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1 Code of Ethics including
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Republic Act No. 5527 (AMENDED)
Section 1. Title.- This Act may be also cited as the
Philippine Medical Technology Act of 1969.
Section 2. Definition of Terms.
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:
a. 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;
b. Blood banking procedures and techniques;
c. Parasitologic, Mycologic and Microbiologic
procedures and techniques;
d. Histopathologic and Cytotechnology
e. Clinical research involving patients or human
beings requiring the use of and/or application
of medical technology knowledge and
procedures;
f. Preparations and standardization of
reagents, standards, stains and others,
provided such reagents, standards, stains
and others are exclusively for the use of their
laboratory;
g. Clinical laboratory quality control;
h. Collection and preservation of specimens;
Section 3. Council of Medical Technology
Education, Its Composition.- There is hereby
established a Council of Medical Technology
Education, hereafter referred to as Council, which
shall be composed of the Director of Higher
Education as Chairman; the Chairman of the
Professional Regulation Commission as Vice-
Chairman; and the Director of the Bureau of
Research and Laboratories of the Department of
Health, the Chairman and two (2) members of the
Board of Medical Technology, a representative of the
Deans of Schools of Medical Technology and Public
Health, and the Presidents of the Philippine Society
of Pathologists and the Philippine Association of
Medical Technologists, as members.
Section 4. Compensation and Traveling
Expenses of Council Members.- For every
meeting actually attended, the Chairman shall be
entitled to a fifty pesos (P50.00) per diem while the
members shall be entitled to twenty-five pesos
(P25.00) each regardless of whether or not they
receive regular salaries from the government. In
addition, the Chairman and members of the Council
shall be entitled to traveling expenses in connection
with their official duties.
Section 5. Functions of the Council of Medical
Technology Education.- The functions of the
Council shall be:
a. To recommend the minimum required
curriculum for the course of medical
technology.
b. To determine and prescribe the number of
students to be allowed to take up the medical
technology course in each school, taking into
account the student-instructor ratio and the
availability of facilities for instruction.
c. To approve medical technology schools
meeting the requirements and recommend
closure of those found to be substandard.
d. To require all medical technology schools to
submit an annual report, including the total
number of students and instructors, list of
facilities available for instruction, a list of their
recent graduates and new admissions, on or
before the month of June.
e. To inspect, when necessary, the different
medical technology schools in the country in
order to determine whether a high standard
of education is maintained in said institutions.
f. To certify for admission in to an
undergraduate internship students who have
satisfactorily completed three years of the
medical technology course or its equivalent
and to collect from said student the amount
of five pesos each which money accrue to
the operating fund of the Council.
g. Formulate and recommend approval of
refresher course for applicants who shall
have failed the Board Examination for the
third time.

h. To promulgate and prescribe and enforce
necessary rules and regulations for the
properimplementation of the foregoing
functions.
Section 6. Minimum Required Course.- The
medical technology course shall be at least four
years, including a 12-month satisfactory internship in
accredited laboratories, and shall include the
following subjects:
English Biochemistry
Spanish Gross Anatomy
Social Science Histology
General Zoology Physiology
Botany Clinical Parasitology
Mathematics General Pathology
College Physics Microbiology
General Chemistry Biostatistics
Qualitative Chemistry Clinical Laboratory
Quantitative Chemistry
Methods including hematology, serology,
blood banking, clinical microscopy, applied
microbiology, and parasitology,
histopathologic techniques, and
cytotechnology
Section 7. Medical Technology Board.- There is
hereby created a Medical Technology Board under
the Professional Regulation Commission, which shall
thereafter be referred to as the Board composed of a
Chairman who is a pathologist, and two (2) members
who are registered medical technologists who shall
be appointed by the President of the Republic of the
Philippines upon recommendation of the Professional
Regulation Commission. The Chairman and
members of the Board shall hold office for three (3)
years after appointments or until their successors
shall have been appointed and duly qualified:
Provided, That the incumbent members will continue
to serve until the expiration of their terms. In case of
death, disability, or removal of a member of the
Board, his successor shall serve only the balance of
his term.
Section 8. Qualifications of Examiners.- No
person shall be appointed as member of the Board of
Examiners for Medical Technology unless he or she
is (1) is a Filipino citizen; (2) is of good moral
character; (3) is a qualified Pathologist, or a duly
registered medical technologist of the Philippines with
the degree of Bachelor of Science in Medical
Technology/Bachelor of Science in Hygiene/Public
Health; (4) has been in practice of laboratory
medicine or medical technology for at least ten years
prior to his appointment, and (5) is not a member of
the faculty of any medical technology school for at
least two (2) years prior to appointment or having any
pecuniary interest direct or indirect in such institution:
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Provided, however, That for the first three years
following the approval of this Act, the requirements
mentioned in number four (4) shall be reduced to five
years
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Section 9. Executive Officer of the Board.
The Commissioner of Civil Service shall be the
Executive Officer of the Board, and shall conduct the
examinations given by it. The Secretary of the Board
Examiners appointed in accordance with Section ten
of Act Numbered 4007, as amended, shall also be
the Secretary of the Board. He shall keep a register
of all persons to whom certificates of registration
have been granted.
Section 10. Compensation of Members of the
Board of Examiners for Medical Technology.-
Each member of the Board shall receive as sum of
ten pesos for each applicant examined and five
pesos for each applicant granted a certificate of
registration without examination.
Section 11. Functions and Duties of the Board.-
The Board is vested with authority and required,
conformably with the provisions of this Act, to:
a. Administer the provisions of this Act;
b. Administer oaths in connection with the
administration of this Act;
c. Issue, suspend and revoke certificates of
registration for the practice of medical
technology and medical laboratory
technician;
d. Look into conditions affecting the practice of
medical technology in the Philippines and,
whenever necessary, adopt such a measure
may be deemed proper for the maintenance
of good ethic and standards in the practice of
medical technology;
e. Investigate such violations of this Act or of
the rules and regulations issued thereunder
as may come to the knowledge of the Board
and, for this purpose issue subpoena and
subpoena duces tecum to secure
appearance of witnesses and production of
documents in connection with charges
presented to the Board; and
f. Draft such rules and regulations as may be
necessary to carry out the provisions of this
Act: Provided, that the same shall be issued
only after the approval of the President of the
Philippines;
g. To determine the adequacy of the technical
staff of all clinical laboratories and blood
banks before they could be licensed with the
Department of Health in accordance with
R.A. No. 4655 and 1517;

h. To prescribe the qualifications and training of
medical technologists as to special fields of
the profession and supervise their specialty
examination conducted by the professional
organization of medical technologists
accredited by the Professional Regulation
Commission;
i. To classify and prescribe the qualification and
training of the technical staff of clinical
laboratories as to: Medical Technology;
Medical Technologist; Senior Medical
Technologist; Medical Technologist and
Medical Laboratory Technician.
Section 12. Removal of Board Members.- Any
member of the Board may be removed by the
President of the Philippines for neglect of duty,
incompetency, malpractice or unprofessional,
unethical, immoral or dishonorable conduct after
having been given opportunity to defend himself in a
proper and administrative investigation: Provided,
that during the process of investigation, the President
shall have the power to suspend such member under
investigation and appoint a temporary member in his
place.
Section 13. Accreditation of Schools of Medical
Technology and of Training Laboratories.- Upon
the recommendation of the Medical Technology
Board, the Department of Education and Culture15
shall approve schools of Medical Technology in
accordance with the provisions of this Act, as
amended, in conjunction with the Board of Medical
Technology. The Department of Health16 through the
Bureau of Research and Laboratories shall approve
laboratories for accreditation as training laboratories
for medical technology students or postgraduate
trainees in conjunction with the Board of Medical
Technology. The laboratories shall show satisfactory
evidence that they possess qualified personnel and
are properly equipped to carry out laboratory
procedures commonly required in the following fields:
Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology, Serology,
Parasitology, Hematology, Blood Banking, Clinical
Microscopy, and Histopathologic techniques, and that
the scope of activities of said laboratories offer
sufficient training in said laboratory procedures.
Section 14. Inhibition Against the Practice of
Medical Technology.- No person shall practice or
offer to practice medical technology as defined in this
Act without having previously obtained a valid
certificate of registration from the Board provided that
registration shall not be required of the following:
a. Duly registered physicians.
b. Medical technologist from other countries
called in for consultation or as visiting or
exchange professors to colleges or
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universities: Provided, they are only
practicing the said function.
c. Medical technologists in the service of the
United States Armed Forces stationed in the
Philippines rendering services as such for
members of the said forces only.
Section 15. Examination.- Except as otherwise
specifically allowed under the provision of this Act, all
applicants for registration as medical technologist
shall be required to undergo written examination
which shall be given by the Board annually in the
greater Manila area, Cebu, and Davao as the Board
may designate. Written notices of such examination
shall be published in at least three newspapers of
national circulation by the Secretary of the Board of
least thirty days prior to the date of examination.
Section 16. Qualification for Examination.-
Every applicant examination under this Act, shall,
prior to the date thereof, furnish the Board
satisfactory proof that he or she:
a. Is in good health and is of good moral
character;
b. Has completed a course of at least four (4)
years leading to the degree of Bachelor of
Science in Medical Technology or Bachelor of
Science in Public Health conferred by a
recognized school, college or university in
accordance with this Decree or having
graduated from some other profession and
has been actually performing medical
technology for the last five (5) years prior to
the date of the examinations, if such
performance began prior to June 21, 1969.
Section 17. Scope of Examination.- The
examination questions shall cover the following
subjects with their respecTive relative weights:
Clinical Chemistry ...................................... 20%
Microbiology & Parasitology ...................... 20%
Hematology .............................................. 20%
Blood Banking & Serology ..................... ... 20%
Clinical Microscopy ................................ .. 10%
Histopathologic Techniques, Cytotechnology, Medical
Technology Laws, Related Laws and its implementing
rules, and the Code of Ethics .................... 10%
The Board shall prepare the schedule of subjects for
examination and to submit the same to the
Commissioner of the Professional Regulation
Commission for publication at least thirty (30) days
before the date of examination. The Board shall
compute the general average of each examinee
according to the above-mentioned relative weights of
each subject. Provided, however, that the Board may
change, add to or remove from the list of subjects or
weights above as progress in the science of Medical

Technology may require, subject to the prior approval
of the Professional Regulation Commission, and
publication of the change or amendment at least
three (3) months prior to the date of examination in
which the same is to take effect.
Section 18. Report of Rating.
Section 19. Rating in the Examination.- In order
to pass the examination, a candidate must obtain a
general average of at least seventy-five percent in
the written test, with no rating below fifty percent in
any of the major subjects: Provided, That the
candidate has not failed in at least sixty percent of
the subjects computed according to their relative
weights. No further examinations, unless and until he
shall have completed 12 months refresher course in
an accredited laboratory: Provided, That graduate of
paramedical profession other than Bachelor of
Science in Medical Technology/Bachelor of Science
in Hygiene admitted to an examination under the
provisions of this Act shall not be given further
examinations after the provisions of this Act shall be
given further examinations after his failure to qualify
for the third time.
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.
Section 21. Issuance of Certificate of
Registration.- Every applicant who has satisfactorily
passed the required examination for medical
technologist shall be issued a certificate of
registration as such: Provided, That no such
certificate shall be issued to any successful applicant
who has not attained the age of twenty-one (21)
years. All certificate shall be signed by the members
of the Board and by the Commissioner of the
Professional Regulation Commission. The duly
registered medical technologists shall be required to
display his certificate of registration in the place
where he works. Provided, that upon application filed
and the payment of the required fee of one hundred
and fifteen pesos (P115.00) the Board shall issue a
certificate of registration as medical technologist
without examination to persons who have been
graduated with Bachelor of Science in Medical
Technology/Bachelor of Science in Public Health in
duly recognized schools of medical technology in the
Philippines or in any foreign country, Provided, That
in case of the latter, the standard of medical
technology education is substantially the same as
ours, and in addition shall have been in the practice
of medical technology for at least three (3) years prior
to the filing of the application in laboratories in the
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Philippines duly accredited by the Bureau of
Research and Laboratories, Department of Health, or
in foreign countries if such performance began prior
to June 21, 1969 and also to all other persons who
having graduated from other professions have been
actually performing medical technology practice for
the last eight (8) years prior to filing of the application,
Provided, that such performance began prior to June
21, 1969. Provided, further, that the Board shall
likewise issue a certificate of registration as medical
laboratory technician without examination to any
person who upon application and payment of the
required fee of fifty pesos (P500.00) show evidence
satisfactory to the Board that:
a. He or she passed the civil service
examination for medical technician given on
March 21, 1964; or
b. Has finished a two-year college course and
has at least one (1) year of experience as
medical laboratory technician, Provided, that
for every year of deficiency in college
attainment two (2) years of experience may
be substituted; Provided, further, that an
applicant who has at least ten (10) years of
experience as medical laboratory technician
as of the date of approval of this Decree
regardless of his academic attainment may
qualify for registration without examination; or
c. Has failed to pass the board examination for
medical technology but had obtained a
general rating of at least 70%. Provided,
finally, that a registered medical laboratory
technician when employed in the government
shall have the equivalent civil service
eligibility not lower than second grade.
Section 22. Fees
Section 23. Refusal to issue Certificate.- The
Board shall refuse to issue a certificate of registration
to any person convicted by the court of competent
jurisdiction of any criminal offense involving moral
turpitude, or any person guilty of immoral or
dishonorable conduct, or of unsound mind, or
incurable communicable disease, and in such shall
be give to the applicant a written statement setting
forth the reason for its action, which statement shall
be incorporated in the record of the Board.
Section 24. Administrative Investigation.-
Revocation or Suspension of Certificates -
Administrative investigation shall be conducted by at
least two members of the Board with one legal officer
sitting during all administrative proceedings, the
respondents shall be entitled to be represented by
counsel or be heard in person, to have a speedy and
public hearing, to confront and cross-examine

witnesses against him or her, and to all other rights
guaranteed by the Constitution. The Board may, after
giving proper notice and hearing to the party
concerned reprimand an erring medical technologist
or revoke or suspend his certificate of registration for
causes mentioned in the next preceding section or for
causes enumerated in section twenty-nine (29) of this
Act, or for unprofessional conduct, malpractice,
incompetency, or serious ignorance or gross
negligence in the practice of medical technology. No
penalty of revocation shall be imposed unless there is
a unanimous vote of all the three members of the
Board. The Board may, by majority vote, impose the
penalty or reprimand or suspension, the latter
however not to exceed two years. When the penalty
of suspension or revocation is imposed by the Board
the medical technologist shall be required to
surrender his certificate of registration within thirty
days after the decision becomes final, under the pain
of perpetual disqualification from the practice of
medical technology in the Philippines for inexcusable
failure to do so. The suspension shall run from the
date of such surrender.
Section 25. Appeal.- The revocation or suspension
of a certificate made by the Board shall be subject to
appeal to the Civil Service Commissioner whose
decision shall become final thirty days after its
promulgation, unless the respondent within the same
period has appealed to the office of the President of
the Philippines.
Section 26. Reinstatement, Reissue or
Replacement of Certificate.- The Board may,
upon application and for reason deemed proper and
sufficient, reissue any revoked registration certificate.
The suspension of a certificate shall be re-issued to
the medical technologist concerned upon request
without prejudice to further actions by the Board for
violation of the provisions of this Act or conditions
imposed by the Board upon the medical technologist
during
the period of suspension.
Section 27. Foreign Reciprocity.- No foreigner
shall be admitted to examination, or be given a
certificate of registration or be entitled to any of the
rights and privileges under this Act, unless the
country or state of which he is a subject or citizen
permits Filipino Medical Technologist to practice
within its territorial limits on the same as the subject
or citizens of said country or state.
Section 28. Roster of Medical Technologist.- A
roster of Medical Technologist shall be prepared
annually by the Secretary of the Board, commencing
on the year following that in which this Act shall
become effective. This roster shall contain the name,
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address and citizenship of each registered Medical
Technologist, date of registration or issuance of
certificate, and other data which in the opinion of the
Board are pertinent. The roster shall be open to
public inspection and copies thereof shall be mailed
to each person included therein, placed on file in the
Office of the President, furnished all Department
Heads and all bureau, offices and instrumentalities of
the Department of Health and to such other offices,
private or governmental, and to the public upon
request.
Section 29. Penal Provisions.- Without prejudice
to the provision of the Medical Act of 1959 as
amended relating to illegal practice of Medicine, the
following shall be punished by a fine of not less than
two thousand pesos nor more than five thousand
pesos, or imprisonment for not less than six months
nor more than two years, or both, in the discretion of
the court:
a. Any person who shall practice Medical
Technology in the Philippines without being
registered or exempted from registration in
accordance with the provisions of this Act;
b. Any medical technologist, even if duly
registered, who shall practice medical
technology in the Philippines without the
necessary supervision of a qualified
pathologist or physician authorized by the
Department of Health;
c. Any medical technologist who shall
knowingly make a fraudulent laboratory
report;
d. Any duly registered medical technologist who
shall refuse or fail, after due warning by the
Board to display his certificate of registration
in the place where he works;
e. Any person presenting or attempting to use
as his own, the certificate of registration of
another;
f. Any person who shall give any false or
fraudulent evidence of any kind to the Board
or any member thereof in obtaining a
certificate of registration as Medical
Technologist;
g. Any person who shall impersonate any
registrant of like or the same name;
h. Any person who shall attempt to use a
revoked or suspended certificate of
registration;
i. Any person who shall in connection with his
name or otherwise, assume, use or advertise
any title or description tending to convey the
impression that he is a Medical Technologist
without holding a valid certificate of
registration;
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j. Any person or corporate body who shall · Clinical Pathology

allow anyone in his employ who is not a
registered medical technologist/medical
laboratory technician to engage in the
practice of medical technology or
recommend for appointment anyone to the
position of medical technologist/medical
laboratory technician knowing that he is not
registered as such.
k. Any person or corporate body who shall
violate the rules and regulations of the Board
or orders promulgated by it after having been
duly approved and issued by the President of
the Philippines upon recommendation of the
Commissioner of Civil Service for the
purpose of carrying out the provisions of this
Act.
Section 30. Separability Clause.- All acts,
executive, rules and regulations, or parts thereof
inconsistent with the provisions to any persons or
circumstances is declare invalid by a court of
competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this Act of
the application of such provisions to other persons or
circumstances shall not be affected by such
declaration.
Section 31. Repealing Clause.- All acts,
executive, 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).
Section 32. Effectivity.- This Act shall take effect
upon its approval.
Approved, June 21, 1969.
R.A. 4688
 Clinical Laboratory Act of 1966
 June 18, 1966
A.O. No. 2007-0027
 Revised Rules and Regulations Governing
the Licensure and Regulation of Clinical
Laboratories in the Philippines
 August 22, 2007
 Classification of Clinical Laboratories
o By Ownership
• Government
• Private
o By Function
· Anatomic Pathology
o By Institutional Character
· Institution Based
· Free-standing
o By Service Capability
· General Laboratory
· Primary Category
Routine Hematology
Qualitative Platelet Determination
Routine Urinalysis
Routine Fecalysis
Blood Typing – for hospital-based
· Secondary Category
Services of primary category
laboratory
Routine Clinical Chemistry
Quantitative Platelet Determination
Cross-matching – for hospital-based
Gram staining – for hospital-based
KOH – for hospital-based
· Tertiary Category
Services of secondary category
laboratory
Special Chemistry
Special Hematology, including
coagulation procedures
Immunology
Microbiology – culture and sensitivity
· Limited Service Capability (for
institution-based only) – provides the
laboratory tests required for a
particular service in an institution
such as but not limited to dialysis
centers and social hygiene clinics
· Special Laboratory – a laboratory that
offers highly specialized tests that are
usually not provided with a general
clinical laboratory
 Any person who operates a clinical
laboratory without proper license from the DOH
shall upon conviction be subject to imprisonment
for not less than one (1) month or a fine of not
less than Php 1,000 and not more than Php
5,000 or both at the discretion of the court.
Provided, however, that if the offender is a firm or
a corporation, the managing head and/or the
owner(s) shall be liable to the penalty imposed
A.O. No. 59 s. 2001
 Rules and Regulations Governing the
Establishment, Operation and Maintenance of
Clinical Laboratories in the Philippines
 November 19, 2001
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 Classification of Laboratories by Service  Compatibility testing of red cell units, if hospital

Capability based.

o Primary Category 2. Blood Collection Unit (BCU)

· Routine Hematolgy  Advocacy and promotion of voluntary blood
· Routine Urinalysis donation and healthy lifestyle.
· Routine Fecalysis  Recruitment, retention, and care of voluntary
blood donors.
· Blood Typing – hospital-based  Screening and selection of voluntary blood
· Quantitative Platelet Determination – donors.
hospital-based  Conduct health education and counseling
o Secondary Category services.
· Service capabilities of primary category  Collection of blood (mobile or facility-based) from
laboratory qualified voluntary blood donors.
· Routine Clinical Chemistry  Transport of blood to BC for testing and
· Cross-matching – hospital-based processing.
o Tertiary Category  Compatibility testing of red cell units, if hospital
· Service capabilities of secondary based.
category laboratory
3. BCU/BS – all services stipulated under BCU and
·Special Chemistry BS.
·Special Hematology
·Immunology/Serology 4. Blood Bank (BB)
·Microbiology  Advocacy and promotion of voluntary blood
donation and healthy life.
R.A. 7719  Storage and issuance of whole blood and blood
 National Blood Services Act of 1994 components obtained from a BC.
 Approved on May 5, 1994  The following services shall also be provided:
· Compatibility testing of red cell units
A.O. No. 2008-0008 · Direct Coomb’s test
 Rules and Regulations Governing the · Red cell antibody screening
Regulation of Blood Service Facilities
· Investigation of transfusion reactions
 May 2, 2008
· Assist the Hospital Blood Transfusion
Classification of Blood Service Facility (BSF) Committee (HBTC) in the conduct of
post-transfusion surveillance
A. Ownership (hemovigilance)
1. Government
2. Private (for hospital-based BSF only) 5. Blood Center (BC)
 Advocacy and promotion of voluntary blood
donation and healthy lifestyle.
 Recruitment, retention, and care of voluntary
blood donors.
B. Institutional Character  Collection of blood (mobile or facility-based) from
1. Hospital-based qualified voluntary blood donors.
2. Non-hospital-based (government-owned or  Conduct health education and counseling.
PNRC-owned)  Testing of units of blood for transfusion-
transmitted infections (TTIs).
C. Service Capability
 Processing and provision of blood components.
1. Blood Station (BS)  Storage, issuance, transport and distribution of
units of whole blood and/or blood products to
 Advocacy and promotion of voluntary blood hospitals and other health facilities.
donation and healthy lifestyle.
 Provision of whole blood and packed red cells. R.A. 8504
 Storage, issuance, transport and distribution of
whole blood and packed red cells.

 Philippine AIDS Prevention and Control Act
of 1998
 Approved on February 13, 1998
 Philippine National AIDS Council
o Composed of twenty-six (26) members as
follows:
· Secretary of DOH
· Secretary of DECS or his representative
· Chairperson of CHED or his
representative
· Director General of TESDA or his
representative
· Secretary of DOLE or his representative
· Secretary of DSWD or his representative
· Secretary of DILG or his representative
· Secretary of DOJ or his representative;
· Director-General of NEDA or his
representative
· Secretary of DOT or his representative
· Secretary of DBM or his representative
· Secretary of DFA or his representative
· Head of the Philippine Information
Agency or his representative
· President of the League of Governors or
his representative;
· President of the League of Mayors or his
representative;
· Chairperson of the Committee on Health
of the Senate of the Philippines or his
representative;
· Chairperson of the Committee on Health
of the House of Representatives or his
representative;
· Two (2) representatives from
organizations of medical/health
professionals
· Six (6) representatives from non-
government organizations involved in
HIV/AIDS prevention and control efforts
or activities
· Representative of an organization of
persons dealing with HIV/AIDS
o All members of the Council shall be
appointed by the President of the Republic of
the Philippines, except for the
representatives of the Senate and the House
of Representatives, who shall be appointed
by the Senate President and the House
Speaker respectively
o Secretary of Health shall be permanent
chairperson of the Council; however, the
vice-chairperson shall be elected by its
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members from among themselves, and shall
serve for a term of two (2) years
o For members representing medical/health
professional groups and the six (6) non-
government organizations, they shall serve
for a term of two (2) years, renewable upon
recommendation of the Council
 Penalties for Unsafe Practices and
Procedures
oAny person who knowingly or negligently
causes another to get infected with HIV in the
course of the practice of his/her profession
through unsafe and unsanitary practice or
procedure is liable to is liable to suffer a
penalty of imprisonment for six (6) years to
twelve years, without prejudice to the
imposition of administrative sanctions such
as, but not limited to, fines and suspension or
revocation of the license to practice his/her
profession. The permit or license of any
business entity and the accreditation of
hospitals, laboratory, or clinics may be
cancelled or withdrawn if said establishments
fail to maintain such safe practices and
procedures
 All results of HIV/AIDS testing shall be
confidential and shall be released only to the
following persons:
oPerson who submitted himself/herself to such
test
oEither parent of a minor child who has been
tested
oLegal guardian in the case of insane persons or
orphans
oPerson authorized to receive such results in
conjunction with the AIDSWATCH program
oJustice of the Court of Appeals or the Supreme
Court (as provided under Subsection (c) of
RA 8504 and on accordance with the
provision of Section 16)
oPenalties for Violations of Confidentiality - Any
violation of medical confidentiality shall suffer
the penalty of imprisonment for six (6)
months to four (4) years, without prejudice to
administrative sanctions such as fines and
suspension or revocation of the violator's
license to practice his/her profession, as well
as the cancellation or withdrawal of the
license to operate any business entity and
the accreditation of hospitals, laboratories or
clinics
R.A. 9288
 Newborn Screening Act of 2004
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 Approved on April 7, 2004 and ensure quality Newborn Screening

 Performance of Newborn Screening: Center performance.
o Newborn screening shall be performed after
A.O. No. 2008-0026
twenty-four (24) hours of life but not later
than three (3) days from complete delivery of  Addendum to the Rules and Regulations
the newborn Implementing Republic Act No. 9288 Otherwise
o A newborn that must be placed in intensive Known as the "Newborn Screening Act of 2004"
care in order to ensure survival may be  August 8, 2008 (www.doh.gov.ph)
exempted from the 3-day requirement but A.O. No. 2005-0005
must be tested by seven (7) days of age  Cost for the Newborn Screening and
 Advisory Committee on Newborn Screening Maximum Allowable Services Fees for the
o The Committee shall be composed of eight Collection of Newborn Screening Samples in all
Newborn Screening Collecting Health Facilities
(8) members, including the Secretary of
Health who shall act as Chairman  February 8, 2005
o The other members of the Committee shall
Fee/Cost for NBS Specimen Collection 550.0
be as follows:
Kit to be charged by the NSC 0
· Executive Director of the NIH, who shall Maximum allowable service fee for the 50.00
act as Vice Chairperson collection of newborn screening
· Undersecretary of the DILG samples to be charged by the health
· Executive Director of the Council for the facilities such as hospitals, lying-ins,
Welfare of Children rural health units, health centers and
· Director of the Newborn Screening other collecting NBS samples
Reference Center
· Three (3) representatives appointed by
the Secretary of Health who shall be a Newborns are screened for congenital
pediatrician, obstetrician, endocrinologist, hypothyroidism, congenital adrenal
family physician, nurse or midwife, from hyperplasia, PKU, galactosemia and G6PD
either the public or private sector. The deficiency.
three (3) representatives shall be http://www.doh.gov.ph/node/1611
appointed for a term of three (3) years,
subject to their being reappointed for Disorder Effects Effect if
additional three (3) years period for each Screened Screened Screened
extension. and Treated
 Establishment and Accreditation of Newborn Congenital Severe Normal
Screening Centers hypothyroidism mental
o DOH shall ensure that Newborn Screening retardation
Congenital adrenal Death Alive and
Centers are strategically located in order to
hyperplasia normal
be accessible to the relevant public and
Galactosemia Death, Alive and
provide services that comply with the
cataracts normal
standards approved by the Committee upon
the recommendation of the NIH Phenylketonuria Severe Normal
mental
o At a minimum, every Newborn Screening
retardation
Center shall:
G6PD deficiency Severe Normal
· Have a certified laboratory performing all anemia,
tests included in the newborn screening kernicterus
program
· Have a recall/follow up programs for
infants found positive for any and all of R.A. 9165
the heritable conditions  Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of
· Be supervised and staffed by trained 2002
personnel who have been duly qualified  Approved on June 7, 2002
by the NIH  Repeals Republic Act No. 6425, otherwise
· Submit to periodic announced or known as the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972
unannounced inspections by the (March 30, 1972)
Reference Center in order to evaluate

R.A. 9482
 Anti-Rabies Act of 2007
 An Act Providing for the Control and Eliminati
on of Human and Animal Rabies, Prescribing Pen
alties for Violation Thereof and Appropriating Fun
ds Therefore
 Approved on May 25, 2007
Republic Act No. 10069
 An Act Declaring May 7 of every year as
"Health Workers Day"
Republic act No. 10152
 Mandatory Infants and Children Health
Immunization Act of 2011
 June 21, 2011
 The mandatory basic immunization for all
infants and children provided under this Act shall
cover the following vaccine-preventable
diseases:
1.Tuberculosis
2.Diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis
3.Poliomyelitis
4.Measles
5.Mumps
6.Rubella or German measles
7.Hepatitis-B
8.H. Influenza type B (HIB)
9.Such other types as may be determined by the
Secretary of Health in a department circular.
 The mandatory basic immunization shall be
given for free at any government hospital or
health center to infants and children up to five (5)
years of age.
Administrative Order No. 2010-0037
 Diagnosis and Treatment Guidelines for
Paragonimiasis
Administrative Order No. 2010-0031
 Adoption of the 2010-2016 Philippine Plan of
Action to Control Tuberculosis (PhilPACT) and its
Implementing Structures
Administrative Order No. 2010-0028
 Policies and Guidelines in the Conduct of
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
Counseling and Testing in Community and health
Facility Settings.
Administrative Order No. 2010-0024
 Requirement of Permit to Construct in the
Establishment of Free-Standing Screening Drug
Testing Laboratories Nationwide
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Administrative Order No. 2010-0019
 Establishment of a National Program for
Sharing of Organs from Deceased Donors
Administrative Order No. 2010-0018
 Revised National Policy on Living Non-
related Donation and Transplantation and Its
Implementing Structure Amending for the
Purpose Administrative Order No. 2008-0004-A
Administrative Order No. 2010-0017
 Guidelines in Surveillance and Response to
Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI)
Administrative Order No. 2010-0016
 Guidelines on the Process Flow of
Communication within the Department of Health
Administrative Order No. 2010-0009
 Guidelines in the Prevention of Disabilities
due to Lymphatic Filariasis
Administrative Order No. 2010-0002
 Policies and Guidelines pertinent to the
Establishment and Operation of Local Blood
Councils to Support the Implementation of the
National Voluntary Blood Services Program for
Blood Safety and Adequacy, Quality Care and
Patient Safety
Administrative Order No. 2010-0001
 Policies and Guidelines for the Philippine
National Blood Services (PNBS) and the Blood
Services Networks (BSN)
A.O. No. 2009-0021
 Diagnosis and Treatment Guidelines for
Capillariasis Infections
 November 16, 2009
A.O. No. 2009-0020
 Interim Guidelines for the Disposal of Health /
Medical Records of Private Healthcare Facilities
Damaged by the Typhoon
 October 22, 2009
A.O. No. 2009-0016
 Policies and Guidelines on the Prevention of
Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) of Human
Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
 May 20, 2009
A.O. No. 2009-0014
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 Guidelines for the DOH Integrated Drug Test A.O. No. 2008-0011
Operations and Management Information System  Revised Guidelines for Implementing
(IDTOMIS) Subscription / User Fee Collection Tuberculosis Control Program in Children
and Utilization  May 21, 2008
 May 19, 2009
A.O. No. 2009-0013 A.O. No. 2008-0007
 Schedule of Fees for the Licensure of
 Declaring the Month of July Every Year as General Clinical Laboratories and the
the Mass Treatment and Awareness Month for Registration of Special Clinical Laboratories
Schistosomiasis in the Established Endemic  March 14, 2008
Areas in the Philippines
 April 14, 2009 A.O. No. 2008-0004A
 Amendment to A.O. No. 2008-0004 on
A.O. No. 2009-0009
Revised National Policy on Living Non-Related
 Application of Department of Health Policies, Organ Donation and Transplantation and Its
Plans and Guidelines Pertaining to Influenza A Implementing Structure
(H1N1) Virus  May 29,2008
 May 4, 2009 A.O. No. 2008-0004
A.O. No. 2009-0006  Revised National Policy on Kidney
Transplantation from Living Non-Related Organ
 Guidelines on Antiretroviral Therapy (ART)
Donor and Its Implementing Structures
Among Adults and Adolescents with Human
Immunodeciency Virus (HIV) Infection  March 3, 2008

 January 13, 2009 A.O. No. 2008-0002

 Posting of Schedule of Fees for Laboratory
A.O. No. 2009-0003 and Other Diagnostic Services of Hospitals and
 Technical Guidelines for Implementing DOTS Other Health Facilities
Strategy in Jails and Prisons  January 15, 2008

 January 8, 2009
A.O. No. 2009- 0001 A.O. No. 2007-0028
 Revised Policy and Guidelines on the Diagno  Implementing Guidelines of EO No. 663
sis and Treatment of Malaria "Implementing the National Commitment for
 January 13, 2009 Bakuna ang Una sa Sanggol at Ina", Attaining the
WHO's Goal to Eliminate Measles and Neonatal
A.O. No. 2008-0025 Tetanus, Eradicate Polio, Control Hep B and
 Guidelines on the Implementation of the Other Vaccine Preventable Diseases
Integrated Drug Test Operations and  October 2, 2007
Management Information System (IDTOMIS) for
Screening and Confirmatory Drug test Laboratory A.O. No. 2007-0015
Operation  Revised Guidelines in the Management and
 July 29, 2008 Prevention of Schistosomiasis
 May 7, 2007
A.O. No. 2008-0022
 Policies and Guidelines in the Collaborative
Approach of TB and HIV Prevention and Control A.O. No. 55 s. 2000
 August 8, 2008 (www.doh.gov.ph)  Guidelines in the Implementation of MASS
Treatment Strategy for Schistosomiasis
A.O. No. 2008-0018 Control/Elimination
 Guidelines for the Implementation of the  May 30, 2000
Programmatic Management of Drug Resistant
Tuberculosis (PMDT) P. D. No. 893
 May 26, 2008  Reconstituting the National Schistosomiasis
Control Commission into the Schistosomiasis
Control Council and for other
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Purposes  Guidelines for the Accreditation of Clinical
 February 16, 1976 Laboratories Involved in the Training of Medical
Laboratory Science/Medical Technology Interns

A.O. No. 2007-0011

 Repeal of A.O. 118-B s.1992 entitled "Rules
and Regulations Governing the Accreditation of
Clinical Laboratories for the Training of Medical BOARD OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
Technology Interns" CODE OF ETHICS
 April 4, 2007
As I enter into the practice of Medical Technology, I
A.O. No. 2007-0019 shall:
 Guidelines for the Implementation of the
Quality Assurance System on Direct Sputum  Accept the responsibilities inherent to being a
Smear Microscopy (DSSM) professional.
 April 11, 2007  Uphold the law and shall not participate in
illegal work.
A.O. No. 2006 - 0026  Act in a strict spirit of fairness to all and in a
 Implementing Guidelines in the Conduct of spirit of brotherhood toward other members
the National TB Control Program - Directly of the profession.
Observed Treatment Short-Course (NTP-DOTS)  Accept employment from more than one
Certification employer only when there in no conflict of
 July 4, 2006 interest.
 Perform my task with full confidence,
A.O. No. 2007-0014 absolute reliability and accuracy.
 Guidelines on the Issuance of Certificate of  Share my knowledge and expertise with my
Product Registration for Equipment or Devices colleagues.
Used for Treating Sharps, Pathological and  Contribute to the advancement of the
Infectious Waste professional organization and other allied
 March 14, 2007 health organizations.
 Restrict my praises, criticisms, views and
A.O. No. 2006-0024 opinions within constructive limits.
 Rules and Regulations Governing the  Treat any information I acquired in the course
Accreditation of Laboratories for Drinking Water of my work as strictly confidential.
Analysis  Uphold the dignity and respect of my
 May 10, 2006 profession and conduct myself a reputation
of reliability, honesty and integrity.
A.O. No. 2006 - 0015  Be dedicated to the use of clinical laboratory
 Implementing Guidelines on Hepatitis B science to promote life and benefit mankind.
Immunization for Infants  Report any violations of the above principles
 June 23, 2006 of the professional conduct to authorized
agency and to the ethics committee of the
A.O. No. 81, s. 2003 organization.
 Rules and Regulations Governing
Accreditation of Hospitals Engaged in the To these principles, I hereby subscribe and
Conduct of Kidney Transplantation pledge to conduct myself at all times in a manner
 September 1, 2003 befitting the dignity of my profession.

CHED Memorandum Order PROFESSIONAL’S OATH

CMO 14, s. 2006 I, (NAME) of (RESIDENCE) hereby solemnly swear

 Policies, Standards and
Medical Technology Education
CMO 6, s. 2008
that I will support and defend the Constitution of the
Guidelines for
republic of the Philippines; that I will bear true faith an
allegiance to the same; that I will obey the laws, legal
orders, and decrees promulgated by the duly

constituted authorities of the Republic of the
Philippines; and that I impose this obligation upon
myself voluntarily, without mental reservation or
purpose of evasion.
I further solemnly swear that at all times and places I
will adhere closely to the ethical and professional
rules generally accepted by the Medical Technology
Professions in the Philippines, and I will well and
faithfully discharge to the best of my ability the duties
and obligations incumbent upon a legally authorized
Medical Technologist.
So help me God.
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PATNUBAYAN NAWA AKO NG MAYKAPAL.
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST’S PRAYER
O God, Who, by calling is to the vocation of Medical
Technologist, has placed upon us the obligation of
being a constant help in the scientific care of the sick,
grant us by Thy divine light a deep insight into the
serious responsibilities of our tasks.
By Thy divine wisdom awaken us a growing zeal and
determination to increase our knowledge of how to
search for the underlying causes of sickness and
disease; how to recognize the evidence of physical
changes; how to make important chemical analyses,
and other valuable tests so helpful in caring for the
sick.

By Thy divine love permit us in this way to share with

those who directly care for the sick, that thus we may
be constantly working through the Eternal Physician,
PANUNUMPA NG PROPESYONAL Christ, Our Lord. Amen.

Ako, si (PANGALAN) ng (TIRAHAN) ay taimtim na

nanunumpa na itataguyod ko at ipagtatanggol ang
Saligang Batas ng Pilipinas, na akoý tunay na
mananalig at tatalima rito, na susundin ang mg utos
na legal, at mga atas na ipinahayag ng mga sadyang
itinakda ng may kapangyarihan ng Republika ng
Pilipinas; at kusa kong babalikatin ang pananagutang
ito, na wala ano mang pasubali o hangaring umiwas.

Taimtim pa rin akong nanunumpa na sa lahat ng

panahon at pook na kinaroroonan, ay mahigpit akong
manghahawakan sa mga etikal at tuntuning
propesyonal ng mga Medikal Teknolohist sa Pilipinas,
at matapat kong gagampanan ng buong husay sa
abot ng aking makakaya ang mga tungkulin at
pananagutan iniatang sa isang itinakda na Medikal
Teknolohist.

Kasiyahan nawa ako ng Diyos.

PANUNUMPA NG KASAPI

Ako, si (PANGALAN), ay taimtim na nanunumpa na

tuparin ko nang buong husay at katapatan sa abot ng
aking makakaya ang aking mga tungkulin bilang
kasapi ng Philippine Association of Medical
Technologists sampu ng iba pang alituntunin ng
kapisanang ito, na aking igagalang at ipagtatanggol
ang batas ng aking bayan; at kusa kong babalikatin
ang pananagutang ito nang walang ano mang
pasubali o hangaring umiwas.