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Laboratory Module 4:
Licensing
Management

MODULE 04
LICENSING

At the end of this module, you are expected to:

1. Define and Explain the importance of licensing to medical technology

2. Enumerate the licensing agency recognize local and international
3. Enumerate the requirements for licensing

What is Clinical Laboratory Science?

 also called Medical Technology, is the health profession that provides laboratory
information and services needed for the diagnosis and treatment of disease. Clinical
Laboratory Scientists or Medical Technologists, perform a variety of laboratory tests,
ensure the quality of the test results, explain the significance of laboratory tests,
evaluate new methods and study the effectiveness of laboratory tests.

Qualifications in becoming a REGISTERED Medical Technologist

 Licensure
 Certification
 Registration
 Accreditation

LICENSURE

What is Licensure?
 For medical technologists, licensing is often granted through a professional body or a
licensing board composed of practitioners who oversee the applications for licenses.
One must take and pass the medical technology board in order to have a license.

PRC (Professional Regulation Commission)

o It is the instrument of the Filipino people in securing for the nation a reliable,
trustworthy and progressive system of determining the competence of
professionals by credible and valid licensure examinations and standards of
professional practice that are globally recognized.
o The creation of the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) was embodied
in Presidential Decree No. 223 which was signed by President Ferdinand
Marcos on June 22, 1973. Later, it was amended by PD 657 but was repealed
more than two decades later by RA 8981, otherwise known as the PRC
Modernization Act of 2000. The first PRC Commissioner, Architect Eric C.
Nubla assumed office on January 2, 1974.

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REGISTRATION

What is Registration?
 Passing the local board examination is a requirement of registration before one can
practice the medical technology profession legally in the Philippines. However, one
may not be granted the certification of registration yet despite passing the board
examination if he/she hasn’t celebrated his/her 21st birthday (RA 5527, Section 21)

ACCREDITATION

What is Accreditation?
 A process by which institutions or programs continuously upgrade their educational
quality and services through self-evaluation and the judgment of peers.

NAACLS (The National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences)

o Is committed to being the premier international agency for accreditation and
approval of educational programs in the clinical laboratory sciences and
related health professions through the involvement of expert volunteers and
its dedication to public service.

CERTIFICATION

What is Certification?
 refers to the confirmation of certain characteristics of a person or organization. This
confirmation is often, but not always, provided by some form of external review,
education, and assessment.

ASCP (American Society for Clinical Pathologists)

o The ASCP Board of Certification (BOC) is a recognized leader in certification
of medical laboratory professionals. By earning credentials from the ASCP
BOC, laboratory professionals demonstrate their competence to carry out their
responsibilities in this critical profession.
o A professional association that provides programs in education, certification,
and advocacy on behalf of patients, pathologists, and laboratory professionals.

AMT (American Medical Technologists)

o Founded in 1939, American Medical Technologists (AMT) is a nationally and
internationally recognized certification agency and membership society. AMT
certification examinations are developed, administered, and analyzed using
industry standards and state-of-the-art methodologies.

Important Philippine Government Laws

(regarding Licensure and Accreditation clinical laboratory)
 RA 4688 (AO 2007-00027) – Clinical Lab Act of 1966 – June 18, 1966
o Section 1 – any person, firm or corporation, operating and maintaining clinical
laboratory (body fluids, tissues, secretions, excretions & radioactivity from

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beings & animals analyzed for the determination of presence of pathologic

organisms, processes or conditions) – register and secure license at office of
the Secretary of Health
o Section 2 – to be professionally in-charge of registered clinical laboratory
MUST be a licensed physician duly qualified in lab medicine and authorized
by Sec of Health, renewed annually.
 RA 5527 – The Philippine MT act of 1969 – June 21, 1969
 RA 9165 – Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 – June 7, 2002
 June 22, 1973 - Presidential Decree No. 223. “Creating the Professional Regulation
Commission Prescribing its Powers and Functions”
 PD 223 was amended by PD 857 and later repealed by RA No. 8981 which was approved
on December 2000 – the “PRC Modernization Act of 2000”
 Jan 27, 1976 – AO No. 274 series 1976 Ministry of Health
 “Rules & Regulations Governing Affiliation of Medical Technology Schools, Colleges and
Universities in Government Hospitals under the Department of Health”
 April 19, 1979 – AO No. 21 series 1979 Ministry of Health - “Rules & Regulations for the
Accreditation of Training Laboratories for Medical Technology Interns”

References and Supplementary Materials

1. Rabor, R. (2015). Introduction of the Medical Technology Education in the Philippines
2. Cardona, Meim, & Martin. (2015). Introduction to Medical Technology Practice in the
Philippine Setting. Philippines: C&E Publishing, Inc.

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