UNIT 3: RA 4688 (Clinical Laboratory Law) Flashcards
RA 4688 is also known as
Clinical Laboratory Law
How many sections are there in RA 4688?
8 sections
When was RA 4688 approved as a law?
passed by the 6th congress of the Philippines
June 18, 1966
Act regulating the operation and maintainance of clinical laboratories and requiring the registration of the same with the department of health, providing penalty for the violation therof, and for other purposes
RA 4688
What section is this?
Any person, firm or corporation, operating and maintaining a clinical laboratory in which body fluids, tissues, secretions, excretions and radioactivity from humans 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 : provided, that government hospital laboratories doing routine or minimum laboratory examinations shall be exempt from the provisions of this section if their services are extensions of government regional or central laboratories.
Section 1
What section is this?
- 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, such authorization to be renewed annually.
- No license shall be granted or renewed by the Secretary of Health for the operation and maintenance of a clinical laboratory unless such laboratory is under the administration, direction and supervision of an authorized physician, as provided for in the preceding paragraph.
Section 2
What section is this?
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
What section is this?
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
What section is this?
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
What section is this?
The sum of fifty thousand pesos, or so must thereof as may be necessary, is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry into effect the provisions of this Act.
Section 6
What section is this?
All Acts or parts of Acts which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.
Section 7
True or False
The following is under section 8: This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
True
Implementing Guidelines (Old & Amended)
Administrative Order No. 201, Series of ____
series of 1973
Implementing Guidelines (Old & Amended)
Administrative Order No. ____, Series of 1976
No. 290
Implementing Guidelines (Old & Amended)
Administrative Order No. 52, Series of _____
series of 1983
Implementing Guidelines (Old & Amended)
Administrative Order No. 49-B, Series of _____
series of 1988
Implementing Guidelines (Old & Amended)
Executive Order No. ____, Series of ____
Redirecting the Functions & Operations of DOH
Executive Order No. 102, Series of 1999
Rules & Regulations Governing The Establishment, Operation & Maintenance of Clinical Laboratories in the Philippines
Administrative Order No. 59, Series of 2001
Other implementing Guidelines
Revised Rules and Regulations Governing the Licensure and Regulation of Clinical Laboratories in the Philippines
Administrative Order No. 2007-0027
Other implementing Guidelines
Amendment to Administrative Order No. 2007-0027
Administrative Order No. 2007-0027-A
Other implementing Guidelines
Posting of Schedule of Fees for Laboratory and Other Diagnostic Services of Hospitals and other Health Facilities
Administrative Order No. 2008-0002
Other implementing Guidelines
Schedule of Fees for the Licensure of General Clinical Laboratories
and the Registration of Special Clinical Laboratories
Administrative Order No. 2008-0007
At present
New Rules and Regulation Governing the Regulation of Clinical Laboratories in the Philippines
Administrative order No. 2021-0037
Specific department of DOH in-charge of licensing and regulation of all health facilities including Clinical Laboratories
Health Facilities & Services Regulatory Bureau (HFSRB)
True or False
Health Facilities & Services Regulatory Bureau (HFSRB) was formerly known as Bureau of Health Facilities & Services (BHFS)
True
True or False
At present, the Health Facilities and Service Regulatory Bureau (HFSRB) is in charge of all clinical laboratory licensing and related concerns.
True
Who signed the A.O. 2021-0037?
(then) DOH Sec. Francisco Duque, III
Natural or juridical person who intends to operate a clinical laboratory
Applicant
HFSRB is known as
Health Facilities and Services Regulatory Bureau
CHD is known as
Center for Health Development
Facility where tests are done on specimens from human body to obtain information about health status of patient for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases
Clinical Laboratory
Panic values originally described by Lundberg as “life-threatening” unless something is done promptly and for which some corrective action could be undertaken
Critical Values
Program where participating laboratories are given unknown samples for analysis
External Quality Assessment Program (EQAP)
Checklist used by regulatory officers during inspection visits to evaluate compliance of clinical laboratory to minimum standards and technical requirements
Assessment Tool
Corporate body or establishment organized for an educational, medical, charitable or similar purpose
Institution
Issued by DOH to an individual, agency, partnership or corporation that operates a clinical laboratory upon compliance with the requirements set forth
License
Individual, agency, partnership or corporation to whom the license is issued and upon whom rests compliance
Licensee
Also refers to the license
License to Operate (LTO)
Laboratory testing unit that moves from testing site to another testing site, or has a temporary testing location
Mobile Clinical Laboratory
True or False
A mobile clinical laboratory must have a base laboratory in order to be allowed to operate
True