MTBESSSS

• Law


  A rule of conduct, just, obligatory, and promulgated by legitimate authority, and of common observance and benefit
• Basic Legal Principles


  • Ignorance of the law excuses no one from compliance therewith
  • Laws shall have no retroactive effect, unless the contrary is provided
  • Rights may be waived, unless the waiver is contrary to law, public order, public policy, morals, or good customs, or prejudicial to a third person with a right recognized by law
  • Laws are repealed only by subsequent ones, and their violation or non-observance shall not be excused by disuse, custom, or practice to the contrary
  • Customs which are contrary to law, public order, or public order shall not be countenanced
• Medical Technology Laws


  Legislative fiats that have legal effects in the practice of Medical Technology in the Philippines
• Medical Technology Laws


  • Set limitations, basic rights, responsibilities, and obligations that a professional who engages in the practice of Medical Technology must observe
  • In its strict sense, these laws are special penal laws because a violation of any of its provisions is punishable either by a fine, imprisonment, or both
• Function of the punishment recommended by Medical Technology Laws

  • The primary function is to protect society against actual and potential wrongdoers in the practice of a profession, including medical technology
  • It is necessary that the punishability of malpractice be reasonably foreseen for the guidance of society
• Importance of Medical Technology Laws and Bioethics

  Provide the legal as well as moral obligations of a professional admitted in the practice of medical technology to his/her patients, colleagues, the public, and the profession
• Morality


  Quality of human act
• Parameters to determine if the human act is morally good

  • The act must be good in itself
  • The act must be good in its end
  • The circumstances other than the end must be good
• Brief History of Laboratory Science and Practice of MT

  1. Pre-medieval period

  2. Hippocrates "Father of Medicine"

  3. Rufus of Ephesus

  4. Antistius

  5. 500 AD

  6. 900 AD

  7. 16th Century

  8. 1628

  9. 1665

  10. Later parts of the 17th Century

  11. 18th and 19th centuries

  12. 20th Century
• Brief History of Medical Technology: THE PHILIPPINES

  1. 1883

  2. 1921

  3. 1927

  4. 1939 known as "Commonwealth Era"

  5. World War II

  6. September 1945
• The development of public health in general was impeded during World War II
• The Philippines was invaded by the Empire of Japan during World War II
• Widespread destruction of medical facilities including public health laboratories occurred during World War II
• After 5 years of hostilities, the Philippine public health sector exerted its earnest effort to rise from the ashes of war
• The 26th Medical Laboratory of the 6th United States Army


  Arrived in the Philippines and established its advanced clinical laboratory at 208 Quiricada Street, Sta. Cruz, Manila. This was the first modern clinical laboratory of the country.
• The clinical laboratory was left in the care of the Department of Health after the departure of the 6th US army
• The clinical laboratory was re-organized by Dr. Alfredo Pio De Roda, with the assistance of Dr. Mariano Icasiano


  It was renamed as Manila Public Health Laboratory
• Training of laboratory technicians ensued but did not last long because the formal education of medical technology did not start until 1953
• Dr. Willa Hilgert Hedrick


  Founder of Medical Technology Education in the Philippines, American Medical Practitioner, Missionary of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church
• The Philippine Union College (Adventist University of the Philippines) offered medical technology as a two-year course through the effort of Willa Hilgert Hedrick, the pioneer of medical technology education in the Philippines
• Dr. Antonio Gabriel and Dr. Gustavo Reyes of the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Santo Tomas offered medical technology as an elective subject to 4th and 5th year B.S. Pharmacy Students in 1954
• Dr. Jesse Umali of Philippine Union College became the first Medical Technology Graduate in 1955
• Rev. Fr. Lorenzo Rodriguez, O.P.


  In 1958, he visited the Board of Registry for Medical Technology in Muncie, Indiana due to the encouragement by the Board of Registry to start the course in Medical Technology. He decided to offer medical technology as a course because of its popularity among pharmacy students.
• After a series of meetings with the Bureau of Private Education, the first three years of Medical Technology Curriculum were approved on June 17, 1959
• The Medical Technology course was then offered by more schools and eventually adopted a four-year curriculum (FULL CURRICULUM) as it gained popularity in the field of science and technology in June 1960
• The Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology course was approved on June 14, 1961
• Republic Act No. 5527, otherwise known as "The Philippine Medical Technology Act of 1969" was enacted on June 21, 1969
• Philippine Association of Medical Technologists (PAMET)


  The national organization of all Registered Medical Technologists (RMTs) in the Philippines, founded on September 15, 1963 in the Public Health Laboratory located at 208 Quiricada St., Sta. Cruz, Manila, organized by Mr. Crisanto G. Almario "Father of PAMET", who sought to standardize the profession and to improve and upgrade its practice.
• Mr. Charlemagne T. Tamondong


  First PAMET President, under whose efforts Republic Act No. 5527, otherwise known as the Philippine Medical Technology Act of 1969 was enacted.
• PAMET was registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Oct 14, 1969
• PAMET was registered with the International Association of Medical Laboratory Technologists (IAMLT) in 1970
• President Ferdinand Marcos declared the 3rd week of September as a celebration of the Medical Technology profession (Medtech Week) on Sept 21, 1972
• Presidential Decree No.223 was approved on June 22, 1973, thereby creating the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC)
• PAMET was accredited by the PRC as a professional organization of Medical Technologists on July 15, 1975, and was officially recognized as the only accredited professional organization (APO) of RMTs in the Philippines
• PAMET gained membership in the ASEAN Association of Medical Laboratory Technologists (AAMLT) in 1985
• Two students of the Philippine Union College created the PAMET hymn "Beloved PAMET" on Nov 22, 1989, which was formally adopted by PAMET
• PRC Resolution No. 2018-1089, series of 2018 reiterated that PAMET is the only accredited professional organization of medical technologists recognized in the Philippines
• PAMET Presidents and their Advocacy

  • Charlemagne T. Tamondong (1963-1967) - Emergence Of Profession
  • Nardito D. Moraleta (1967-1970) - Profession Recognition
  • Felix E. Asper (1970-1971) - Legislative Agenda
  • Bernardo T. Tabaosares (1971-1973) - Celebration of the Profession
  • Angelina R. Jose (1973) - Career Advocacy
  • Venerable Oca (1977-1981) - Educational Enhancement
  • Carmencita P. Acedera (1982-1991) - Image Building
  • Marilyn R. Atienza (1992-1996) - Proactivism
  • Norma N. Chang (1997-2000) - International Leadership
  • Agnes B. Medenilla (2001-2002, 2005-2006) - Organizational Dynamism
  • Shirley F. Cruzada (2003-2004) - Interdisciplinary Networking
  • Leila M. Florento (2007-2013) - Global Perspective
  • Romeo Joseph J. Ignacio (2013-2015) - Golden Celebration
  • Rolando E. Puno (2015-2020) - Empowerment
  • Rommel F. Saceda (2021-2022) - Engagement
  • Luella A. Vertucio (2023-present) - "Unknown"
• The Philippine Association of Schools of Medical Technology and Public Health (PASMETH)


  The national organization of all recognized schools and colleges of medical technology and public health in the Philippines, established on May 13, 1970
• The Medical Technology Board established mutual relations with PASMETH in developing and updating the course syllabi to improve the performance of schools in the licensure examinations