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    RA 5527 Medtech Laws

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    This document is the Republic Act No. 5527 which defines and regulates the practice of medical technology in the Philippines. Some key points: - It defines medical technology as professional services performed by medical technologists to aid physicians in diagnosis and treatment, such as laboratory tests and procedures. - A medical technologist is someone who engages in medical technology under supervision and who has completed the required training and examinations. - It establishes a Council of Medical Technology Education and a Board of Examiners for Medical Technology to oversee the profession. - The act defines other terms related to medical technology practice such as pathologists, medical laboratory technicians, accredited labs, and recognized schools.

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    This document is the Republic Act No. 5527 which defines and regulates the practice of medical technology in the Philippines. Some key points: - It defines medical technology as professional services performed by medical technologists to aid physicians in diagnosis and treatment, such as laboratory tests and procedures. - A medical technologist is someone who engages in medical technology under supervision and who has completed the required training and examinations. - It establishes a Council of Medical Technology Education and a Board of Examiners for Medical Technology to oversee the profession. - The act defines other terms related to medical technology practice such as pathologists, medical laboratory technicians, accredited labs, and recognized schools.

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    This document is the Republic Act No. 5527 which defines and regulates the practice of medical technology in the Philippines. Some key points: - It defines medical technology as professional services performed by medical technologists to aid physicians in diagnosis and treatment, such as laboratory tests and procedures. - A medical technologist is someone who engages in medical technology under supervision and who has completed the required training and examinations. - It establishes a Council of Medical Technology Education and a Board of Examiners for Medical Technology to oversee the profession. - The act defines other terms related to medical technology practice such as pathologists, medical laboratory technicians, accredited labs, and recognized schools.

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    RA 5527 Medtech Laws

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    This document is the Republic Act No. 5527 which defines and regulates the practice of medical technology in the Philippines. Some key points: - It defines medical technology as professional services performed by medical technologists to aid physicians in diagnosis and treatment, such as laboratory tests and procedures. - A medical technologist is someone who engages in medical technology under supervision and who has completed the required training and examinations. - It establishes a Council of Medical Technology Education and a Board of Examiners for Medical Technology to oversee the profession. - The act defines other terms related to medical technology practice such as pathologists, medical laboratory technicians, accredited labs, and recognized schools.

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    Republic Act No.

    5527
    ( As amended by RA 6132, PD 498 and PD 1534.)
    *

    An Act Requiring the Registration of Medical Technologist,


    Defining Their Practice, and for Other Purposes
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in
    Congress assembled:

    Section 1. Title. - This Act may be also cited as the Philippine Medical
    Technology Act of
    1969.
    Section 2. Definition of Terms. - As used in this Act, the following terms shall
    mean:
    a. Practice of Medical Technology - A person shall be deemed to be in the practice of
    medical technology within the meaning of this Act, who shall for a fee, salary or other
    compensation or reward paid or given directly or indirectly through another, renders any
    of the following professional services for the purpose of aiding the physician in the
    diagnosis, study and treatment of diseases and in the promotion of health in general:

    1. Examination of tissues, secretions and excretions of the human body and body
    fluids by various electronic, chemical, microscopic, bacteriologic, hematologic,
    serologic, immunologic, nuclear, and other laboratory procedures and techniques
    either manual or automated;
    2. Blood banking procedures and techniques;
    3. Parasitologic, Mycologic and Microbiologic procedures and techniques;
    Histopathologic and Cytotechnology; provided that nothing in this paragraph shall
    inhibit a duly registered medical laboratory technician from performing
    histopathologic techniques and procedures.
    4. Clinical research involving patients or human beings requiring the use of and/or
    application of medical technology knowledge and procedures;
    5. Preparations and standardization of reagents, standards, stains and others,
    provided such reagents, standards, stains and others are exclusively for the use
    of their laboratory;
    6. Clinical laboratory quality control;
    7. Collection and preservation of specimens;

    Provided, That any person who has passed the corresponding Board examination
    for the practice of a profession already regulated by existing law, shall not be subject to
    the provisions of the last four preceding paragraphs if the performance of such acts or
    services is merely incidental to his profession.

    b. Pathologist - 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.

    c. Medical Technologist - 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.

    d. Medical Laboratory Technicians - A 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.

    e. Accredited Medical Technology Training Laboratory - A clinical laboratory, office,


    agency, clinic, hospital or sanitarium duly approved by the Department of Health2 or
    its authorized agency.

    f. Recognized School of Medical Technology - 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.

    g. Council - The council of medical technology education established under this Act.

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

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