Med Tech Act of 2011

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FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THEREPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

irst Regular Session

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SENA :r:ES.B. No. i 12

11 FEB 8 P :3

Introduced by Senator EDGARDO J. NG R 7

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Philippines is globally recognized as a soUrce o the world s medical professionalssuch as doctors, nurses, physical therapists and medical technologists. As early as 1960, the

Philippines has been educating medical technologists for the world health industry who arescientifically and technologically equipped to deliver the full spectrum o Medical Teclmologyservices required in modem health care.

Medical technologists from the Philippines are in high demand, thus their trainingeducation should be at par with the rest o the world s medical professionals. Philippine schoolsthat offer Medical Technology courses have taken steps to adjust and amend their curriculum inresponse to advances and current trends in the medical Vorld.

Republic Act 5527, otherwise known as The Medical Technology Act, was enacted in1969. The law has become obsolete and no longer responds to the current practice o medical

technology education.

This bill seeks to create an Board o Medical Technology under the ProfessionalRegulation Commission (PRC). The said Board will be headed by a qualified medicalteclmologist. A Technical Panel in Medical Technology Education under the Commission onHigher Education shall also be created. Further, this bill seeks to introduce Continuing MedicalTeclmology Education and Certification o Phlebotomists.

Through this bill, it is hoped that medical teclmology education in the Philippines willimprove, enabling its graduates to become globally competitive and highly skilled. Hence, thepassage o this bill is earnestly sought.

h ~EDGARDO J NG R


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CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINESFIFTEENTH CONGRESSFirst Regular Session

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SENATE

Senateill

No.7

Introduced by Senator Edgardo J. ngara

11 FEB 8 P4 :3

AN ACT REGULATING AND MODERNIZING THE PRACTICE OF MEDICALTECHNOLOGY (MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE) IN THE PHILIPPINES,

REPEALING, FOR THIS PURPOSE, REPUBLIC ACT NOS. 5572 AND 6132 ANDPRESIDENTIAL DECREE NOS. 498 AND 1534, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Be it enacted by the Senate nd the House o f Representatives in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1 Title - This act shall be known as the Medical Technology Act of2011.

.3 SECTION 2 Declaration o f Policy - The State recognizes the importance of the

4 Medical Technology profession in nation building and development through the portals of,5 healthcare, education and research. Hence, it shall dt


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technologists whose names appear in the roster of Medical Technologists of the

Professional Regulation Commission automatically become members.

c. Board - Refers to the Board: of Medical Technology of the

Professional Regulation Commission.

d Continuing Medical Technology Education (CMTE) - Refers to

the enhancement of knowledge, professional competence and ethical values in the

practice of medical technology through mandatory formal classes or training

programs administered for medical technologists.

e Code of Professional Ethics - Refers to a set of standards relating

to the conduct, integrity and moral duties of medical technolo gists as prescribedand promulgated by the duly accredited professional organization of medical

technologists, with the approval of the Board.

f Hearing Committee - Refers to a body composed of two (2)

Members of the Board and one (1) legal officer. The Hearing Committee shaH

conduct administrative proceedings for the suspension or revocation of a

certificate of registration.

g Medical Technology (MediC ll Lal;Joratory Science) - Refers to the

healthcare profession that performs laboratory investigations on the human body

or on specImens talcen from the human body, the results of which provide

information used by physicians or other medical practitioners in relation to

healthcare, research, forensics and other related areas.

Medical Technology may also refer to laboratory investigations on

animals in relation to veterinary medicine and agricultural purposes.

h Medical Technologist - Refers to a holder of a Bachelor of Science

Degree in Medical Technology (Medical Labordtory Science) or Public Health

who is duly registered with the Professional Regulation Commission and is

qualified to practice Medical Technology.

A person shall be deemed to be in the practice of Medical Technology

within the meaning of this act if such person renders any of the following services

for a fee, salary, compensation or reward paid or given directly or indirectly:

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1 Examination o f tissues, secretions and excretions o f the human

body and other bodily fluids through electronic, chemical,

microscopic, microbiologic, hematologic, serologic,

immunologic, nuclear, molecular, cytogenetic or other

laboratory procedures and techniques, either manual orautomated;

2. Blood banking procedures and techniques or other blood

transfusion services;

3 Parasitologic, Bacteriologic, Mycologic, Virologic or other

microbiologic techniques;

4. Histopathologic or Cytotechnologic techniques;

5 Drug Testing in clinical laboratories;'

6. Research involving human beings or animals requiring the use

o f or application o f Medical Technology (Medical Laboratory

Science) knowledge and procedures;

7 Preparations and standardization o f reagents, standards, stains

or others. Provided that such reagents, standards, stains or

others are exclusively for the use of tlie laboratory;

8 Clinical laboratory quality control;

9 Phlebotomy, collection, processing or preservation o fspecImens;

10. Consultancy 111 test upgrading, method selection, laboratory

equipment planning and troubleshoot ng where the application

o f knowledge in medical technology ~ required;

11. Teaching o f professional subjects in Medical Technology;

12. Introduction, demonstration, evaluation, or improvement o f

clinical laboratory procedures or techniques; and

13. Similar activities to the foregoing where the training, skill and

experience o f a medical technologist are needed as may be,determined under the rules and regulations to be promulgated

by the Professional Regulation Commission.

1. Medical Laboratory Technician - Refers to a person certified and

registered with the Board as qualified to assist a medical technologist in the

practiceo f

Medical Technology as defined under Republic Act No. 5527. TheBoard shall discontinue the registration o f medical laboratory technicians under. ,

Republic Act No. 5527 upon the effectivity o f this Act. Provided that Medical

laboratory technicians registered under Republic Act No. 5527 shall maintain

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their status as registered medical laboratory t e ~ h n i c i a n sProvided further that a

registered medical technologist occupying the position of a medical laboratory

technician shall be rendered an appropriate position and be reclassified as a

medical technologist.

j Phlebotomist - Refers to a holder of a Bachelor of Science Degree

in Medical Technology (Medical Laboratory Science) and who has passed an,examination for Phlebotomy given by the Board of Medical Technology of the

,Professional Regulation Commission. Provided that a registered medical

technologist automatically qualifies as a P h l e b o t ~ m i s t

A Phlebotomist is qualified to perform ,blood specimen collection and to

follow proper procedures of identification,. preservation and transport of

specimens.

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