RA 5527 [The Medical Technology Act of 1969]

Republic Act

Republic Act

A piece of legislation enacted as a policy that may govern the conduct and behavior of an individual or group of persons and uphold the principles of the Constitution.

RA 6138

An amendment to RA NO. 5527 that was proposed on August 31, 1970. (Amended Sections: 16, 21, 22)

Executive Order

Contains the president’s directives implementing or interpreting certain constitutional provisions or treaties.

Medical Technology Act of 2011

An act which contains the provisions for the improvement of the status of all of the medical technologists, in terms of competencies or skills.

CMTE (Section 3: Council of Medical Technology Education, It’s Composition)

Empowered to recommend the minimum required curriculum for medical technology program, including the settings of policies, standards and guidelines.

June 21, 1969

The approval date of RA 5527

Senate Bill

A piece of proposed legislation that has been issued or was modified by the Congress or the Senate.

TRUE

True or False. A Senate Bill can become a law after its passage by the Senate and the House of Representatives and the approval of the President.

Section 14: Inhibition Against the Practice of Medical Technology

What section is with a general rule that states, “No certificate of registration, no practice to Medical Technology.”

House Bill 3502

Was proposed on December 4, 2013. An act regulating and modernizing the act of Medical Technology in the Philippines

Senate Bill 2473

Otherwise known as the Philippine Medical Technology Act of 2014.

Amended Sections: 3, 8, 11, 13

The amended sections of Presidential Decree No. 1534

Amendments

Changes to certain provisions of a Republic Act. These 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.

Functional Provisions

Pertain to the policies or orders creating a council of medical technology, the minimum required courses, composition, functions, qualifications, and removal of the board of examiners, examination coverage, and foreign reciprocity.

SECTION 15:

EXAMINATON

SECTION 16:

QUALIFICATION FOR EXAMINATION

SECTION 29:

PENAL PROVISIONS

SECTION 14:

INHIBITION AGAINST THE PRACTICE OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

SECTION 2:

DEFINITION OF TERMS

SECTION 1:

TITLE

SECTION 3:

COUNCIL OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION, IT’S COMPOSITION

SECTION 4:

COMPENSATION AND TRAVELING EXPENSES OF COUNCIL MEMBERS

SECTION 5:

FUNCTIONS OF THE COUNCIL OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION

SECTION 6:

MINIMUM REQUIRED COURSE

SECTION 7:

MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY BOARD

SECTION 8:

QUALIFICATIONS OF EXAMINERS

SECTION 9:

EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE BOARD

SECTION 10:

COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EXAMINERS FOR MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

SECTION 11:

FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD

SECTION 12:

REMOVAL OF BOARD MEMBERS

SECTION 13:

ACCREDITATION OF SCHOOLS OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY AND OF TRAINING LABORATORIES

SECTION 17:

SCOPE OF EXAMINATION

SECTION 19:

RATING IN THE EXAMINATION

SECTION 20:

OATH TAKING

SECTION 18:

REPORT OF RATING

TRUE

True of False. MTB has the authority to score and rate examination papers with the name and signature of the Board member concerned appearing thereon, and submit the results in all subjects duly signed by the members of the MTB to the PRC not ot the CSC, within 10 days from the last day of examination.

SECTION 21:

ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION

SECTION 22:

FEES

Complainant

The offended party

Respondent

The defending party (the alleged offender)

SECTION 25:

APPEAL

SECTION 26:

REINSTATEMENT, REISSUE OR REPLACEMENT OF CERTIFICATE

SECTION 27:

FOREIGN RECIPROCITY

SECTION 28:

ROSTER OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST

SECTION 30:

SEPARABILITY CLAUSE

SECTION 31:

REPEALING CLAUSE

SECTION 32:

EFFECTIVITY

Senator Edgardo Angara

The one who proposed the Sente Bill 2722.

Rep. Leopoldo N. Bataoil

Proposed the amendment: House Bill 3502

Senator Teofisto Guingona III

The one who proposed the Senate Bill 2473

Senate Bill 2722 and Senate Bill 2473

These laws bid to repeal or abolish or revoke RA 5527, and address issues introduced by modernization