MEDTECH ACT

• Any person who practices Medical Technology in the Philippines without being registered or exempted from registration in accordance with the provisions of the Act is guilty of an offense.
• Any duly registered medical technologist who refuses or fails, after due warning by the Board, to display his certificate of registration in the place where he works is guilty of an offense.
• Any medical technologist who knowingly makes a fraudulent laboratory report is guilty of an offense.
• Any person who gives any false or fraudulent device of any kind to the Board of any member thereof obtaining a certificate of registration as Medical Technologist is guilty of an offense.
• Any person presenting or attempting to use as his own, the certificate of registration of another is guilty of an offense.
• Any person or corporate body who violates the rules and regulations of the Board or orders promulgated by it after having been duly approved and issued by the President of the Philippines upon recommendation of the Commissioner of Civil Service for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act is guilty of an offense.
• Any medical technologist, even if duly registered, who practices medical technology in the Philippines without the necessary supervision of a qualified pathologist or physician authorized by the Department of Health is guilty of an offense.
• Any person who impersonates any registrant of a fake or the same name is guilty of an offense.
• Any person who violates any provision of this Act is guilty of an offense.
• Any person who attempts to use a revoked or suspended certificate of registration is guilty of an offense.
• Conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude.
• Within 120 days after the completion of the examination, report the result thereof to the Commissioner of Civil Service, who shall submit the result to the President of the Philippines for approval.
• All successful examinees shall be required to take a professional oath before the board or before any person authorized to administer oaths prior to entering upon the practice of medical technology in the Philippines.
• Centro Escolar University and Trinity University of Asia are universities offering refresher courses for medical technology students.
• A candidate who fails the board exam for three times is required to take a refresher course in an accredited medical technology school or 12-month postgraduate training in an accredited laboratory.
• Ten pesos (10) for issuance of a new certificate to replace certificate lost, destroyed or mutilated.
• 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:
• In order to pass the examination, a candidate must obtain a general average of at least 75% in the written test, with no rating below 50% in any major subjects.
• Conviction of a crime involving physical harm to a person.
• All certificates must be signed by the members of the board and attested by its Secretary.
• The Board shall charge the sum of all such fees 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.
• Twenty-five (25) pesos for each certificate of registration issued without prior examination.
• Conviction of a crime involving financial impropriety.
• The Board shall charge each applicant for examination and registration the sum of fifty (50) pesos.
• Conviction of a crime involving the use of illegal drugs.
• Graduated from other paramedical professions who are already civil service eligible by authority of the other Boards of profession and who are actually performing medical technology practice for the last five years prior to the enactment of this Act.
• Conviction of a crime involving fraud or dishonesty.
• The board shall refuse to issue a certificate of registration to any person with the following:
• Every applicant who has satisfactorily passed the required examination for medical technologist shall be issued a certificate of registration, provided that no such certificate shall be issued to any successful applicant who has not attained the age of 21 years old.
• Graduated with a BSMT/BSH 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 at the time of the passage of this Act in laboratories in the Philippines or in foreign countries duly accredited by the Bureau of Research and Laboratories, Department of Health.
• The certificates must be displayed in the workplace of the Medical technologist.
• The title of the Philippine Medical Technology Act of 1969 is "Philippine Medical Technology Act of 1969".
• A Medical Technologist is a person who engages in the work of medical technology under the supervision of a Pathologist or licensed physician authorized by the DOH in places where there is no pathologist and who having passed the prescribed course (BSMT/BSH) of training and examination is registered under the provision of this act.
• A Recognized School of Medical Technology is any school, college, or university which offers a course in Medical Technology approved by Department of Education in accordance with the requirements under this act, upon recommendation of the council of Medical Technology Education.
• The council of Medical Technology Education is established under this act.
• The Philippine Medical Technology Act of 1969 defines Medical Technology as an auxiliary branch of laboratory medicine which deals with the examinations by various chemical, microscopic, bacteriologic and other medical laboratory procedure or techniques which will aid the physician in the diagnosis, study and treatment of the diseases and in the promotion of health in general.
• A Medical Technician is a person who not being a graduate of Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology/Bachelor of Science in Hygiene, but having passed the corresponding civil service examination, performs the work of medical technology under the supervision of a registered medical technologist and/or qualified pathologist.
• The Philippine Medical Technology Act of 1969 is summarized into three parts: The training (internship), the practice (professionals), and the examination (board examination).
• The Philippine Medical Technology Act of 1969 consists of 32 sections.
• A Pathologist is a duly registered physician who is specially trained in methods 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 effect of treatment, ascertain cause of death and advance medicine by means of research.