MTLB PRELIMS WEEK 1

• R.A 5527 is summarized into three parts:The training 2. The practice 3. The examination
• "Philippine Medical Technology Act of 1969"

  • An act requiring the registration of Medical Technologists, defining their practice, and other purposes.
• RA 5527 IS Approved: June 21, 1969
• RA 5527 is Signed by: Former President Ferdinand E. Marcos on (August 14,1969)
• MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

  • 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.
• PATHOLOGIST

  • 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.
• MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST

  • A person who engages in the work of medical technology under the supervision of a Pathologist or licensed physician authorize 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.
• MEDICAL TECHNICIAN

  • 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 chairman and members of the Council shall be entitled to a twenty-five pesos per diem for every meeting actually attended. (shall not exceed 2/ month)
• Officials receiving regular salaries from the Government shall not receive per diem
• To determine and prescribe the number of students, account the student-instructor ratio, and the availability of facilities for instruction. (40:1)
• To certify for admission into an undergraduate internship student who have satisfactorily completed three years of the medical technology course or its equivalent and to collect from said students the amount of five pesos each which money accrue to the operating fund of the council. [5 pesos each student for accrue of the Council]
• At least 4 years Medical Technology Course ➢ 12-months satisfactory Internship
• The Board of Medical Technology is composed of:

  Pathologist appointed by the President of the Philippines

  (2) two members who are registered medical technologists appointed by the President of the Philippine
• CURRENT BOARD OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY (chairman)

  Marilyn A. Cabal-Barza
• CURRENT BOARD OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY (member)

  Marilyn R. Atienza and Marian M. Tantingco
• To be a member of Board of Examiners he/she:

  Is a Filipino citizen

  Is of good moral character

  Is a qualified Pathologist, or duly registered medical technologists with a degree in BSMT/BSH

  Has been in the practice of laboratory medicine or medical technology for at least (10) ten years prior to his appointment o Is not a member of the faculty of any medical technology school or have any pecuniary interest, direct or indirect, in such institution
• The Commissioner of Civil Service shall be the Executive Officer of the Board and shall conduct the examinations given by it.
• Each member of the Board shall receive as o P10.00 for each applicant examined o P5.00 for each applicant granted a Certificate of Registration without examination
• Written examination shall be given by the Board in the ff. Location:

  1. Greater Manila Area
  2. Cebu
  3. Davao
• Examination is given during the month of August and September
• SECTION 17: SCOPE OF EXAMINATION

  The examination questions shall cover the following subjects with their respective relative weights:

  Clinical Chemistry ……………….20%

  Microbiology & Parasitology…..20%

  Hematology………………...…….20%

  Blood Banking…………….………20%

  Clinical Microscopy (Analysis of Urine and Body Fluids)…………….……10%

  Histopathologic Techniques, Cytotechnology, Medical Technology Laws, Related Laws and its implementing rules, and the code of ethics……………………10%
• The Board shall prepare the schedule of subjects for examination and to submit the same to the Commissioner of Civil Service for publication at least four (4) months before the date of examination
• 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
• In order to pass the examination, a candidate must obtain a general average of at least seventy-five percent in the written test, with no rating below fifty percent in any major subjects
• Failing the board exam for three times = 12 months refresher course in an accredited medical technology school or 12-month postgraduate training in an accredited laboratory
• Universities offering Refresher Course:

  Centro Escolar University –Professional and Continuing Education

  Trinity University of Asia
• Every applicant who has satisfactorily passed the required examination for medical technologist shall be issued to any successful applicant who has attained the age of twenty-one years old.
• The Board shall charge each applicant for examination and registration the sum of fifty pesos
• Twenty-five pesos for each certificate of registration issued without prior examination
• Ten pesos for issuance of a new certificate to replace certificate lost, destroyed or mutilated
• Revocation or suspension of Certificates shall be conducted under administrative investigation by at least two members of the Board and one legal officer during the said investigation.
• Revocation – unanimous vote of all the three members
• Reprimand or Suspension – majority vote of the board (but not exceeding two years of suspension)
• If revocation or suspension is imposed by the Board, the medical technologists is required to surrender his license and certificate of registration within 30 days after the decision becomes final.
• (Medical Laboratory Science) - Refers to the application of diagnostic, preventive and therapeutic medicine to monitor and improve the management of health conditions
• During 1500 BC, it is the earliest record preserved by Egyptians documenting parasites and parasitic infection.
• During 300 BC, Hippocrates the “Father of Medicine” created the doctrine of humoral pathology recognized that all diseases were due to disorder of four humors/body fluids: blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile
• During 900 AD, Isaac Judaeus created Kitab al Baul (Book of Urine)
• During 1590’s, Zacharias Janssen and his father Hans developed first microscope