Unit 1: RA 5527 (PART 2) Flashcards
What is Section 13 of RA 5527?
Accreditation of Schools of Medical Technology and of Training
Laboratories
What are the Sections for the Board Examinations?
Sections 15 - 19
What is Section 14 of RA 5527?
Inhibition Against the Practice of Medical Technology
What are the sections about the Practice of Medical Technology?
Section 14, Section 20 - 29
What is Section 30 of RA 5527?
Separability Clause
What is Section 31 of RA 5527?
Repealing Cause
What is Section 32 of RA 5527?
Effectivity
Who shall approve the schools of Medical Technology?
DEPED
Who shall approve the laboratories for accreditation as training
laboratories?
Bureau of Research and Laboratories (DOH)
How can a laboratory be accredited as a training laboratory?
Ë The laboratories shall show satisfactory evidence that they possess qualified personnel
Ë Properly equipped to carry out laboratory procedures commonly
required in the following fields
Accreditation of Clinical Laboratories as Training Laboratory for Medical Technology/Medical Laboratory Science Interns is under
the CMO…
CMO No. 6 series of 2008
Among the choices, which of the following is INHIBITED in the
practice of medical technology?
a. a. Registered physicians
b. Consultant & professors from other country
c. Medical technologists in the service of the United States
Armed Forces stationed in the Philippines
d. Board flunkers
d. Board flunkers
What is Section 15 of RA 5527?
Examination
The following places are sites of examination for MT except:
a. Bohol (Visayas)
b. Manila (Luzon)
c. Cebu (Visayas)
d. Davao (Mindanao)
a. Bohol (Visayas)
When does the first batch of examinees take the MT Board Exams?
August or September
When does the second batch of examinees take the MT Board
Exams?
March
When is the deadline of examination for board exam takers?
20 days before the exam
What is Section 16 of RA 5527?
Qualification of Examiantion
If a professional who did not graduate from BS MedTech wants to take the MT Board Exam, what is the requirement? (during June
21, 1969)
Practicing for at least 5 years
What is Section 17 of RA 5527?
Scope of Examination
Enumerate the subjects and percentage for the MT Board Exams
Clinical Chem (20%)
Microbio & Para (20%)
Hema (20%)
Blood Bank & Sero (20%)
Clinical Micro (10%)
Histopath & MTLE (10%)
When must the schedule of subjects for the board exams be
published?
30 days before date of examination
What is Section 18 of RA 5527?
Report of Rating
The board report the results of the board exam within how many
days?
120 days
Who is responsible for releasing the results of the board examinations?
Commissioner of Civil Service
PRC Modernization Act of 2000 is under RA?
RA 8981
(Within 10 days)
What is Section 19 of RA 5527?
Rating in the Examination
To pass a board exam, the general average of the applicant must
be at least _______?
75%
To pass a board exam, there must be no rating below _________?
50%
To pass a board exam, one must not have failed in at least ______
of the subjects.
60%
When is the refresher course given?
After failing the 3rd time
What is Section 20 of RA 5527?
Oath Taking
True or False: 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.
True
What is Section 21 of RA 5527?
Issuance of Certificate of Registration
Who are the signatories for RMT Certificate?
PRC Chairperson (!)
MT Board (3)
True or False: A 20-year-old person may be given a certificate as
long as he passed the board exam
False
The qualifications for a Medical Laboratory Technician was supplied by what amendment?
PD 498
What is the amendment under Section 21?
PD 498
A Medical Laboratory Technician generally has a rating of ______
to ______.
70% to 74.99%
1 RMT can handle how many Medical Laboratory Technicians?
2 MLTs
What is Section 22 of RA 5527?
Fees
When will the board charge an applicant? (4)
Ë Fee for examination
Ë Registration
Ë Issuance of COR
Ë New certificate lost, destroyed or mutilated
What is Section 23 of RA 5527?
Refusal to Issue a Certificate
What is Section 24 of RA 5527?
Administrative Investigation
Who conducts the investigation for Section 24?
1 legal officer
2 members of the board
What are the possible sanctions as stated by Section 24?
Suspension
Revokal
This is the sanction given to an RMT if majority voted against the
person.
Suspension of License
This is the sanction given to an RMT if all members (unanimous)
voted against the person.
Revocation of License
Suspension usually lasts for…
Not more than 2 years
What is Section 25 of RA 5527?
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 ______ days after its promulgation, unless the respondent within the same period has
appealed to the office of the President of the Philippines.
30 days
What is Section 26?
Reinstatement, Reissue, or Replacement of Certificate
True or False: The Board may, upon application and for reason
deemed proper and sufficient, reissue any revoked registration
certificate.
True
What is Section 27 of RA 5527?
Foreign Reciprocity
What section is referred to below:
No foreigner shall be admitted to examination, or be given a
certificate of registration or be entitled to the rights and privileges,
unless the country permits Filipino Medical Technologist to practice within its territorial limits.
Section 27
What is Section 28 of RA 5527?
Roster of Medical Technologists
Who shall prepare the roster annually?
Secretary of the Board
What is the amendment under Section 28?
RA 498
Name, address and citizenship, date of registration are all requirements under what section?
Section 28
What is Section 29 of RA 5527?
Penal Provisions
What section is pertained to below:
If any provision of RA 5527 is declared invalid, the rest will not be
affected
Section 30
What section is pertained to below:
If any provision of this Act or the application of such provision
to any person or circumstances is declared invalid by a court of
competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this Act or the application
of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be
affected by such declaration
Section 30
What section is pertained to below:
Without prejudice to the provision of the Medical Act of 1959 as
amended relating to illegal practice of Medicine, the following shall
be punished by a fine of not less than two thousand pesos nor
more than five thousand pesos, or imprisonment for not less than
six months nor more than two years, or both, in the discretion of
the court.
SEction 29
What section is pertained to below:
All acts, executive orders, rules and regulations, or parts thereof
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed:
Provided, however, that 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).
Section 31
Who was the senate president during the effectivity of RA 5527?
Gil Puyat
Who was the Speaker of the House of Representatives during the
effectivity of RA 5527?
Jose B. Laurel, Jr.
Who was the Secretary of the House of Representatives during
the effectivity of RA 5527?
Inocencio B. Pareja