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MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY LAWS, RELATED LAWS AND CODE OF ETHICS &

LABORATORY MANAGEMENT (SEPTEMBER 2018)


Arnold Joseph O. Geronimo, RMT, MLS (ASCP)CM

MT LAWS, RELATED LAWS AND CODE OF ETHICS (35%)

1 MT LAWS 10%

2 LAB MANAGEMENT 10%

3 RELATED LAWS 10%

4 CODE OF ETHICS 5%

35%

MTLBE and Lab Management: ‘Building foundation’ Strategies

“Treat any information as if you’ll see it just once”

HISTORY TIDBITS:

In the Philippines, the history of the profession began when the first laboratory opened at 208
Quiricada St., Sta. Cruz Manila where the Manila Public Health Laboratory is presently located. The
said was introduced by the 26th Medical Laboratory of 6th United States Army Brigade at the end of World
War II. In 1944 the training of the high school graduates to be medical technician was began. However in
1945 the Medical Laboratory of the 6th Unites States Army left the laboratory and only Dr. Alfredo Pio de
Roda save the remnants of the said laboratory and start the training. However the training did not last long
since the Manila Sanitarium and Hospital started to offer the Medical technology course through the
efforts of Mrs. Willa Hilgert Hedrick (considered as the Founder of Medical Technology Education
in the Philippines)

As the years goes by, the said profession begins to develop and improve. The first organization build
for all medical technology here in the Philippines, the Philippine Association of Medical Technologist
(PAMET). It was organized by Crisanto Almario (Father of PAMET). The first president of PAMET is Mr.
Charlemagne Tamondong which titled as the Emergence of the profession. Followed by Mr. Nardito
(celebration of the profession), Angelina Jose as the first female president of PAMET and others.

RA 5527: PHILIPPINE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ACT OF 1969

June 21, 1969


1. How many sections are there? 32 sections

2. The laws behind the amendments:

a. RA 6138 - Section 16, 21, 22

b. PD 498 - Section 2,3,4,6,7,8,10,11,13,16,17,21,29

c. PD 1534 - Section 3,8,13

3. Sections

1 Title

2 Definition of Terms

3 COMT

4 Compensation of COMT

5 Function of COMT

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