution
Section 9 of RA 5527
SECTION 9:
EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE BOARD
Before:
-Commissioner of Civil Service conduct examinations
(NO PRC)
-Secretary of Board Examiners (Accdg. Section 10 RA 4007) keep and update list of medtechs who are registered and has certificate
-
Section 10 of RA 5527
SECTION 10:
COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EXAMINERS FOR MEDICAL
TECHNOLOGY
• Each member of the Board shall receive as
o P10.00 for each applicant examined
o P5.00 for each applicant granted a Certificate of Registration without examination (Those who graduate from BSMT/BSH and practice Medtech for at least 3 yrs. prior legalization of this act , Those who are graduate of other paramedical courses and have been practicing Medtech for 5 yrs. prior enactment)
Section 11 of RA 5527
SECTION 11:
FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD
*Members of the board covers practice of Medtech profession and licensure exam
IORASDRA
IMPLEMENT• Administer the provision
of this act
OATH TAKING• Administer oaths in
connection with the
administration of this act
REVOKE• Issue, suspend and
revoke certificates of
registration
ADOPT MAINTENANCE • Look into conditions affecting the practice of medical technology in the Philippines and Adopt such measures.
SUBPOENA • Investigation such violations of this Act or of the rules and regulations; issued Subpoena and subpoena duces tecum
DRAFT RULES & REGUALTION• Draft such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provision of this Act
Section 12 of RA 5527
SECTION 12:
REMOVAL OF THE BOARD
The President shall have the power to suspend and appoint a temporary member in the place
-the member has • opportunity to defend himself
Section 13 of RA 5527
SECTION 13:
ACCREDITATION OF SCHOOLS OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
AND OF TRAINING LABORATORIES
BEFORE:
• Department of Education-
approve schools of medical technology in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
• The Department of Health- approve laboratories for accreditation as training laboratories
• Council of MT
-recommend laboratories to accredit by DOH for internship.
Section 14 of RA 5527
SECTION 14:
INHIBITION AGAINST THE
PRACTICE OF MEDICAL
TECHNOLOGY
No person shall practice Medtech w/o Certificate of Registration and Medtech License, unless:
1.) Duly registered physician
2.) Medical technologist from other countries call in consultation or visiting or exchange professors provided, that they are only practicing the said function
3.Medical technologist in United States Armed Forces stationed in Philippines rendering services of the said forces only.
Section 15 of RA 5527
Section 15:
EXAMINATION
Location:
o Greater Manila Area
o Cebu
o Davao
Before: • Examination is given during the month of August or September
Now: • Examination is given twice a year during the month of August or September (weekend) and February or March (weekday para sa Sabadista)
Secretary of Board: publish notice of exam atleast 30 days before Exam Date
-Published in at least 3 newspaper
Section 16 of RA 5527
SECTION 16:
QUALIFICATION OF EXAMINATION
o a) Is in good health and is of good moral character.
o b) Has completed a course of at least (4) four years leading to the degrees of BSMT/BSH.
o c) Persons having graduated from other paramedical professions who are performing medical technology for the last five years prior to enactment of this Act provided they meet the minimum requirements exceeding
(1) one-year undergraduate internship or practical training. (NOT APPLICABLE)
Section 17 of RA 5527
SECTION 17:
SCOPE OF EXAMINATION
• Clinical Chemistry …………………20%
•Microbiology & Parasitology………..20%
•Hematology…………………………………20%
•Blood Banking……………………………..20%
•Clinical Microscopy (Analysis of Urine and Body Fluids) ………………………….10%
• Histopathologic Techniques, Cytotechnology, Medical Technology Laws, Related Laws and its implementing rules and the code of ethics ………………………………………….10%
-100 items per subject
• The Board shall prepare the schedule of subjects for examination and to submit the same to the Commissioner of Civil Service for publication at least four (4) months before the date of examination.
-Payment for board exam : 900 pesos (NOW)
-Must pass 75% and no less than 50% in major subj
-If didn’t pass: can work as medical laboratory technician
Section 18 of RA 5527
SECTION 18:
REPORTING OF RATING
• Within 120 days after the completion of the examination report the result thereof to the Commissioner of Civil Service, who shall submit the result to the President of the Philippines for approval.
Before: 4 months
Now: 3 -5 days may result na
Section 19 of RA 5527
SECTION 19: RATING IN THE EXAMINATION
General average of at least 75% in the written test, with no rating below 50% in any major subjects
If at least 70% = pwedeng medical technician
• Provided, that the candidate has not failed in at least 60% of the subjects computed according to their relative weights.
• Failing the board exam for 3x
= 12 months refresher course in an accredited medical technology school or 12-month postgraduate training in an accredited laboratory
Section 20 of RA 5527
SECTION 20: OATH TAKING
• All successful examinees shall be required to take a professional oath before the board or before any person authorized to administer oaths prior to entering upon the practice of medical technology in the Philippines
• Done by the boards
Section 21 of RA 5527
SECTION 21:
ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF
REGISTRATION
Will receive 2 things : Cert of registration (do not expire) and prc license (expires; need to renew every 3 years, need cpd units to renew)
•
• Every applicant who has satisfactorily passed the required examination for medical technologist shall be issued a certificate of registration, provided that no such certificate shall be issued to any successful applicant who has not attained the age of twenty-one (21) years old.
Pwede magwork under 21, ipakita lang rating; can work as assistant but cant sign official results
• All certificates must be signed by the members of the board and attested by its Secretary.
• The certificates must be displayed in the workplace of the Medical technologist.
• Upon application filed after the approval of this Act not later than ninety days after the Board shall have been fully constituted, the Board shall issue a certificate of registration without examination to persons:
o Graduated with a BSMT/BSH in duly recognized schools of medical technology in the Philippines or foreign countries who have been in the practice of medical technology for at least three years at the time of the passage of this Act in laboratories in the Philippines or in foreign countries duly accredited by the Bureau of Research and Laboratories, Department of Health
dati hindi na bibigyan ng exam, cert of registration na; practice 3 years prior to 1969 may cert of registration matik
1996 pababa matik cert
o Graduated from other paramedical professions who are already civil service eligible by authority of the other Boards of profession and who are actually performing medical technology practice for the last five years prior to the enactment of this Act.
Section 22 of RA 5527
SECTION 22: FEES
• The Board shall charge each applicant for examination and registration the sum of fifty (50) pesos
• Twenty -five (25) pesos for each certificate of registration issued without prior examination.
• Ten pesos (10) for issuance of a new certificate to replace certificate lost, destroyed or mutilated.
• The Board shall charge the sum of all such fees shall be paid to the disbursing officer of the Civil Service Commission who shall pay from the receipts thereof, all authorized expenses of the Board including the compensation of each member.
Present: Requested in PRC
-License Renewal: 450
-Examination Application- 900
Section 23 of RA 5527
SECTION 23:
REFUSAL TO ISSUE CERTIFICATE
Board shall refuse to issue a certificate of registration with the ff. reasons:
ICU
1. Incurable communicable diseases
2. Convicted by the court of competent jurisdiction of any guilty of immoral or dishonorable conduct.
3. Unsound mind
Section 24 of RA 5527
SECTION 24: ADMINISTRATIVE INVESTIGATION
Revocation or suspension of Certificates shall be conducted under administrative investigation by at least two members of the Board and one legal officer during the said investigation.
• Revocation – unanimous vote of all the three members
• Reprimand or Suspension – majority vote of the board ( but not exceeding two years of suspension)
-medical technologists is required to surrender his license and certificate of registration within 30 days after the decision becomes final.
•The suspension shall run from the date of such surrender.
Section 25 of RA 5527
SECTION 25: APPEAL
The revocation or suspension of a certificate made by the Board shall be subject to appeal to the Civil Service Commissioner whose decision shall become final thirty (30) days after its promulgation, unless the respondent within the same period has appealed to the office of the President of the Philippines
Section 26 of RA 5527
SECTION 26:
REINSTATEMENT, REISSUE OR
REPLACEMENT OF
CERTIFICATES
• The Board may, upon application and for reason deemed proper and sufficient, reissue any revoked registration certificate.
kapag napatunayan na innocent sa isang case, pwede i-reissue
• The suspension of a certificate of registration shall be automatically lifted upon the expiration of the period of suspension and said certificate shall be re-issued to the medical technologist concerned upon request.
Need maclear muna case, render community service etc or after 2 years ng suspension
Section 27 of RA 5527
SECTION 27:
FOREIGN RECIPROCITY
Foreigner can’t practice here as medtech kapag sa bansa nila hindi pwedeng magpractice and Filipinos as medtech without having a foreign license:
ASCPI– US
AHAD– Dubai
Canada – must study for 2 years, get board exam nila
Section 28 of RA 5527
SECTION 28: ROSTER OF
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST
• A Roster of Medical Technologists shall be prepared annually by the Secretary of the Board.
• The roster shall contain the LIST OF EACH PROFESSIONAL RMT’S:
name,
address and
citizenship
date of registration or issuance of certificate
Section 29 of RA 5527
SECTION 29: PENAL PROVISIONS
The following shall be punished by a fine of not less than P2000 nor P5000 or imprisonment for not less than (6) months nor more than (2) years:
- Practicing Medical Technology in the Philippines without being registered or exempted from registration
- Any medical technologist, even if duly registered, who practice medical technology without the necessary supervision of a qualified pathologist or physician
- Made fraudulent laboratory report;
- Refuse or fail to display his certificate of registration in the place
- Attempting to use as his own, the certificate of registration of another;
- Giving any false or fraudulent device of any kind to the Board of any member thereof obtaining a certificate of registration as Medical Technologist;
/mga docu na pinaagawa sa recto/ - Impersonate any registrant of a fake or the same name;
- Attempt to use a revoked or suspended certificate of registration;
- Advertise any title or description tending to convey the impression that he is a Medical Technologist without holding a valid certificate of registration;
Nag part time ka lang sa lab tapos nagsasign ng lab result kahit hindi rmt - Any person who shall violate any provision of this Act; or
- Any person or corporate body who shall violate the rules and regulations of Board
Section 30 of RA 5527
SECTION 30: SEPARABILITY CLAUSE
• If any provision of this Act or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance is declared invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this Act or of the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected by such declaration.
Incase hindi na pinapatupad ibang section, hindi dapat mainvalidate ra 5527 as a whole; not affect ibang sections
Section 31 of RA 5527
SECTION 31: REPEALING CLAUSE
nothing in this Act shall be construed as repealing or amending any portion of the Medical Act of 1959 (R.A. 2382, as amended by R.A. 4224), the Clinical Laboratory Act of 1966 (R.A. 4688), and the Blood Banking Law of 1956 (R.A. 1517).
This law does not reappeal or affect other Medtech Laws!!
Section 32 of RA 5527
SECTION 32: EFFECTIVITY
• This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
How many Sections does RA 5527 have?
32 Sections
law that governs the practice of medtech in the Philippines
Republic act no. 5527 – Philippine Medical Technology act of 1969
President who signed RA 5527
: Former President Ferdinand E. Marcos
Date RA 5527 was approved
June 21, 1969
Date RA 5527 was signed
August 14,1969
Aim of RA 5527
: to register all Medtechs performing in our country;
define practice; train interns; and set guidelines for boards exam
An auxiliary branch of laboratory medicine which deals with the examinations inside the laboratory by various chemical, 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
Practice inside the laboratory to help Dr. diagnose and treat disease by giving accurate lab result
Medical Technology
A duly registered physician who is specially trained in methods of laboratory medicine, or the gross and microscopic study and interpretation of tissues, secretion and excretions of the human body and its functions in order to diagnose disease, follow its course, determine the effect of treatment, ascertain cause of death and advance medicine by means of research.
Pathologist
Supervises medtechs in the lab
Pathologist
Head of the laboratory
Pathologist
A person who engages in the work of medical technology under the supervision of a Pathologist or licensed physician authorize by the DOH in places where there is no pathologist and who having passed the prescribed course (BSMT/BSH) of training and examination is registered under the provision of this act.
Medical Technologist (Medtechs)
who performs the tests in clinical laboratory
Medical Technologist (Medtechs)
True or False:
Accdg. to RA 5527
Only those who graduate BSMT can become registered medtechs
False
Those who graduate BSH/ BS Public Health, as well as those former non-graduate medical technologist can be registered as well.
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
A clinical laboratory, office, agency, clinic, hospital or sanitarium duly approved by the DOH or its authorized agency.
-Place to intern for Medtech students
Accredited Medical Technology Training Laboratory
What institution accredits Medical Technology Training Laboratory in the past (original RA 5527)?
Department of Health
What institution accredits Medical Technology Training Laboratory today (amended RA 5527)?
CHED
Any school, college, or university which offers a course in Medical Technology approved by Department of Education in accordance with the requirements under this act, upon recommendation of the council of Medical Technology Education.
Recognized School of Medical Technology
What institution accredits School of Medical Technology today (amended RA 5527)?
CHED
What institution accredits School of Medical Technology in the past (original RA 5527)?
Department of Education
2 groups to encounter in RA 5527 act:
- Council of Medical Technology Education
- Board of Examiners for Medical Technology
Section where MT Council is established
Section 3
Section where MT Board is established
Section 7
How many member of MT Council all in all?
9 members
• Chairman: Secretary of Education or Director of Private Education
• Vice-Chairman: Director of Bureau of Research and Laboratories of the DOH
• Members:
- 1 Chairman of Board of MT and
- Two members of the Board of Medical Technology ü
- 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
- President of PSP
Accdg. to Section 4:
The chairman and members of the Council shall be entitled to how much per diem every meeting they attend?
25 pesos per diem for every meeting actually attended
Max of 2 Meeting/ in a month
SECTION 12: REMOVAL OF THE BOARD
Any member of the Board may be removed by the President of the Philippines for the ff. reasons:
NIMUI
Neglect of duty
Incompetency
Malpractice or unprofessional
Unethical
Immoral or dishonorable Conduct
Letter or invitation ordering a person to attend the court to bring relevant documents or evidence
SECTION 11: FUNCTION AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD
Subpoena/ Subpoena duces tecum
SECTION 13: ACCREDITATION OF SCHOOLS OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY AND OF TRAINING LABORATORIES
Required fields for accreditation (in laboratory):
BaSePaHeBiLa
o 1. Bacteriology
o 2. Serology
o 3. Parasitology
o 4. Hematology
o 5. Biochemistry
o 6. Laboratory procedures
Section 19: Rating of Examination
Universities offering Refresher Course:
o Centro Escolar University –Professional and Continuing Education
o Trinity University of Asia
