Introduction

• Law


  Any rule of action or any system of uniformity
• Ignorance of the law excuses no one from compliance therewith (Ignorantia legis neminem excusat)
• Types of Law

  • Divine Law
  • Natural Law
  • Moral Law
  • State Law
  • Physical Law
• Characteristics of Law

  • It is a rule of conduct
  • It is common observance and benefit
  • It is promulgated by legitimate authority
  • It is obligatory
• Sources of Law

  • Constitution
  • Legislation
  • Administrative or executive orders, regulations and rulings
  • Jurisprudence
  • Custom
• How a Bill becomes a Law

  1. Bill introduced

  2. Bill referred to committee

  3. Bill debated and amended

  4. Bill voted on and passed

  5. Bill signed by President
• Parts of a Statute

  • Title
  • Preamble
  • Enacting Clause
  • Body
  • Repealing Clause
  • Separability Clause
  • Effectivity Clause
• Title


  Identifies the law
• Preamble


  States the purpose and intent of the law
• Enacting Clause


  Declares the authority by which the law is enacted
• Body/Purview


  Contains the substantive provisions of the law
• Repealing, Separability and Effectivity Clauses


  Provide for the repeal of prior laws, severability of provisions, and when the law takes effect
• Hippocrates - Father of Medicine, Galen - Greek physician and philosopher


  300 BC to 180 AD
• Hippocrates: testing of urine, listening to the lungs and observing outward appearances in the diagnosis of disease
• Galen: described diabetes as diarrhea of urine, established a relationship between fluid intake and urine volume
• Vivian Herrick traces the beginning of Medical Technology back to 1500 BC when intestinal parasites such as Taenia and Ascaris were mentioned in early writings
• Ebers Papyrus - a book for treatment of diseases that contains description of the three stages of hookworm infection
• Ruth Williams supported Herrick in her book: "An Introduction to the Profession of Medical Technology"
• Uroscopy (water casting) was a historical medical practice of visually examining a patient's urine for pus, blood, or other symptoms of disease in Medieval Europe
• Anna Fagelson prefers to date Medical Technology from the 14th century when a prominent Italian physician Mondino de Liuzzi, at the University of Bologna employed Alessandra Giliani to perform some test which is now considered as the task of medical technologist
• Ignaz Semmelweis was a pioneer of handwashing
• Anton van Leeuwenhoek invented the first functional microscope in the 17th century (1632-1723)
• Marcelo Malphigi (1628-1694) described as the "greatest" of the early microscopist, his work on embryology and anatomy definitely marked him as "The Founder of Pathology
• Rudolf Ludwig CarlVirchow (1821-1902) was one of the youngest medical specialists, founded the Archives of Pathology in Berlin in 1847
• Two important events that triggered the start of Medical Technology in the Philippines were the Opening of the Suez Canal and the Outbreak of World War II
• History of Medical Technology in the Philippines

  • 1887 - Laboratorio Municipal de Manila established
  • 1898 - Spanish Military Hospital converted into First Reserve Hospital
  • 1901 - US government established Bureau of Government Laboratories
  • 1905 - Bureau of Science established
  • 1927 - UP College of Public Health opened Certificate in Public Health program
  • 1944 - First clinical laboratory in the Philippines established by 6th Infantry US army
  • 1945 - Manila Public Health Laboratory reorganized
  • 1947 - Training of high school graduates as medical technicians revived
  • 1954 - 4-year BS Medical Technology program offered by Philippine Union College
  • 1956 - Philippine Union College produced first graduate
  • 1957 - UST offered medical technology as an elective to pharmacy students
  • 1969 - RA 5527 (Philippine Medical Technology Act) enacted
  • 1970 - First Medical Technology licensure exam conducted
• Willa Hilgert Hedrick was the founder of Medical Technology Education in the Philippines, an American medical practitioner and missionary of Seventh Day Adventist Church
• In 2004, Philippine Women's University started offering certificate in phlebotomy
• In 2005, American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) Board of Registry introduced ASCP International Certification in the Philippines
• Professional Organizations of Medical Technology

  • Philippine Association of Medical Technologists (PAMET)
• PAMET


  • National organization of all registered Medical Technologist in the Philippines
  • Presently has forty-six (46) provincial chapters nationwide and one international chapter, PAMET Singapore, totaling to more than thirteen thousand members
• PAMET was organized by Mr. CRISANTO G. ALMARIO in 1963 at the Public Health Laboratory at 208 Quiricada St., Sta. Cruz, Manila
• PAMET is affiliated with other local professional associations like COPHA, PFPA, CHAP, PCQACL
• PAMET also has international affiliations that include AACLAS
• PAMET

  Philippine Association of Medical Technologists
• PAMET's affiliations

  • COPHA (Council of Professional Health Associations)
  • PFPA (Philippine Federation of Professional Associations)
  • CHAP (Council of Health Agencies)
  • PCQACL (Philippine Council for Quality Assurance in Clinical Laboratories)
• PAMET's international affiliations

  • AACLAS (ASEAN Association of Clinical Laboratory Sciences)
  • AAMLS (Asia Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists)
  • IFBLS (International Federation of Biomedical Laboratory Scientists)
  • APFCB (Asia-Pacific Federation of Clinical Biochemistry)
• Membership qualification

  All Medical Technologist, Medical Laboratory Scientists and Medical Laboratory Technician, duly registered by the Professional Regulation Commission, are qualified to become members
• PAMET Logo

  • Circle - continuous involvement where practice & education must always be integrated
  • Triangle - trilogy of love, respect & integrity
  • Green - color of health
  • Microscope & snake - the science & profession of Medical Technology
  • 1964 - time of the first PAMET election
• PAMET Vision


  PAMET shall be the constant prime mover in advancing the Medical Laboratory Science profession for the continuous growth and development of its members