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Week 3: Republic Act 5527 Flashcards

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An act requiring the registration of Medical Technologists, defining their practice, and for other purposes

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REPUBLIC ACT 5527 (R.A No. 5527)

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Date of approval of R.A 5527

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June 21, 1969

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Who was the senate president when RA 5527 got approved?

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GIL J. PUYAT

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Who was the speaker of the house when RA 5527 got approved?

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J.B LAUREL JR.

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How many sections does RA 5526 have?

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32 sections

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•changes to certain provisions of a Republic Act.
•Based on the premise that changes are made or to be made for the purpose of adapting to what is presently existing in the professional practice and expanding the rights and privileges extended to an individual or a group of persons.

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AMENDMENTS

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●R.A 6138 - August 31, 1970; sections ___, ___, and 22

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16 and 21

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June 28, 1974; sections 2,3,4,7,8,11,13,21 and 29

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PD 498

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June 11, 1978; sections 3, 8 and 13

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PD 1534

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to ensure that the professional services expected from medical technologists are to be rendered by competent and licensed individuals to protect the health and physical welfare

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primary purpose of RA 5527

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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.

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Medical Technology

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Section where the other name for the law is indicated

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Section 1

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In what section can you find the definition of terms?

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Section 2

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A duly registered physician who is specially trained in methods of laboratory medicine, of the gross and microscopic study and interpretation of tissues, secretions and excretions of 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.

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Pathologist

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A person who engages in the work of medical technology under the supervision of a pathologist, and a graduate of bachelor in medical technology who passed the board exam. Also regarded as the living clinical eye.

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Medical technologist

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A person who is a graduate of bachelor of medtech but failed to passed the board exam

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Medical technician

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Also referred as the council, which shall be composed as Secretary of Education or Director of Private Education as Chairman, Director of the Bureau of Research and Laboratories of DOH as Vice Chairman, the Chairman and two members of board of Medical Technology, a representative of dean of schools of MT and PH, President of PSP and PAMET, as members

They recommend the minimum required curriculum, including setting up policies, standards and guidelines as well as monitoring compliance, and evaluating HEIs offering BSMT/BSMLS.

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Section 3

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The council is composed of?

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CHAIRMAN: Chairperson of CHED

VICE – CHAIRMAN: Chairperson of PRC

MEMBERS:
Director of HFSRB of DOH
Chairman and two members of Medical Technology Board
Representative of PASMETH
PAMET
PSP

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●FUNCTIONS OF THE COUNCIL SHOULD BE:

a.To recommend the minimum required curriculum

b.To determine and prescribe the number of students to be allowed to take, student-instructor ratio, availability of facilities

c.To approve medical technology schools that meet the requirements

d.To require all medical technology schools to submit an annual report before month of June.

e.To inspect whether a high standard of education is maintained in said institutions

f.To certify for admission into an undergraduate internship to a student who has satisfactorily completed 3 years of MT course

g.Formulate and recommend approval of refresher course

h.To promulgate and prescribe necessary rules and regulations.

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Section 5

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The Medical Technology course shall be at least four years, including a 12-month satisfactory internship in accredited laboratories.

Thus, in response to the fast development of MT education, CHED issued CMO No. 13 s. 2017.

CMO No. 13 s. 2017 recommends the components of minimum curriculum with a total of 173 units to be effective in the academic year 2018 – 2019.

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Section 6

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There is hereby created a Medical Technology Board under the Professional Regulations Commission, which shall hereafter be referred to as the BOARD, composed of a chairman who is a pathologist and two members who are registered medical technologist who shall be appointed by the President of the Republic of Philippines upon recommendation of PRC. The chairman and members of the board shall hold office for 3 years after appointments.

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Section 7

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Current members of Board of Medical Technology

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CHAIRMAN: MARILYN A. CABAL-BARZA
MEMBER: LEILA LANY M. FLORENTO

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●QUALIFICATIONS OF EXAMINERS:
1.Filipino Citizen
2.Good moral character
3.Qualified pathologist / Duly qualified RMT of the Philippines with degree of BSMT/ BSH/PH
4.Been in practice for at least 10 years prior of appointment
5.Not a faculty member for at least 2 years prior to appointment

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Section 8

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●FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD:
Administer the provisions
Administer oaths
Issue, suspend or revoke certificates of registration
Look into conditions affecting the practice of medtech in the philippines
Investigate such violations
Draft such rules and regulations

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Section 11

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● GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL OF BOARD MEMBERS
1.NEGLECT OF DUTY
2.INCOMPETENCE / MALPRACTICE
3.UNPROFESSIONAL, IMMORAL, UNETHICAL OR DISHONARABLE CONDUCT

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Section 12

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Upon recommendation of Medical Technology Board, the Department of Education and Culture shall approved schools of Medical Technology while the DOH or its authorized agency with recommendation of Council of Medical Technology Education approve laboratories for accreditation as training laboratories.

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Section 13

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Who shall approve schools of Medical Technology and laboratories for accreditation as training laboratories?

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Department of Education and Culture and DOH or its authorized agency

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● RULES REGARDING THE INHIBITION AGAINST PRACTICE OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

  1. Duly registered physician
  2. Medical Technologists from other countries called in for consultation or as a visiting or exchange professors to colleges or universities; provided that they are only practicing the said function
  3. Medical Technologists in the service of US army stationed in the Philippines rendering services as such for this group only
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Section 14

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All applicants for registration as medical technologists shall be required to undergo a written examination which shall be given by the board annually in Metro Manila, Cebu and Davao during month of August or September
on such days and places as the boards may designate. Written notices of such examination shall be published at least thirty days prior to the date of examination

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Section 15

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● QUALIFICATION FOR EXAMINATION

  1. Is in good health and good moral character
  2. Has completed a course of at least 4 years leading to the degrees of BSMT or BSPH conferred by a recognized school, university or
    college accordance with this decree or having graduated from other paramedical profession and has been actually performing medical technology for the last 5 years prior to the examination, if such performance began prior to June 21, 1969.
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Section 16

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This section shows the covered subjects with their respective relative weight.

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Section 17

32
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these 4 subjects cover 20% each of your average score

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Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology, Hematology and Blood banking and serology

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these 2 subjects cover 10% each of your average score

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Clinical Microscopy and Histopathologic Techniques and Medical Technology Laws and Bioethics

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CRITERIA TO PASS THE BOARD EXAMINATION

  1. Average of 75% or higher
  2. No rating below 50% in any major subjects
  3. Not failed in at least 60% of subjects computed No further examination will be given an applicant who has not qualified after three examinations, unless and until he/she shall have completed 12 month refresher course in an accredited medical technology school or 12 – month postgraduate training in an accredited laboratory
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Section 19

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● No certificate shall be issued to any applicants below 21 years of age.
● All certificates shall be signed by all the members of the Board and is attested by its secretary.
● The board shall issue COR without examination to the persons who graduated BSMT/BSPH in duly recognized schools in PH or foreign country who have been practicing 3 years at the time of passage of this Act. And
also to all other person who graduated from other professions have actually practicing medical technology

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Section 21

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The board shall refuse to issue a certificate of registration to any person convicted by the court of competent jurisdiction of any criminal offense involving moral turpitude, or any person guilty of immoral, or dishonorable conduct, or of unsound mind, or incurable communicable disease, and in such case shall give to the applicant a written statement setting forth the reason for its action, which statement shall be incorporated in the record of the board.

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Section 23

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Administrative investigation shall be conducted by at least 2 members of the Board with one legal officer sitting during the investigation.
Suspension: 2/3 (majority vote), must not exceed for 2 years.

Revocation: unanimous vote
The individual shall be required to surrender his/her COR within 30 days after the decision becomes final.

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Section 24

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The board may , upon application and for
reason deemed proper and sufficient,
reissue any revoked registration certificate. The suspension of a certificate shall be re-issued to the RMT concerned upon request without prejudice to further actions by the Board.

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Section 26

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No Foreigner shall be admitted to examination, or be given a certificate of registration or be entitled to any of the rights and privileges, unless the country or state which he is a subject or a citizen permits Filipino Medical Technologists to practice within its territorial limits on the same basis as the subjects or citizens of said country or state.

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Section 27

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A roster for medical technologist shall be prepared annually by the Secretary of the Board. The roster shall contain the name, address and citizenship of each Registered Medical Technologist, date of registration or issuance of certificate, and other data.

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Section 28

41
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The accreditation of the clinical laboratories used to be?

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Bureau of Research Laboratory and the
Department of Health

42
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Contains the explanatory note of Senator Edgardo Angara during the Fifteenth Congress about the practice of medical technologists

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SENATE BILL NO. 2722

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Covers the explanatory noted delivered by Senator Teofisto Guingona III held in the Sixteenth Congress:

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SENATE BILL NO. 2473

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Negligence refers to conduct lacking in due care. It may be brought about by too much
work and/or accepting work outside office hours. Malpractice, on the other hand, is improper or unethical conduct of a profession

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ACT OF OMISSION OR NEGLIGENCE AND MALPRACTICE

45
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Not all small clinical laboratories can afford a biohazard. Since medical technologist are
prone to infection while working in the laboratory, the provision of biohazard pay should be strictly augmented and reviewed.

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Biohazard pay extended to practicing Medical Technologist

46
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the right to learn and execute the phlebotomy technique has been an issue and concern of some medical technologist against other health care practitioners.

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See of techniques by other healthcare practitioners

47
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First, a homogenous Professional Regulatory Board of Medical Technology, that is, to be composed of three (3) Medical Technologist, and chaired by a Medical Technologist must be created.

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SENATE BILL NO. 2473

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Medical technologist from the Philippines are in high demand, thus their training education should be on a par with the rest of the world’s medical professionals. Philippine schools that offer Medical Technology courses have taken steps to adjust and amend their curriculum in response to advances and current trends in the medical world.

R.A 5527, otherwise known as The Medical Technology Act, was enacted in 1969. the law has become obsolete and no longer responds to the current practice of medical technology education.

This bill seeks to create a Board of Medical Technology under the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC). The said Board will be headed by a qualified medical technologist

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SENATE BILL NO. 2722 ‘

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