unit 1: republic act 5527 part 2

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Section __13__ – **Accreditation of Schools of Medical Technology and of Training Laboratories**:

shall approve the **schools** of medical technology

Department of Health

Section __13__ – **Accreditation of Schools of Medical Technology and of Training Laboratories**:

shall approve **laboratories** for accreditation as **training laboratories**

Accreditation of Clinical Laboratories as Training Laboratory for Medical Technology/ Medical Laboratory Science Interns

Section __13__ – **Accreditation of Schools of Medical Technology and of Training Laboratories**:

CMO #6 s. 2008

* Registered physicians
* Consultant & professors from other country
* Medical technologists in the service of the United States Armed Forces stationed in the Philippines

Section __14__ – **Inhibition Against the Practice of Medical Technology**:

not inhibited

Board flunkers

Section __14__ – **Inhibition Against the Practice of Medical Technology**:

inhibited

* **Manila** (Luzon)
* **Cebu** (Visayas)
* **Davao** (Mindanao)

Section __15__ – **Examination**:

Given annually in:

Last week of August or first week of September

Section __15__ – **Examination**:

1st batch

March

Section __15__ – **Examination**:

2nd batch

Published in at least **three newspapers of national circulation** by the Secretary of the Board of least **30 days prior to the date of examination**

Section __15__ – **Examination**:

Written Notices of examination

**20 days** before examination

Section __15__ – **Examination**:

Deadline of application

1. TOR with scanned picture
2. NSO copy of Birth cert
3. If married, NSO: marriage contract
4. Community tax certificate (cedula)
5. 4 passport- sized picture with name
6. 900 pesos

Section __15__ – **Examination**:

Requirements

* Is in good health and is of good moral character
* Has completed BSMT or BSPH

Section __16__ – **Qualification for** **Examination**:

* must performed MT for 5 years. Practice began prior to June 21, 1969

Section __16__ – **Qualification for** **Examination**:

Graduate of other profession

* Clinical Chemistry
* Microbiology & Parasitology
* Hematology
* Blood Banking & Serology

Section __17__ – **Scope for** **Examination**:

20%

* Clinical Microscopy
* Histopathology & MTLE

Section __17__ – **Scope for** **Examination**:

10%

At least thirty **(30) days before** the date of examination

Section __17__ – **Scope for** **Examination**:

Schedule of subjects to be published

120 days

Section __18__ – **Report of Rating**:

The Board report the results within

**PRC modernization Act of 2000**: Within 10 days

Section __18__ – **Report of Rating**:

RA 8981

at least 75%

Section __19__ – **Rating in Examination**:

General average

No rating below 50%

Section __19__ – **Rating in Examination**:

Any of the major subjects

60% of the subjects

Section __19__ – **Rating in Examination**:

Not failed in at least ___

Section __20__ – **Oath Taking**

All successful examinees shall be required to take a professional oath before the Board or before any person authorized to administer oaths prior to entering upon the practice of medical technology in the Philippines

below **21** years old

Section __21__ – **Issuance of Certificate of Registration:**

No certificate shall be issued to those who are

Personal Identification Card

Section __21__ – **Issuance of Certificate of Registration:**

Technical term for license

* PRC chairperson (1)
* MT Board (3)

Section __21__ – **Issuance of Certificate of Registration:**

Signatories

* Convicted by legal court
* Immoral or dishonorable conduct
* Unsound mind
* Incurable, communicable disease
* Under legal age

Section __21__ – **Issuance of Certificate of Registration:**

The Board shall refuse to issue a COR to

practice MT for **3 years**

Section __21__ – **Issuance of Certificate of Registration:** *COR as MT without examination before 1969*

Graduate of MT

practice MT for **8 years**

Section __21__ – **Issuance of Certificate of Registration:** *COR as MT without examination before 1969*

Graduate of other profession

civil service examination

Section __21__ – **Issuance of Certificate of Registration:** *Medical Laboratory Technician*

* Passed the ___ for medical technician given on March 21, 1964

two-year

Section __21__ – **Issuance of Certificate of Registration:** *Medical Laboratory Technician*

* Finished a ___ college course and has at least one (1) year of experience as medical laboratory technician

70% to 74.9%

Section __21__ – **Issuance of Certificate of Registration:** *Medical Laboratory Technician*

* General rating of ___

* **Nonrenewable**
* Like a **diploma**
* **4** Signatories

Section __21__ – **Issuance of Certificate of Registration:** *COR VS PIC*

COR

* **Renewable**: every 3 years
* Form of a **card**
* **2** signatories

Section __21__ – **Issuance of Certificate of Registration:** *COR VS PIC*

PIC

* Fee for **examination**
* **Registration**
* Issuance of **COR**
* **New certificate** lost, destroyed or mutilated

Section __22__ – **Fees**

* At least **2 members** of the Board
* With the presence **1 legal officer**

Section __24__ – **Administrative Investigation:**

Investigation conducted by ___

**Suspension of license**: Not more than 2 years

Section __24__ – **Administrative Investigation:**

majority vote

**Revocation of license**: indefinitely banned

Section __24__ – **Administrative Investigation:**

unanimous vote

Section __25__ – **Appeal**

The revocation or suspension of a certificate made by the Board shall be subject to **appeal to the Civil Service Commissioner (now it is the Board)** whose decision shall become **final 30 days after its promulgation**, **unless** the respondent within the same period **has appealed to the office of the President of the Philippines**

Reissue

Section __26__ – **Reinstatement, Reissue, Replacement of COR:**

mostly for **renewal**

Replacement

Section __26__ – **Reinstatement, Reissue, Replacement of COR:**

for mutilated, damaged, or lost COR

Reinstatement

Section __26__ – **Reinstatement, Reissue, Replacement of COR:**

revoked

Section __27__ – **Foreign Reciprocity**

**No foreigner shall be admitted** to examination, or be given a certificate of registration or be entitled to the rights and privileges, **unless the country permits Filipino Medical Technologist to practice within its territorial limits**

Section __28__ – **Roster of Medical Technologists**

* A roster of Medical Technologist shall be prepared annually by the Secretary of the Board
* Name, address and citizenship, date of registration

not less than **two thousand** pesos nor more than **five thousand** pesos

Section __29__ – **Penal Provision:**

fine

not less than **six months** nor more than **two years**

Section __29__ – **Penal Provision:**

imprisonment

Section __30__ – **Separability Clause**

* If any provision of this Act or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances is **declared invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction**, the remainder of this Act or the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected by such declaration
* If any provision of RA 5527 is declared invalid, the rest will not be affected

Section __31__ – **Repealing Clause**

* All acts, executive orders, rules and regulations, or parts thereof **inconsistent** with the provisions of this Act **are hereby repealed**:
* Provided, however, that nothing in this Act shall be construed as repealing or amending any portion of the Medical Act of 1959 (R.A. 2382, as amended by R.A. 4224), the Clinical Laboratory Act of 1966 (R.A. 4688), and the Blood Banking Law of 1956 (R.A. 1517).