Medtech Law Ra 5527
Medtech Law Ra 5527
Medtech Law Ra 5527
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ACT OF 1969 - An amendment of the Medical Technology Act of 2011
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5527
Medical Technology Act of 2011
- An act which contains the provisions for the
Improvement of the status of all medical technologists
INTRODUCTION
in terms of competencies or skills.
Laws
- represented by Republic Acts, Presidential Decrees,
and Executive Orders CONCEPT OF LAW AND THE PROVISIONS OF R.A. 5527
- enacted for the benefit of the general public or the
Law
different sectors of society
- a set of rules or orders imposed on all members of the
Republic Act No. 5527 community
- embodies the definition of the profession, as well as its - they are recognized, binding, and enforceable on an
registration, functions, responsibilities, coverage, and individual by an organization or a group of individuals
limitations who are authorized to implement such
- existence: since 45 years - are the regulatory systems of social relations
- since President Ferdinand Marcos signed it
Has been amended several times = due to continuous Republic Act or Presidential Decree
modernization - one governing rule or order in professional practice
- can later be amended for the benefit of those who will
RA 6138 Aug 31, 1970 Secs 16, 21, and 22
be protected by such an amendment.
PD 498 June 28, 1974 Secs 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 11,
13, 21, and 29 RA 5527
PD 1534 June 11, 1978 Sections 3, 8, and 13 - law that governs the practice of the medical
technology profession
- Name: An Act Requiring the Registration of Medical
Medical Technology Act of 2011
Technologists, Defining their Practice and Other
- proposed: Senator Edgardo Angara
Purposes
- repealed existing law
- divided into three parts: preliminary, functional,
- goal: aims to improve the status of all medical
concluding provisions
technologists in the Philippines in terms of salary and
competency, bringing Filipino medical technologists
onpar with those of the other nations in the world
Important legal concepts in field of professional
practice
December 4, 2013 1. Prevailing laws and source or origin
- Representative Leopoldo N. Bataoil of the 2nd district - The law is existing at present, enveloping the
of Pangasinan practice of professional endeavors
- during the first regular session of the Sixteenth
Congress 2. Offense and legal responsibility
- proposed another amendment under House Bill 3502 - Laws are enacted and are accompanied by the
appropriate offense for violations or infractions
- mandatory for the individual concerned to
KEYWORDS render obedience to existing law
- people are duty-bound to assume the
Amendment
responsibilities over any action they take or
- A process of revising, modifying, or changing the
commit
provisions of a law or bill
3. Laws and orders, sanctions, system of laws, Medical Technology Licensure Examination by various
and legality of action regulatory boards and under the supervision of the
- concept pertains to the fact that a law is a set Professional Regulation Commission
of rules or orders
- Nobody is above the law.
- Laws govern and treat all people fairly and Senate Bill
impartially - a piece of proposed legislation that has been issued or
- Any violation of laws may be reprimanded and was modified by the Congress or the Senate
sanctioned - can become a law after its passage by:
- laws are rules that prescribe directions for 1. the Senate
conduct in any situation 2. the House of Representatives
3. the approval of the President of the Philippines
RA vs PD vs EO vs SB
Council
Medical Technician
- referred to established a Council of Medical
- A person who, not being a graduate of Bachelor of
Technology Education
Science in Medical Technology/Bachelor of Science in
Hygiene, Compositions
- but having passed the corresponding civil service
Chairman - Secretary of Education or Director of
examination, performs the work of medical technology
Private Education
under the supervision of a registered medical
Vice- Director of the Bureau of Research and
technologist and/or qualified pathologist.
Chairman Laboratories of the Department of
Accredited Medical Technology Training Laboratory Health
- A clinical laboratory, office, agency, clinic, hospital Members - Chairman
sanitarium duly approved by the Department of Health - Two members of the Board of
Medical Technology,
or its authorized agency.
- Dean Of the Institute Of Hygiene of
Recognized School of Medical Technology the University of the Philippines
- Any school, college or university which offers a course - a representative of the deans or
in Medical Technology approved by the Department of heads of the private schools of
Education in accordance with the requirements under medical technology,
- and the presidents of the Philippine
this Act,upon recommendation of the Council of
Association of Medical Technologists
Medical Technology Education;
and the Philippine Society of
Council Pathologists
- The Council of Medical Technology Education
established under this Act. Section 4, RA 527
Board Compensation and Traveling Expenses of Council
- The Board Of Examiners for Medical Technology Members
established under this Act (Definition of Terms in 1. The chairman and members of the Council shall
Section 2, 5527). be entitled to a twenty-five pesos per diem for
every meeting actually attended
2. number of meetings authorized with a per diem
shall not exceed two in a month
FUNCTIONAL PROVISIONS 3. officials receiving regular salaries from the
Government shall not receive a per diem
Functional Provisions 4. the chairman and members of the Council
- pertain to: shall be entitled to traveling expenses in
1. the policies or orders creating a council of medical connection with their official
technology, duties
2. the minimum required courses,
3. composition,
4. functions,
5. Qualifications
6. removal of the board of examiners,
7. examination coverage, and
8. foreign reciprocity
Section 5, RA 5527 Section 6, 5527
Functions of the Council of Medical Technology Minimum Required Course
Education
Medical Technology Course
Functions of the Council - at least 4 years
- including a 12-month satisfactory internship in
1. To recommend the minimum required
accredited laboratories
curriculum for the course of
- must include the ff subjects
medical technology.
Subjects:
2. To determine and prescribe the number of
1. English
students to be allowed
2. Spanish
to take up the medical technology course in
3. Social Science
each school, taking into account the student-
4. General Zoology
instructor ratio and the availability of
5. Botany
facilities for instruction.
6. Mathematics
7. College Physics
3. To approve medical technology schools meeting
8. Qualitative Chemistry
the requirements and recommend closure of
9. Quantitative Chemistry
those found to be substandard.
1. Biochemistry
4. To require all medical technology schools to
2. Gross Anatomy
submit an annual report, including the total
3. Histology
number of students and instructors, a list of
4. Physiology
facilities available for instruction, a list of their
5. Clinical Parasitology
recent graduates and new admissions, on or
6. General Pathology
before the month of June.
7. Microbiology
8. Biostatistics
5. To inspect, when necessary, the different
9. Clinical Laboratory
medical technology schools in the country in
order to determine whether a high standard of
Methods includes
education is maintained in said institutions.
a. Hematology
b. Serology
6. To certify for admission into an undergraduate
c. Blood banking,
internship students who have satisfactorily
d. Clinical microscopy,
completed three years of the medical
e. Applied microbiology,
technology course or its equivalent and to
f. and parasitology,
collect from said students the amount of five
g. histopathologic techniques,
pesos each which money accrue to the
h. cytotechnology
operating fund of the Council.
upon satisfactory evidence that said laboratories Date: month of August or September on such days and
possess qualified personnel and are properly equipped places as the Board may designate.
to carry out laboratory procedures commonly required
Written notices of such examination
in ff fields
- shall be published in at least three newspapers of
1. bacteriology national circulation
2. serology - by the Secretary of the Board
3. parasitology - at least thirty days prior to the date of examination
4. hematology
5. biochemistry
No person shall practice or offer to practice medical 1. Is in good health and is of good moral
technology as defined in this act without having character;
previously obtained a valid certificate of registration 2. Has completed a course of at least four years
from the Board provided that registration shall not be leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in
required of the following Medical or Bachelor of Science in Hygiene
conferred by a recognized school, college or
1. Duly registered physicians.
university in accordance with this Act and all
2. Medical technologists from other countries
other persons having graduated from other
called in for consultation or as visiting or
paramedical professions who are actually
exchange professors to colleges or
performing medical technology for the last five
universities: Provided, they are only practicing
years prior to the enactment of this Act
the said function.
provided they meet the minimum requirements
3. Medical technologists in the service of the
mentioned in Section Six exceeding one year
United States Armed Forces stationed in the
undergraduate internship or practical training
Philippines rendering services as such for
members of the said forces only
SEC 17, RA 5527 - not failed in at least 60% of the subjects computed
Scope and Coverage and Examination according to their relative weights.
the Board shall issue a certificate of registration The Board shall refuse to a certificate of registration
without examination to persons - to any person convicted by a court of competent
jurisdiction of any criminal offense involving moral
a. who have graduated with a Bachelor of Science
turpitude, found guilty of immoral or dishonorable
in Hygiene and/or Bachelor of Science in
conduct, or is of unsound mind, or is suffering from an
Medical Technology in duly recognized schools
incurable communicable disease,
of medical technology in the Philippines or
foreign countries and who have been in the and in such case shall give to the applicant a written
practice of medical technology for at least statement setting forth the reason for its action, which
three years at the time of the passage of this statement shall be incorporated in the record of the
Act in laboratories in the Philippines or in Board
foreign countries duly accredited by the Bureau
of Research and Laboratories, Department of
Health SEC 24, RA 5527
b. other persons having graduated from other Administrative Investigation-Revocation or Suspension
paramedical professions who are already civil of Certificates
service eligible by authority of the other Boards
of profession and who are actually performing
medical technology practice for the last five Administrative investigations
years prior to the enactment of this Act - shall be conducted by at least two members of the
Board
- with one legal officer sitting during the investigation
All such fees shall be paid to the disbursing officer of The Board may
the Civil Service Commission who shall pay from the
receipts thereof, all authorized expenses of the Board 1. reprimand an erring medical technologist or
including the compensation of each member 2. revoke or suspend his certificate of registration
No foreigner
When the penalty of suspension or revocation is
- shall be admitted to examination,
imposed by the Board,
- or be given a certificate of registration
- the medical technologist shall be required to - or be entitled to any of the rights and privileges under
surrender his certificate of registration within this Act
thirty days after the decision becomes final,
unless
under the pain of perpetual disqualification
from the practice of medical technology in the the country or state which he is a subject or a citizen
Philippines for inexcusable failure to do so. The - permits Filipino Medical Technologists to practice
suspension shall run from the date of such within its territorial limits on the same basis as the
surrender subjects or citizens of said country or state
CONCLUDING PROVISIONS
The Board may, upon application and for reason 1. the name,
deemed proper and sufficient, reissue any revoked 2. address and
registration certificate. 3. citizenship of each registered Medical
Technologist,
The suspension shall be automatically lifted upon the
4. date of registration or issuance of certificate,
and d. Any duly registered medical technologist who
5. other data which in the opinion of the Board are shall refuse or fail, after due warning by the
pertinent. Board, to display his certificate of registration
in the place where he works;
The roster shall be open to public inspection, e. Any person presenting or attempting to use as
his own, the certificate of registration of
and copies thereof shall be mailed another;
1. to each person included therein,
2. placed on file in the Office of the President, f. Any person who shall give any false or
3. furnished to all Department Heads fraudulent evidence of any kind to the Board
4. and all agencies, offices and instrumentalities of member thereof obtaining a certificate of
the Department of Health registration as Medical Technologist;
5. and to such other offices, private or
governmental, g. Any person who shall impersonate any
6. and to the public upon request registrant of a fake or the same name;
Section 29, RA 5527 i. Any person who shall, in connection with his
Penal Provisions name, otherwise assume, use or advertise any
title or description tending to convey the
Without prejudice to the provision of the Medical Act of impression that he is a Medical Technologist
1959 as amended, pertaining to illegal practice of without holding a valid certificate of
Medicine, registration;
the following shall' be punished j. Any person who shall violate any provision of
1. by a fine of not less than two thousand pesos this Act;
nor more than five thousand pesos,
2. or imprisonment for not less than six months k. or Any person or corporate body who shall
nor more than two years, or both at the violate the rules and regulations of the Board
discretion of the court: or orders promulgated by it after having been
duly approved and issued by the President of
a. Any person who shall practice Medical the Philippines upon recommendation of the
Technology in the Philippines without being Commissioner of Civil Service for the purpose of
registered or exempted from registration in carrying out the provisions of this Act
accordance with the provisions of the Act;