WHEREAS,
Presidential Decree No. 498 amended certain sections of Republic Act
No. 5527 otherwise known as the Philippine Medical Technology Act of
1969;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, in the implementation of said decree, certain sections thereof
have been found to hamper or render ineffective certain functions and
duties of the Department of Education and Culture and the Department of
Health; and chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the aforesaid Decree contains provisions which prejudice the
practice of anatomic and clinical pathology by qualified physicians
thus negating one of the primary objectives of the original Medical Act
of 1969.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
order and decree:cralaw:red
Section 1. Section 3 of Republic Act No. 5527 as
amended by Presidential Decree No. 498 is hereby amended to read as
follows:cralaw:red
"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 hereby amended to read as follows:cralaw:red
"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of Republic Act No. 5527 as amended are hereby repealed. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 4. Section 13 of Republic Act No. 5527 as
amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows:cralaw:red
"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
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." chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 5. Section 12 of Presidential Decree No. 498
is hereby amended to read as follows:cralaw:red
"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.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 11th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-eight.
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