WHAT ARE “MEDICAL

TECHNOLOGY LAWS”?
u Legislative fiats that have legal effects in
the practice of medical technology in the
Philippines
u Sets limitations, basic rights,
responsibilities and obligations that a
professional who engages in the practice
of medical technology must observe
u Special penal laws because a violation of
any of its provisions is punishable either
by fine, imprisonment of both
WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE
PUNISHMENT RECOMMENDED BY
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY LAWS?

Ø The primary function of a punishment

is to protect society against actual and
potential wrongdoers in the practice of
a profession, including medical
technology
Ø It is necessary that the punishability if
malpractice be reasonably foreseen for
the guidance of society
Ø The punitive nature of medical
technology laws effectively forbids the
potential abuse in performing the
professional services of medical
technology
WHAT IS BIOETHICS?

Ø Philosophical discipline that deals

with the morality of human
conduct in relation to health in
particular and to human life in
general
Ø It’s emphasis is on basic ethical
doctrines, major bioethical
principles, and its application in
health
Ø It also includes the discussion of
philosophical tenets and virtues of
health-care providers
 WHAT IS MORALITY?
o Morality is the quality of a human act

PARAMETERS TO DETERMINE IF A
HUMAN ACT IS MORALLY GOOD:
o The act must be good in itself
o The act must be good in its end
o The circumstances other than the ends must
be good
WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP
OF LAWS AND PUBLIC
MORALITY?

u Law is the witness and deposit of our

moral life
u Law deals with minimum standards of
human conduct
u While morality is concerned with the
maximum
u Law serves as as helpful starting point for
thinking about a proper or ideal public
morality for a society in pursuit of moral
progress
4000 BC Physicians in Babylon made on the color and
consistency of urine
1500 BC Polyuria and Intestinal worms were described
1200 BC Calcified helminth eggs were discovered in Mummies
460 BC Greek Physician Hippocrates was born
Father of Medicine
Described four humors in man
Rufus of Ephesus is another Greek physician who first
described hematuria or blood in urine
44 BC Autopsy was performed on the corpse of Julius Caesar
by Antistius a Roman Physician and is considered as
the first forensic pathologist
500 AD Indian physicians observed that some types of urine
attracted insects due to its high sugar content and
called it madhumeha or “honey urine”
900 AD Isaac Judaeus, a Jewish physician and philosopher, had
devised guidelines for using urine as a diagnostic aid
16th Girolamo Fracastoro proposed a primitive
CENTURY version of the “germ theory”
Robert Koch and Louis Pasteur validated
the theory 300 years later
Koch also discovered the tubercle bacillus
as a causative agent for tuberculosis
1628 William Harvey described the circulation
of blood
Marcello Malpighi fortified the concepts by
ascertaining the existence of capillaries
1665 Richard Lower, an English physician,
conducted the first successful blood
transfusion in animals
17th Microscopes were invented
CENTURY
Leewenhoek microscope
1674 Protozoa from animal intestines, Classify
bacteria according to size
1677 Spermatozoa
1684 Red Blood Cells
18th and 19th Johannes Muller pioneered clinical
Centuries cytology and described the microscopic
structure of various types of cancer
Rudolf Virchow established the
fundamentals of cellular pathology
20th Century Alexander Flemming discovered
penicillium
1909 Karl Landsteiner discovered the major
blood groups
He received the 1930 Nobel Prize for
Medicine
1940 He established the Ph blood group
u First Public Health
Laboratory was
established in 1883
u Laboratorio Municipal
de Manila was created
for the following
purpose:
u To examine food,
water and clinical
specimen
u To conduct
biochemical
analyses
u To undertake
specimen
examinations for
clinical and medico-
legal cases
 uPAMET – Philippine Association of
Medical Technologists, Inc

uPASMETH – Philippine Association

of Schools of Medical Technology
and Public Health

uPHISMETS – Philippine Society of

Medical Technology Students

PAMET,
PASMETH and
PHISMETS
PHILIPPINE ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL
TECHNOLOGISTS, INC
u Known as PAMET
u National organization of all registered
medical technologists (RMTs)in the
Philippines
u Founded on September 15, 1963, in
the Public Health Laboratory located
at 208 Quiricada ST., Sta. Cruz,
Manila
u Organized by Mr. Crisanto Almario,
recognized as the “Father of PAMET”,
who sought to standardize the
profession and to improve and
upgrade its practice
u On June 21, 1969, under its first
president, Charlemagne T.
Tamondong, Republic Act No. 5527
was enacted
u On June 22, 1973, Presidential Decree No. 223 was
approved, thereby creating the Professional Regulation
Commission (PRC)
u On September 6, 1973, through Proclamation No. 1181
series of 1973, President Ferdinand Marcos declared the
third week of September as a celebration of the medical
technology profession
u On July 15, 1975, PAMET was accredited by the PRC as the
professional organization of medical technologists
u In 1970, PAMET was registered with International
Association of Medical Laboratory Technologists (IAMLT)
u In 1985, PAMET gained membership in the ASEAN Association
of Medical Laboratory Technologists (AAMLT)
u On November 22, 1989, PAMET adopted its official hymn
“Beloved PAMET”, which was written buy Hector G.
Gayares, Jr, and set into music by Francis Jerota Pefanco,
both are students of the Philippine Union College at the
time of composition
PAST AND INCUMBENT PRESIDENTS OF
PAMET
TERM PRESIDENT ADVOCACY
1963-1967 Charlemagne T. Tamondong Emergence of the profession
1967-1970 Nardito D. Moraleta Professional Recognition
1970-1971
Felix E. Asprer Legislative Agenda
1973-1977
1971-1973 Bernardo T. Tabaosares Celebration of the Profession
Jan 1937-Sept 1973 Angelina Jose Career Advocacy
1977-1981 Venerable Oca Educational Enhancement
1982-1992 Carmencita P. Acedera Image Building
1993-1996 Marilyn R. Atienza Proactivism
1997-2000 Norma N. Chang International Leadership
2001-2002 Agnes B. Medenilla Organizational Dynamism
2003-2004 Shirley F. Cruzada Interdisciplinary Networking
2005-2006 Agnes B. Medenilla Organizational Dynamism
2007-2012 Leila M. Florento Global Perspective
2013-2015 Romeo Joseph J. Ignacio Golden Celebration
2016-2021 Ronaldo E. Puno Empowerment
2022 Rommel F. Saceda
2023-present Luella A. Vertucio
PHILIPPINE ASSOCIATION OF
SCHOOLS OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
AND PUBLIC HEALTH (PASMETH)
Ø A National organization of all recognized
schools and colleges of medical technology
and public health in the Philippines
Ø Established on May 13, 1970 and
continually seeks to improve the quality of
education in the field of clinical laboratory
science
Ø The first organizational meeting was held at
the University of Sto. Tomas on June 22,
1970
Ø First president was Dr. Gustavo Reyes
Ø First annual meeting was held on May 17,
1971 at UST
Ø Registered with SEC as a non-stock and
non-profit entity on October 6, 1985
Ø Encourage a thorough study of the
needs and problems of medical
technology education and to offer
solutions for them
Ø Work for the enhancement and
continuous development of medical
technology education in order that PASMETH
the profession will be of maximum
service to the country STRIVES
Ø Take a united stand in matters which
affect the interests of medical TO:
technology education
Ø Seek advice, aid and assistance from
any government or private entity for
the fulfillment of the association’s
aims and purposes
u A national organization of medical technology students
u Under the supervision of PASMETH president and under the
administration of the Committee on Student Development of
PASMETH

PHILIPPINE SOCIETY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

STUDENTS (PHISMETS)
 Ø Organize a central body that coordinates
all activities pertinent to medical
technology student development
Ø Promote the growth and development of
all medical technology students
Ø Promote and stimulate the exchange of
best practices in medical technology
PHISMETS through international, national,
regional/provincial and local
AIMS TO: conferences, seminar workshops,
colloquia and meetings
Ø Promote, stimulate and support student
research in medical technology and
related fields
Ø Provide an information network and
monitoring system of activities in the
medical technology academic
community, both local and national
scene