SECTIONS

• SECTION 4

  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)
• SECTION 4

  Officials receiving regular salaries from the Government shall not receive per diem
• SECTION 4

  Chairman and members shall be entitled to traveling expenses in connection to duties and responsibilities.
• SECTION 5

  To recommend minimum required curriculum.

  To determine and prescribe the number of students, account the student-instructor ratio, and the availability of facilities for instruction. (40:1)
• SECTION 5

  To approve medical technology school meeting the requirements and recommended closure to those who found to be substandard.

  To approve medical technology school meeting the requirements and recommended closure to those who found to be substandard
• SECTION 5

  To inspect and determine whether a high standard of education is maintained.
• SECTION 5

  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]
• SECTION 5

  Formulate and recommend approval of refresher course for applicants who shall have failed the board examination for the third time. [12 months refresher course in CEU]

  To promulgate and prescribe rules and regulation of foregoing functions.
• SECTION 6:

  At least 4 years Medical Technology Course ➢ 12-months satisfactory Internship
• SECTION 7

  The Board of Medical Technology is composed of: o Pathologist appointed by the President of the Philippines o (2) two members who are registered medical technologists appointed by the President of the Philippines
• SECTION 7

  The chairman shall serve for three years, one member for two years and the third member for one year.
• SECTION 7

  The president of the Philippines shall fill the vacancy may occur, but appointee shall serve only the unexpired term of the incapacitated member
• SECTION 8

  To be a member of Board of Examiners he/she: o Is a Filipino citizen o Is of good moral character o Is a qualified Pathologist, or duly registered medical technologists with a degree in BSMT/BS
• SECTION 8

  
  

  Has been in the practice of laboratory medicine or medical technology for at least (10) ten years prior to his appointment
• SECTION 9

  The Commissioner of Civil Servic shall be the Executive Officer of the Board and shall conduct the examinations given by it. The Secretary of the Board Examiners appointed in accordance with Section ten of Act Numbered Four Thousand Seven, as amended, shall also be the Secretary of the Board. He shall keep a register of all persons to whom certificates of registration have been granted.
• SECTION 10

  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
• SECTION 11

  Administer oaths in connection with the administration of this act. Look into conditions affecting the practice of medical technology in the Philippines and, whenever necessary, adopt such measures as may be deemed proper for the maintenance of good ethics and standards in the practice of medical technology.
• SECTION 11

  Investigation such violations of this Act or of the rules and regulations; issued subpoena and subpoena duces tecum. Draft such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provision of this Ac
• SECTION 12

  Any member of the Board may be removed by the President of the Philippines for the ff. reasons: a. Neglect of duty b. Incompetency c. Malpractice or unprofessional d. Unethical e. Immoral or dishonorable conduct
• SECTION 13

  Department of Education shall approve schools of medical technology in accordance with the provisions of this Act. The Department of Health or its authorized agency shall upon recommendation of the Council of Medical Technology Education approve laboratories for accreditation as training laboratories for Medical Technology students or postgraduate trainees. Required fields for accreditation: 1. Bacteriology 2. Serology 3. Parasitology 4. Hematology 5. Biochemistry 6. Scope of activities of said laboratory offers sufficient training in laboratory procedures
• SECTION 14

  No person shall practice or offer to practice medical technology without previously obtaining a valid certificate of registration from the Board that registration shall not required of the following: a. Duly registered physicians b. Medical technologist from other countries call in consultation or visiting or exchange professors to colleges or universities: provided, that they are only practicing the said function c. Medical technologist in the service of the United States Armed Forces stationed in the Philippines rendering services as such for members of the said forces only.
• SECTION 15

  Written notices of such examination shall be published in at least (3) three newspaper of national circulation by the Secretary of the Board at least (30) days prior to the date of examinatio
• SECTION 16

  Every applicant for examination under this

  Act, shall prior to the date thereof, furnish the

  Board satisfactory proof that he or she:

  1. Is in good health and is of good moral

  character.

  b) Has completed a course of at least

  (4) four years leading to the degrees

  of BSMT/BSH.

  c) Persons having graduated from other

  paramedical professions who are

  performing medical technology for

  the last five years prior to enactment

  of this Act provided they meet the

  minimum requirements exceeding (1)

  one-year undergraduate internship

  or practical training
• SECTION 17:

  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.
• SECTION 18:

  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
• SECTION 19:

  In order to pass the examination, a candidate must obtain a general average of at least (75) seventy-five percent in the written test, with no rating below fifty percent in any major subjects
• SECTION 19

  Provided, that the candidate has not failed in at least sixty percent of the subjects computed according to their relative weights.
• SECTION 19

  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
• SECTION 20

  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.
• SECTION 21

  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 (21) years old.
• SECTION 21

  All certificates must be signed by the members of the board and attested by its Secretary. The certificates must be displayed in the workplace of the Medical technologist
• SECTION 22

  The Board shall charge each applicant for examination and registration the sum of fifty (50) pesos. Twenty-five (25) pesos for each certificate of registration issued without prior examination. Ten pesos (10) for issuance of a new certificate to replace certificate lost, destroyed or mutilated
• SECTION 22

  The Board shall charge the sum of 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
• SECTION 23

  The board shall refuse to issue a certificate of registration to any person with the ff. reasons: o Convicted by the court of competent jurisdiction of any guilty of immoral or dishonorable conduct o Incurable communicable diseases o Unsound mind
• SECTION 24

  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.
• SECTION 24

  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.
• SECTION 25

  The revocation or suspension of a certificate made by the Board shall be subject to appeal to the Civil Service Commissioner whose decision shall become final thirty (30) days after its promulgation unless the respondent within the same period has appealed to the office of the President of the Philippines
• section 26

  The Board may, upon application and for reason deemed proper and sufficient, reissue any revoked registration certificate.
• section 26:

  The suspension of a certificate of registration shall be automatically lifted upon the expiration of the period of suspension and said certificate shall be re-issued to the medical technologist concerned upon request.
• SECTION 27

  No foreigner shall be admitted to examination or be given a certificate of registration or be entitled to any rights and privileges under this Act, unless the country or state which he is a subject or citizen permits Filipino Medical Technologist to practice within its territorial limits on the same as the subject citizen of said country or state.