New Era University

CENTER FOR MEDICAL & ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES

COLLEGE OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
MTML22-18: MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY LAWS & BIOETHICS
Herna, Erin Jonah F.
Name:_______________________________________________________________Score:_________________
2CMT-4 TH 4:30PM – 7:30PM 02/21/2024
Section:_____________________________Schedule:________________________Date:____________________
DIRECTION: Fill in the table below. Write a certain sections in R.A. 5527 with corresponding amendment
from R.A. 6132, P.D. 498, and P.D. 1534.

Republic Act No. Republic Act No.

5527
Section 1. Title – This act
may also be cited as the
Philippine Medical
Technology Act of 1969.
Section 2. Definition of
Terms – As used in this Act,
the following terms shall
mean:
A. 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:
1. 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
6132
Section 1. Short Title. This
Act shall be known as "The
1971 Constitutional
Convention Act."
Section 2. Composition of
the Convention;
Qualifications of Delegates.
The Constitutional
Convention authorized by
Resolution of Both Houses
Numbered Two of the
Congress of the Philippines,
adopted on March sixteen,
nineteen hundred and sixty-
seven, as amended by
Resolution of Both Houses
Numbered Four of the
Congress of the Philippines,
adopted on June seventeen,
nineteen hundred and sixty-
nine, shall be composed of
three hundred and twenty
delegates who shall have
the same qualifications as
those required of Members
of the House of
Representatives.
Section 3. Election of
Delegates. The election of
delegates to the Convention
by the qualified electors of
each district shall be held
on the second Tuesday in
November, nineteen
hundred and seventy.
Section 4. Persons Holding
Office. Any person holding a
P.D. 498
Section 1. Subsections (a)
and (d) of Section 2 of
Republic Act No. 5527 are
hereby amended to read as
follows:
“Sec 2. Definition of Terms.
As used in this Act, the
following terms shall mean:
(a) 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:
1. 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
P.D. 1534
Section 1. Section 3 of
Republic Act No. 5527 as
amended by Presidential
Decree No. 498 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 3. Council of Medical
Technology Education; Its
Composition. There is
hereby established a
Council of Medical
Technology Education
hereafter referred to as the
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 Technologies, as
members."
Section 2. Paragraph 3,
Section 8 of Republic Act
No. 5527 as amended is
techniques either manual or
automated;
2. Blood banking
procedures and techniques;
3. Parasitologic, Mycologic
and Microbiologic
procedures and techniques;
4. Histopathologic and
Cytotechnology; provided
that nothing in this
paragraph shall inhibit a
duly registered medical
laboratory technician from
performing histopathologic
techniques and procedures.
5. Clinical research involving
patients or human beings
requiring the use of and/or
application of medical
technology knowledge and
procedures;
6. Preparations and
standardization of reagents,
standards, stains and
others, provided such
reagents, standards, stains
and others are exclusively
for the use of their
laboratory;
7. Clinical laboratory quality
control;
8. Collection and
preservation of specimens;
Provided, That any person
who has passed the
corresponding Board
examination for the practice
of a profession already
regulated by existing law,
shall not be subject to the
provisions of the last four
preceding paragraphs if the
performance of such acts or
services is merely incidental
to his profession. BS Public
Health graduate – shall
undergo review and training
in Clinical Laboratory for at
least 1 year.
B. Pathologist - A duly
registered physician who is
specially trained in methods
public office or position,
whether elective or
appointive, including
members of the armed
forces and officers and
employees of corporations
or enterprises owned
and/or controlled by the
government, shall be
considered resigned upon
the filing of his certificate of
candidacy: Provided, That
any government official
who resigns in order to run
for delegate and who does
not yet qualify for
retirement under existing
laws, may, if elected, add to
his length of service in the
government the period
from the filing of his
certificate of candidacy until
the final adjournment of the
Constitutional Convention.
Section 5. Disqualification
to Run. Any person elected
as delegate to the
Constitutional Convention
shall not be qualified to run
for any public office in any
election or to assume any
appointive office or position
in any branch of the
Government until after the
final adjournment of the
Constitutional Convention.
techniques either manual or
automated;
2. Blood banking
procedures and techniques;
3. Parasitologic, Mycologic
and Microbiologic
procedures and techniques;
4. Histopathologic and
Cytotechnology; provided
that nothing in this
paragraph shall inhibit a
duly registered medical
laboratory technician from
performing histopathologic
techniques and procedures.
5. Clinical research involving
patients or human beings
requiring the use of and/or
application of medical
technology knowledge and
procedures;
6. Preparations and
standardization of reagents,
standards, stains and
others, provided such
reagents, standards, stains
and others are exclusively
for the use of their
laboratory;
7. Clinical laboratory quality
control;
8. Collection and
preservation of specimens.
Provided, that any person
who shall passed the
corresponding Board
examination for the practice
of a profession already
regulated by existing laws,
shall not be subject to the
provisions of at last four (4)
preceding paragraphs if the
performance of such acts or
services is merely incidental
to his profession.
(d) Medical Laboratory
Technicians. A person
certified and registered with
the Board as qualified to
assist a medical technologist
and/or qualified pathologist
in the practice of medical
hereby amended to read as
follows;
"Sec. 8. Qualification of
Examiners. No person shall
be appointed as a member
of the Medical Technology
Board unless he or she: . . .
is a qualified Pathologists,
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; . . . ."
Section 3. Subparagraphs
(g) and (i) of Section 11 of
Republic Act No. 5527 as
amended are hereby
repealed.
Section 4. Section 13 of
Republic Act No. 5527 as
amended, is hereby further
amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 13. Accreditation of
Schools of Medical
Technology and of Training
Laboratories. The
Department of Education
and Culture 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 Health
through the Bureau of
Research and Laboratories
shall approve laboratories
for accreditation as training
laboratories for medical
technology students or
post-graduate 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
of laboratory medicine, or
the gross and microscopic
study and interpretation of
tissues, secretion and
excretions of the human
body and its functions in
order to diagnose disease,
follow its course, determine
the effectivity of treatment,
ascertain cause of death
and advance medicine by
means of research. ** He or
she must be a diplomate or
fellow in Philippine Society
of Pathologist in Clinical
Pathology and Anatomic
Pathology
C. Medical Technologist - A
person who engages in the
work of medical technology
under the supervision of a
pathologist or licensed
physician authorized by the
Department of Health in
places where there is no
pathologist and who having
passed the prescribed
course (Bachelor of Science
in Medical
Technology/Bachelor of
Science in Hygiene) of
training and examination is
registered under the
provision of this Act. BS
Hygiene is the former name
of BS Public Health offered
in UP Manila and UP Visayas
D. Medical Laboratory
Technicians - A person
certified and registered with
the Board as qualified to
assist a medical technologist
and/or qualified pathologist
in the practice of medical
technology as defined in
this Act.
E. Accredited Medical
Technology Training
Laboratory - A clinical
laboratory, office, agency,
clinic, hospital or sanitarium
duly approved by the
technology as defined in
this Act."
Section 2. Section 3 of the
same Act is hereby
amended and now to read
as follows:
"Sec. 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
Commissioner of the
Professional Regulation
Commission as Chairman,
the Chairman of the Board
of Medical Technology as
Vice-Chairman, and the two
(2) members of the Board of
Medical Technology, and
the Director of Private
Education or its duly
authorized representative,
the Director of the Bureau
of Research and
Laboratories of the
Department of Health, and
a representative of the
deans or heads of the
private schools of medical
technology, as members."
Section 3. Section of the
same Act is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 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
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 5. Section 12 of
Presidential Decree No. 498
is hereby amended to read
as follows:
"Sec. 12. Repealing Clause.
All those Executive Order,
Decrees, Rules and
Regulations, or parts
thereof inconsistent with
the provisions of this
Decree are hereby repealed,
amended or modified
accordingly: Provided,
however, That nothing in
this Decree shall be
construed as repealing or
amending any portion of
the Medical Act of 1959
(Republic Act No. 2382, as
amended by Republic Act
No. 4224), and the Clinical
Laboratory Act of 1966
(Republic Act No. 4688), and
the Blood Banking Law of
1956 (Republic Act No.
1517), and the Rules and
Regulations issued pursuant
to these laws."
Section 6. This Decree shall
take effect immediately.
Department of Health or its
authorized agency.
F. Recognized School of
Medical Technology - Any
school, college, or university
which offers a course in
Medical Technology
approved by the
Department of Education in
accordance with the
requirements under this
Act, upon recommendation
of the council of medical
technology education.
G. Council - The council of
medical technology
education established under
this Act.
H. Board - The Board of
Examiners for Medical
Technology established
under this Act.
Section 3. Council of
Medical Technology
Education, Its Composition
– There is hereby
established a Council a
Medical Technology
Education, hereafter
referred to as Council,
which shall be composed of:
1. Chairman
2. Vice-Chairman
3. Members (2)
Section 4. Compensation
and Travelling 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
of the Council shall be
entitled to traveling
expenses in connection with
their official duties."
Section 4. Section 7 of the
same Act is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 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 appointment 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 terms."
Section 5. Paragraph 3 and
5 of Section 8 of the same
Act are hereby amended to
read as follows:
"Sec. 8. Qualification of
Examiners. No person shall
be appointed a member of
the Medical Technology
Board unless he or she:
1) . . .
expenses in connection with 2) . . .
their official duties. 3) is a duly registered
Section 5. Functions of the medical technologist of the
Council of Medical Philippines with the degree
Technology Education – The of Bachelor of Science in
functions of the Council Medical
shall be: Technology/Bachelor of
A. To recommend the Science in Hygiene/Public
minimum required Health;
curriculum for the course of 4) . . .
medical technology. 5) is not a member of the
B. To determine and faculty of any medical
prescribe the number of technology school for at
students to be allowed to least two (2) years prior to
take up the medical appointment or having any
technology course in each pecuniary interest direct or
school, taking into account indirect in such institution."
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 proper
implementation of the
foregoing functions.
 New Era University
CENTER FOR MEDICAL & ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES
COLLEGE OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
MTML22-18: MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY LAWS & BIOETHICS

Herna, Erin Jonah F.

Name:_______________________________________________________________Score:_________________
Section:_____________________________Schedule:________________________Date:____________________
2CMT-4 TH 4:30PM – 7:30PM 02/21/2024
DIRECTIONS: Answer the following questions direct to the point.
1. Discuss the importance of R.A. 5527 in the Medical Technology / Medical Laboratory Science
profession.
 Republic Act No. 5527 is essential to maintaining the standards, integrity, and
professionalism of the medical technology and medical laboratory science fields, which
benefits both professionals and the general population they serve. .
2. Enumerate the qualifications of the examinees as stipulated in R.A. 5527.
a. is a Filipino citizen
b. is of good moral character
c. 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
d. has been in practice of laboratory medicine or medical technology for at least ten years prior
to his appointment, and 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: 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.
3. What is the scope of the Medical Technologist Licensure Examination?
 Hematology, Clinical Chemistry, Blood Banking and Serology, Clinical Microscopy (Urinalysis
and other body fluids), Microbiology and Parasitology, Histopathologic Techniques,
Cytotechnology, Medical Technology Laws, Related Laws and its implementing rules, and the
Code of Ethics .
4. What is the foreign reciprocity?
 The concept of foreign reciprocity pertains to the exchange of rights, advantages, or
obligations between several nations or legal systems through mutual acknowledgment and
acceptance. .
5. Explain the amendment process.
 The amendment process, in which is outlined in the Article XVII of the 1987 Constitution,
allows for changes to the document through in which can be the people’s initiative, the
constitutional convention, or the congress itself can propose amendments. .
6. What are the roles of the Congressmen and Senators in the amendment process?
 The Congressmen and Senators may vote on proposed amendments, enact legislation for
the people’s initiative, participate in debates and discussions, serve on relevant committees,
advocate for their positions on amendments. The Congressmen may be the only to propose
amendments. .
7. What are the important provisions of R.A. 5527 which were repealed and amended?
 Section 31 of the act explicitly states that it only repeals provisions of other laws inconsistent
with its own regulations. This means it doesn't directly amend or repeal any specific sections
within its own text. The act primarily focuses on establishing the registration process for
medical technologists, defining their scope of practice, and outlining ethical and professional
obligations. Subsequent amendments haven't fundamentally altered these core aspects. .
8. What is the relevance of CHED Memorandum Order No. 13 series of 2017 to R.A. 5527?
 Republic Act No. 5527 sets the legal framework for the profession, while CHED Memorandum
Order No. 13, s. 2017 ensures that educational programs meet the requirements for
graduates to enter the profession as defined by the law. They work together to maintain a
standardized and qualified workforce of medical technologists in the Philippines. .
9. What are the reasons for the revocation of a license certificate under R.A. 5527?
 Revocation of a license is a serious penalty and is typically reserved for severe or repeated
offenses such as unprofessional conduct, criminal offenses, and violation of board rules and
regulations. The Board of Medical Technology would conduct a thorough investigation and
provide due process before reaching such a decision. .
10. Give at least five (5) legal issues in the field of Medical Technology.
a. Inhibition against the practice of Medical Technology
b. Acts of Omission or negligence and malpractice
c. Absence of a supervising pathologist
d. Issuance and revocation of license certificate of registration
e. Biohazard pay extended to practicing medical technologist