REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6138 - AN
ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIVE THOUSAND
FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY- SEVEN, KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
ACT OF 1969
Section 1.
Section s sixteen, twenty-one, and twenty-two of Republic Act Numbered
Five thousand five hundred twenty-seven, known as the Philippine
Medical Technology Act of 1969, are hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 16. Qualification for Examination. — Every
applicant for examination under this Act, shall, prior to the date
thereof, furnish the Board satisfactory proof that he or she:
"(a) In good health and is of good moral character;
"(b) Has completed a course of at least four years
leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology or
Bachelor of Science in Hygiene conferred by a recognized school,
college or university in accordance with this Act or having graduated
from some other paramedical profession has been actually performing
medical technology for the last five years prior to the date of the
examination, if such performance began prior to the enactment of this
Act."
"Sec. 21. Issuance of Certificate of Registration. —
Every applicant two has satisfactorily passed the required examination,
shall be issued a certificate of registration as Medical Technologist:
provided, that no such certificate shall be issued to any successful
applicant who has not attained the age of twenty-one years. All
certificates shall be signed by all the members of the Board and
attested by its Secretary. The duly registered medical technologists
shall be required to display his certificate of registration in the
place where he works. Upon application filed after the approval of this
Act not later than ninety days after the Board shall have been fully
constituted, the Board shall issue a certificate of registration
without examination to persons who have been graduated with a Bachelor
of Science in Hygiene and/or Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology
in duly recognized schools of medical technology in the Philippines or
foreign countries who have been in the practice of medical technology,
for at least three years prior to the filing of the application, in
laboratories in the Philippines or in foreign countries duly accredited
by the Bureau of Research and Laboratories, Department of Health, and
also to all other persons who having graduated from other paramedical
professions are already civil service eligible by authority of the
other Boards of profession and who have been actually performing
medical technology practice for the last five years prior to the filing
of the application."
"Sec. 22. Fees. — The Board shall charge each
applicant for examination and registration the sum of fifty pesos, of
which the sum of ten pesos shall be for registration, and for each
certificate of registration issued without prior examination in
accordance with the provisions of this Act the sum of twenty-five
pesos; for issuance of a new certificate to replace a certificate lost,
destroyed or mutilated, the Board shall charge the sum of ten pesos.
All such fees shall be paid to the disbursing officer of the Civil
Service Commission who shall pay from the receipts thereof, all
authorized expenses of the Board including the compensation of each
member."
Sec. 2. This Act shall take effect retroactively
as of June 21, 1969.
Approved: August 31, 1970
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