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MTLBE Summary PDF
MTLBE Summary PDF
History:
Quiricada St., Sta. Cruz, Manila – the place where the US Army
established the first Clinical Laboratory in the
Philippines
Dr. Prudencio Sta. Ana – gave the first six (6) months formal
training in laboratory
PAMET Presidents:
Charlemagne Tamondong – the first president of PAMET
Divine law – law of religion and faith; concerns with the concept of sin
and salvation (Bible and Quoran)
Moral Law – totality of the norms of good and right conduct growing
out of the collective sense of right and wrong of every
community.
Characteristics of law;
1. Rule of conduct – tells us what shall be done and undone
2. Obligatory – imposes duty to obey. Sanction forces obedience
3. Promulgated by legitimate authority – legislature
4. Common observance and benefit – intended to serve men to
maintain harmony
Functions of law;
1. Secures justice
2. Resolves social conflicts
3. Protects interests
4. Controls social relations
Sources of laws;
1. Constitution
2. Legislation
3. Administrative or executive orders, regulations and rulings
4. Judicial decisions and jurisprudence
5. Custom
Classes of Law;
Purpose;
1. Substantive- creating and defining rights and duties
2. Adjective, Procedural or Remedial – describing the manner by
which rights maybe enforced or violations redressed.
Subject matter
1. Public Law – regulates the rights and duties arising from the
relationship of the state to the people ( Criminal Law,
International Law, Constitutional Law)
2. Private Law – regulates the relations of individuals with one
another for purely private ends. (Laws on obligations and
contracts)
Significance of Ethics:
It limits the parameters and tames the exercise of the
profession to avoid transgression, anarchy, lawbreaking,
defiance, and disobedience.
Section 1 – Title
Composition:
Chairman – Director of Higher Education
Vice –chairman – the PRC Chairman
Members:
Director of BRL (now BHFS) under the
DOH,
Two Deans of SMT
President of PSP
President of PAMET
Section 4 – Compensation
Section 8 – Qualifications
- Filipino citizen
- Good moral character
- Qualified pathologist
- RMT’s
- At least 10 years active practice
- Not a faculty member 2 yrs prior to appointment
CSC Commissioner
PRC Chairman – PD 223, RA 8981
Grounds:
- Neglect of duty
- Incompetence
- Malpractice or unprofessional
- Unethical, immoral, dishonorable conduct
SMT – CHED
Training Lab. – DOH-BHFS
EXCEPT:
- Duly registered physician
- MTs from other countries called for consultation or as
exchange faculties
- MT in the service of the USAF stationed in the
Philippines
Section 15 – Examination
Purpose:
to obtain valid and reliable information whether the examinee
possesses technical competence and knowledge, ability to apply
knowledge with good judgment and understanding of professional
responsibility
- Filipino citizen
- In good health
- Of good moral character
- Has completed BSMT or BSPH
Requirements:
- Established reciprocity treaty
- At least 3 years permanent residence in the
Philippines
- The curricula of both countries are substantially
similar
Documentary Requirements:
Major Subjects:
- Clinical Chemistry - 20%
- Micro/Para - 20%
- Hematology - 20%
- Blood Baking/Serology – 20%
Minor Subjects:
- Urinalysis and other BF - 10%
- Histopath, Cytotech,MTLE - 10%
Computation: general average relative to the weights of each subject
- Notaries public
- Members of the judiciary
- Clerks of Courts
- Secretaries of Senate and Congress
- Department Secretaries
- Bureau directors
- Register of Deeds
- Provincial Governors
- Municipal and City Mayors
All COR shall be signed by the Board and the PRC Commissioner
Must be displayed in the place of work
Section 22 – Fees
Grounds:
- Guilty of immoral conduct
- Guilty of dishonorable conduct
- Convicted by a court of a crime involving moral
turpitude
- Unsound mind
- Incurable and communicable disease
Respondent’s Rights ;
- entitled to a lawyer
- be heard in person
- Speedy and public trial
- All other rights under the Constitution
Evidence required:
Section 25 –Appeal
Section 32 - Effectivity
Classification of Laboratory:
A. Ownership
1. Government –operated by the national government or a local
government unit
2. Private – owned and established by an individual, corporation
or association or organization
B. Function
1. Clinical Pathology – Clinical Chemistry, Hematology, Immuno-
hematology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Clinical
Microscopy, Cytogenetics, Toxicology, Drug Monitoring
2. Anatomic Pathology – surgical pathology, cytology, Immuno-
histopathology, Autopsy, Forensic Pathology and Molecular
Pathology
C. Institutional Character:
1. Institution Based – operates within the premises of an
institution such as hospital, clinic, school, medical facility
Standards:
Human Resources:
Physical Plant:
1. Far from non medical, commercial or residential quarters;
2. House in a permanent building made of strong materials
preferably concrete;
3. Adequate safety provisions;
4. Well ventilated, well lighted and clean
5. Sufficient working space;
Primary – 10 sq. m.,
Secondary – 20 sq. m.,
Tertiary – 60 sq. m.
Primary Laboratory
1. Alcohol lamp/Burner
2. Clinical Centrifuge
3. Differential Counter
4. Hemocytometer
5. Hemoglobinometer
6. Hematocrit centrifuge
7. Microscope
8. Urinometer
Secondary Laboratory
1. Those in Primary Category
2. Photometer/Spectrophotometer
3. Refrigerator
4. Timer
5. Water Bath
Tertiary Laboratory:
1. Those in Secondary Category
2. Autoclave
3. Analytical Balance
4. Biosafety Cabinet
5. Drying oven
6. Incubator
7. Rotator
8. Serofuge
Reporting:
All laboratory reports shall be construed as consultation
between the requesting physician and the pathologist
Laboratory fees:
1. Shall be at the prevailing rates taking into consideration the
costs of testing and quality control
2. Professional fees for special procedures and examination
shall be charged separately
Purposes:
- To promote voluntary blood donation
- To lay down the legal principle that blood provision is
a service and not a sale of commodity
- To provide adequate supply of safe blood
- To inform the public the hazard of commercial blood
- To require blood banks to operate in a non profits
basis
- To phase-out commercial blood banks
Definition of Terms:
Regulatory Authority
- DOH thru BHFS - LTO
- DOH thru CHD - ATO
Classification of BSF
Ownership
1. Government –national, LGU, GOCC
2. Private – privately owned – individual, corp., association, or
organization
Institutional Character
1. Hospital based
2. Non-hospital based
Service Capability
1. BS
- Advocacy and promotion of voluntary blood donation
- Provision of whole blood and packed RBC
- Storage, issuance, transport and distribution of whole
blood and packed RBC
- Compatibility testing
2. BCU
- Advocacy and promotion
- Recruitment and screening of voluntary blood donor
- Health education and counseling
- Collection of blood
- Transport of blood to BC
- Compatibility testing
3. BB
- Advocacy and promotion
- Storage and issuance of blood and components from
BC
- Other services ; Compatibility testing; Direct Coomb’s
test; Red Cell Ab screening; Investigation of
transfusion reaction; hemovigilance – post transfusion
surveillance
4. BC
- Advocacy and promotion
- Recruitment of donor
- Collection of blood
- Health education and counseling
- Testing for TTi’s
- Processing and provision of blood components
- Storage, issuance, transport and distribution of blood
and blood products to hospitals and other health
facilities
Personnel Qualifications:
1. Category A
– Licensed Physician with 1 year training in blood
transfusion
- RMT with 1 year training in blood banking services
2. Category B
- Clinical/ Anatomic Pathologist with 6 months training
in blood banking
- 1 RMT with 1 year training in blood banking services
- 1 laboratory technician
Punishable Acts/Penalties:
1. Collect charges greater than the minimum prescribed by
DOH
- Imprisonment (1-6 months)
- Fine ( 5k -50k)
2. Operate a Blood Bank without License
- Imprisonment (12 years – 20 years
- Fine (50k – 500k)
3. Failure to dispose contaminated blood within 48 hours
- Imprisonment (10 years) without prejudice to the
filing of criminal cases ( Head and personnel
responsible for dispensing/transfusing)
4. Failure to renew within 3 mos prior to expiration
- Fine 5k
RA 8504 – AIDS Control and Prevention Act
February 13, 1998
Scope of infection – it has no boundary. It does not recognize
territorial, social, political, and economic boundaries.
Purposes:
1. Promote awareness on the causes, modes of
transmission, consequences and means of
prevention and control
Definition of Terms:
1. HIV Test – any procedure to determine the presence or the
absence of HIV
2. HIV Positive – the presence of HIV
3. HIV Negative – the absence of HIV
4. Anonymous Testing – individual tested does not reveal his true
identity
5. Compulsory Testing – impose upon a person, characterized by
lack of consent, use of physical force, intimidation or any form
of compulsion (Prohibition – sec.16 Exceptions to the Prohibition
of HIV testing (17)
- Person is charged under Art. 264 and 266 RA 8353,
Art. 335 and 338 RA 3851
- Resolve relevant issues under E.O 309 ( Family Code
of the Philippines)
- Organ Donation (RA 7170 and Blood Donation (RA
7719)
6. Voluntary Testing – willingness to undergo HIV Test
Implied consent/Voluntary – (Sec. 15)
1. Agrees to donate blood, organ or tissue for
transfusion, transplantation, research
2. Executed a legacy in accordance with sec, 3 of RA
7170
3. Blood donation under section 4 of RA 7719
Definition of Terms:
1. Decedent – deceased person, infant or fetus
2. Testator – person who makes a legacy or will
3. Person – natural or juridical, (corporation, agency, partnership)
4. Death – irreversible cessation of all the physiologic and
functional activities of the body
5. Somatic death – cessation of all the physiologic activities of the
body
Purposes of donation
1. Academic
2. Research
3. Therapeutic or transplantation
Purposes:
- To protect, foster, and promote the rights of the citizens
to quality and affordable education in all levels;
- To promote and protect academic freedom
Qualifications:
- Holders of doctorate degree
- Active in higher education for at least 10 years
- Not a candidate in the elections immediately preceding
the appointment
- High degree of professionalism and integrity
Functions:
- Formulate and recommend development programs on
higher education and research
- Set minimum standards for programs on higher
education
- Monitor and evaluate performances of the programs
and higher learning institutions
- Promulgate rules and regulation to carry out the
policies and objective of the law
Curriculum Outline:
Administration
Dean - Full time
1. Filipino citizen
2. Good moral character
3. Registered Medical Technologist
4. Master’s degree holder
5. 5 years experience in teaching
(20 hours administrative work per week; 12 hours
teaching;)
Faculty Member
Professional subjects:
1. Registered Medical Technologist
2. Holder of Master’s Degree
3. At least 1 year experience in training MT
interns in lieu 1 year experience in clinical
lab.
Non professional subjects:
1. Master’s degree in related fields
2. At least 2 years teaching experience
Library
1. Open 8 hours a day
2. Availability of at least 2 current edition of MT
Science book
3. Subscription of at least 1 international journal
and 2 local journals
4. Shall have at least 1 copy of MT Textbooks for
every 15 students
5. Computer with internet access
6. CD-ROMs
Classroom/Laboratory Room
1. 2 exits
2. 1 sq. m. for every 1-2 students
3. 1 microscope for every 1-2 students
4. A locker for every 1-5 students
5. Well lighted and ventilated
Instructional Standards:
1. Attained recognition status
2. The professional licensure performance must be 50%
of NPR (National Passing rate) for the last 5 years
Composition:
1 full time chairperson – Leonor Rocero
2 full time commissioners
Qualifications:
- At least 40 years old
- Holder of a valid professional license
- At least 5 years managerial experience
Duties:
- Administer and conduct the licensure examinations
( Concerned Board shall submit within 10 days from the
day of the examinations the result)
- Admit successful examinees to practice profession
- Monitor the performance of the schools in the licensure
examination and publish thereof
- Investigate and decide administrative matters
(Decisions shall become final and executory after the
lapsed of 15 days); Investigate motu proprio or upon
verified complaint; Issue summons, subpoena and
subpoena duces tecum
- To ensure and safeguard the integrity of all licensure
examinations
Purposes:
3. Maintain high professional standards
4. Abreast to the latest trends
5. Global competition
6. General welfare of the people
Qualifications:
7. The chairman shall be the Chairman of the PRB
8. The first member shall be the APO President
9. The second member shall be the president of the
organization of the schools offering the course or
academician chosen by the PRC
Term of office: Co-terminus with his incumbency in the PRB, APO and
schools Organization. In case of academician – two years with one re-
appointment
Sources of CPE Units:
10.Seminars
11.Conventions
12.Doctoral degree
13.Masteral degree
14.Fellowship
15.Residency
16.Authorship
17.Distance learning
18.On job training
19.Research
20.Inventions
CPE Requirements:
Baccalaureate degree holders – 60/3 years
Non baccalaureate – 30/3 years
Excess units shall not be carried over EXCEPT doctoral
and masterral
Section 7. Employees and Visitors of a Den, Dive or Resort. -12 yrs and
1 day – 20 years