RA 5527 Flashcards by Patricia Jill Cabison

RA 5527

An Act Requiring the Registration of Medical Technologist, Defining their Practice, and for Other Purposes

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Congress and session number, City, and start date of hearing, day of the week

6th Congress, 4th Session, City of Manila, January 27, 1969, Monday

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Section 1

Title: Philippine Medical Technology Act of 1969

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Approval Date of RA 5527

June 21, 1969

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Section 2

Definition of Terms

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An auxiliary branch of laboratory medicine which deals with the examination by various chemical, microscopic, bacteriologic and other medical laboratory procedures or technique which will aid the physician in the diagnosis, study and treatment of disease and in the promotion of health in general

Medical Technology

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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 effectivity of treatment, ascertain cause of death and advance
medicine by means of research.

Pathologist

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A person who engages in the work of medical technology under the supervision of a pathologist or licensed physician authorized by the Department of Health in places where there is no pathologist and who having passed the prescribed course (Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology/Bachelor of Science in Hygiene) of training and examination is registered under the provision of this Act.

Medical Technologist

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person certified and registered with the Board as qualified to assist a medical technologist and/or qualified pathologist in the practice of medical technology as defined in this Act.

Medical Laboratory Technicians

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A clinical laboratory, office, agency, clinic, hospital or sanitarium duly approved by the Department of Health or its authorized agency

Accredited Medical Technology Training Laboratory

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Any school, college, or university which offers a course in Medical Technology approved by the 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

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The council of medical technology education established under this Act.

Council

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The Board of Examiners for Medical Technology established under this Act.

Board

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Section 3.

Council of Medical Technology Education, Its Composition

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Section 4.

Compensation and Traveling Expenses of Council Members

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Current Board Members

Marilyn Atienza
Marian Tantingco
Marilyn Barza - Chairman

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was known as BS Hygiene

BS Public Health

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What subj must BSPH students should take to be able to take the board exam

Blood Bank

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School that offers master’s degree for medical technology

UP-V (MS in Public Health), UST, UP-M, PWU

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Section 5.

Functions of the Council of Medical Technology Education

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Section 6.

Minimum Required Course

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Substitute for Spanish or vice versa

Rizal

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Substitute for Zoology

Botany or vice versa

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Section 7

Medical Technology Board

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Chairman of Board must be a?

Pathologist

Number of Board Members

2, RMT

Duration of appoinment

three years

The chairman and members of the Council shall be entitled to a ______ or every meeting actually attended

twenty-five pesos

Section 8

Qualifications of Examiners

Qualification of Examiners

(1) is a Filipino citizen; (2) is of good moral character; (3) is a qualified pathologist or duly registered medical technologist of the Philippines with the degree of Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology/Bachelor of Science in Hygiene; (4) has been in the practice of laboratory medicine or medical technology for at least ten years prior to his appointment, and (5) is not a member of the faculty of any medical technology school, or have any pecuniary interest, direct or indirect, in such institution

Reduced number of years of experience

five years

Section 9

Executive Officer of the Board

Commissioner of Civil Service

The Secretary of the Board Examiners appointed in accordance with ______ as amended, shall also be the Secretary of the Board.

Section ten of Act Numbered Four Thousand Seven

Section 10

Compensation of Members of the Board of Examiners for Medical Technology

Each member of the Board shall receive a sum of ___________ for each applicant examined and ________ for each applicant granted a certificate of registration without examination.

ten pesos, five pesos

Section 11

Functions and Duties of the Board

Section 12

Removal of Board Members

Reasons for board member removal

neglect of duty, incompetency, malpractice or unprofessional, unethical, immoral or dishonorable conduct after having been given opportunity to defend himself in a proper administrative investigation

Section 13

Accreditation of Schools of Medical Technology and of Training Laboratories

approve schools of medical technology in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

Department of Education

shall upon recommendation of the Council of Medical Technology Education approve laboratories for accreditation as training laboratories for Medical Technology students or postgraduate trainees upon satisfactory evidence that said laboratories possess qualified personnel and properly equipped to carry out laboratory procedures commonly required in the following fields: bacteriology, serology, parasitology, hematology, and biochemistry, and that the scope of activities of said laboratory offer sufficient training in said laboratory procedures

Department of Health or its authorized agency

Section 14

Inhibition Against the Practice of Medical Technology

according to section 14, registration shall not be required of the following

(a) Duly registered physicians. (b) Medical technologists from other countries called in for consultation or as visiting or exchange professors to colleges or universities: Provided, That they are only practicing the said function. (c) Medical technologists in the service of the United States Armed Forces stationed in the Philippines rendering services as such for members of the said forces only.

Section 15

Examination

Testing site for board exam

Manila, Cebu, Davao, Ilo-ilo

Month of Examination

March, August, September

Day of examination for september examination

weekends

Day of examination for March examination

Weekdays

Section 16

Qualification for Examination

Scope of Coverage & Examination

1st day of exam subjs:

CC, Micro, CM

2nd day of exam subjs:

Hema, BB, Sero, Histopath, MTLE

% for Clinical Chemistry

20%

% for Microbiology and Parasitology

20%

% for Hematology

20%

% for Clinical Microscopy (Urinalysis and other body fluids)

10%

% for Histopathologic Technique

10%

Section 18

Report of Rating

Reporting of Results

within one hundred and twenty days after the date of completion of the examination 3 days

Approves the list of RMT

President of the Philippines

Section 19

Ratings in the Examination

Criteria for passing the board exam

general average of at least seventy-five per cent in the written test, with no rating below fifty per cent in any of the major subjects candidate has not failed in at least sixty per cent of the subjects computed according to their relative weights

year/month of refresher course

1 year/12 months

Section 20

Oath taking

Section 21

Issuance of Certificate of Registration

Age to acquire license

twenty-one years old

Section 22

Fees

The Board shall charge each applicant for examination and registration the sum of _______ and for each certificate of registration issued without prior examination in accordance with the provisions of this Act the sum of twenty five pesos

fifty pesos

Section 23

Refusal to Issue Certificate

Criteria for refusal to issue certificate

any person convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction of any guilty of immoral or dishonorable conduct, or of unsound mind, or incurable communicable disease

Section 24

Administrative Investigation-Revocation or Suspension of Certificates

Administrative investigations shall be conducted by at least ______ with ________ sitting during the investigation

two members of the Board with one legal officer

Section 25

Appeal

Section 26

Reinstatement, Reissue or Replacement of Certificates

Section 27

Foreign Reciprocity

Section 28

Roster of Medical Technologists

Section 29

Penal Provisions

Fine

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 30

Separability Clause

Section 31

Repealing Clause

Medical Act of 1959

R.A. 2382, as amended by R.A. 4224

Clinical Laboratory Act of 1966

R.A. 4688

Blood Banking Law of 1956

R.A. 1517

Section 32

Effectivity

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