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1. All registered medical technologists whose names appear in the roster of the Professional
Regulation Commission shall automatically become members of a national, accredited
professional organization of registered and licensed medical technologists. For this purpose,
what are the accredited professional organizations of Medical technology profession?
Philippine Association of Medical Technologists (PAMET), it is the only one accredited
professional organization in the Philippines. This organization is a non-stock and non-profit. It
was originally organized on September 15, 1963 by Mr. Crisanto G. Almario at the Public
Health Laboratory in Sta. Cruz, Manila.
2. What are the benefits and privileges supplemental upon payment of the required fees and
dues?
For issuance of a new certificate of registration, replacement of a lost, destroyed or
mutilated certificate of registration and even for the issuance or replacement of Professional
Regulation Commission identifications cards shall be in accordance with fees established by the
PRC, applicants must pay the fees for these. Applicants will be benefited upon payment of the
required fees, by always having an updated PRC id’s and for renewing your PRC license to
avoid paying other charges.
3. When the penalty of suspension or revocation is imposed by the hearing committee to the
offender (the medical technologist), what are the requirements the offender should submit?
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.
4.What are the provisions for the reissuance or Reinstatement of a revoked or suspended
Certificate of Registration?
When the time of suspension expires, the suspension of a certificate of registration is
immediately lifted, and the certificate is re-issued to the medical technologist. Board for
violation of the provisions of this Act or conditions imposed by the Board upon the medical
technologist during the period of suspension.

5. What is/are being modified in Section 15 of the Medical Technology Act 2011 compared to Medical
Technology Act 1969?
In Medical Technology Act 2011 the section 15 is about Issuance of Certificate
of Registration stating wherein it’s written as section 21 in Medical Technology Act
1969, however the section 15 in Medical Technology Act 1969 is about Examination.
Some modifications made in Issuance of Certificate of Registration were in
Medical Technology Act of 1969, stated that no such certificate shall be issued to any
successful applicant who has not attained the age of twenty-one years and all certificates
shall be signed by all the members of the Board and attested by its Secretary. However,
in Medical Technology Act 2011, it’s not stated anymore about the age bracket and all
certificates shall be signed by the Chairman and the Members of the Board and by the
Commissioner of the Professional Regulation Commission.
It’s also stated in Medical Technology Act 2011 that the Board shall refuse to
issue a certificate of registration to any person convicted by a court of competent
jurisdiction of any criminal offense: involving moral turpitude, or who has committed
immoral, dishonorable or dishonest conduct, or is of unsound mind, or is suffering from
an incurable and communicable disease. However, in Medical Technology Act 1969,
stated that upon application filed after the approval of this Act not later than ninety days
after the Board shall have been fully constituted, the Board shall issue a certificate of
registration without examination to persons who have been graduated with a Bachelor of
Science in Hygiene and/or Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology in duly
recognized schools of medical technology in the Philippines or foreign countries who
have been in the practice of medical technology for at least three years at the time of the
passage of this Act in laboratories in the Philippines or in foreign countries duly
accredited by the Bureau of Research and Laboratories, Department of Health, and also
to all other persons having graduated from other paramedical professions who are
already civil service eligible by authority of the other Boards of profession and who are
actually performing medical technology practice for the last five years prior to the
enactment of this Act.