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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 498 June 28, 1974
AMENDING SECTIONS TWO, THREE, FOUR, SEVEN, EIGHT, ELEVEN, THIRTEEN, SIXTEEN, SEVENTEEN, TWENTY-ONE AND TWENTY-NINE OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5527, ALSO KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ACT OF 1969
WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 5527, An Act Requiring the Registration of Medical Technologists, Defining Their Practice, And For Other Purpose took effect on June 21, 1969;
WHEREAS, in the implementation of said Act, some provisions were found to be prejudicial to the interests of some medical technology practitioners who would otherwise qualify for registration as medical technologist without examination; and
WHEREAS, it was likewise found that some provisions were inadequate to meet the primary objectives of maintaining the high standard of the medical technology profession, hence, there is an imperative need to correct these deficiencies of the said Act.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081 dated September 21, 1972, as amended, do hereby order and decree:
Section 1. Subsections (a) and (d) of Section 2 of Republic Act No. 5527 are hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 2. Definition of Terms. As used in this Act, the following terms shall mean:
(a) Practice of Medical Technology. A person shall be deemed to be in the practice of medical technology within the meaning of this Act, who shall for a fee, salary or other compensation or reward paid or given directly or indirectly through another, renders any of the following professional services for the purpose of aiding the physician in the diagnosis, study and treatment of diseases and in the promotion of health in general:
1. Examination of tissues, secretions and excretions of the human body and body fluids by various electronic, chemical, miscroscopic, bacteriologic, hematologic, serologic, immunologic, nuclear, and other laboratory procedures and techniques either manual or automated:
2. Blood banking procedures and techniques;
3. Parasitologic, Mycologic and Microbiologic procedures and techniques;
4. Histopatholgic and Cytotechnology; provided that nothing in this paragraph shall inhibit a duly registered medical laboratory technician from performing histopathologic techniques and procedures.
5. Clinical research involving patients or human beings requiring the use of and/or application of medical technology knowledge and procedures;
6. Preparations and standardization of reagents, standards, stains and others, provided such reagents, standards, stains and others are exclusively for the use of their laboratory;
7. Clinical laboratory quality control;
8. Collection and preservation of specimens,
Provided, that any person who shall passed the corresponding Board examination for the practice of a profession already regulated by existing laws, shall not be subject to the provisions of at last four (4) preceding paragraphs if the performance of such acts or services is merely incidental to his profession.
(d) Medical Laboratory Technicians. A person certified and registered with the Board as qualified to assist a medical technologist and/or qualified pathologist in the practice of medical technology as defined in this Act."
Section 2. Section 3 of the same Act is hereby amended and now to read as follows:
"Sec. 3. Council of Medical Technology Education, Its Composition. There is hereby established a Council of Medical Technology Education, hereafter referred to as Council, which shall be composed of the Commissioner of the Professional Regulation Commission as Chairman, the Chairman of the Board of Medical Technology as Vice-Chairman, and the two (2) members of the Board of Medical Technology, and the Director of Private Education or its duly authorized representative, the Director of the Bureau of Research and Laboratories of the Department of Health, and a representative of the deans or heads of the private schools of medical technology, as members."
Section 3. Section of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 4. Compensation and Traveling Expenses of Council Members. For every meeting actually attended, the Chairman shall be entitled to a fifty pesos (P50.00) per diem while the members shall be entitled to twenty-five pesos (P25.00) each regardless of whether or not they receive regular salaries from the government. In addition, the Chairman and members of the Council shall be entitled to traveling expenses in connection with their official duties."
Section 4. Section 7 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 7. Medical Technology Board. There is hereby created a Medical Technology Board under the Professional Regulation Commission, which shall thereafter be referred to as the Board composed of a Chairman who is a pathologist, and two (2) members who are registered medical technologists who shall be appointed by the President of the Republic of the Philippines upon recommendation of the Professional Regulation Commission. The Chairman and members of the Board shall hold office for three (3) years after appointment or until their successors shall have been appointed and duly qualified: Provided, That the incumbent members will continue to serve until the expiration of their terms.
In case of death, disability, or removal of a member of the Board, his successor shall serve only the balance of his terms."
Section 5. Paragraph 3 and 5 of Section 8 of the same Act are hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 8. Qualification of Examiners. No person shall be appointed a member of the Medical Technology Board unless he or she:
1) . . .
2) . . .
3) is a duly registered medical technologist of the Philippines with the degree of Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology/Bachelor of Science in Hygiene/Public Health;
4) . . .
5) is not a member of the faculty of any medical technology school for at least two (2) years prior to appointment or having any pecuniary interest direct or indirect in such institution."
Section 6. Subsection (c) of Section 11 of the same Act is hereby amended and subparagraphs (g), (h) and (l) are hereby added to read as follows:
"Sec. 11. . . .
(c) Issue, suspend and revoke certificates of registration for the practice of medical technology and medical laboratory technician;
(g) To determine the adequacy of the technical staff of all clinical laboratories and blood banks before they could be licensed with the Department of Health in accordance with R.A. No. 4655 and 1517;
(h) To prescribe the qualification and training of medical technologist as to special fields of the profession and supervise their specialty examination conducted by the professional organization of medical technologists accredited by the Professional Regulation Commission;
(i) To classify and prescribe the qualification and training of the technical staff of clinical laboratories as to: Chief Medical Technologist; Senior Medical Technologist; Medical Technologist and Medical Laboratory Technician."
Section 7. Section 13 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 13. Accreditation of Schools of Medical Technology and of Training Laboratories. Upon the recommendation of the Medical Technology Board, the Department of Education and Culture shall approve schools of medical technology in accordance with the provisions of this Decree. The Professional Regulation Commission upon recommendation of the Medical Technology Board shall approve laboratories for accreditations as training laboratories for medical technology students or post graduate trainees upon satisfactory evidence that said laboratories possess qualified personnel and are properly equipped to carry out laboratory procedures commonly required in the following fields: bacteriology, serology, parasitology, hematology, biochemistry and blood banking, and that the scope of activities of said laboratory offer sufficient training in said laboratory procedure."
Section 8. Subparagraph (b) of Section 16 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 16. . . .
(b) Has completed a course of at least four (4) years leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology or Bachelor of Science in Public Health conferred by a recognized school, college or university in accordance with this Decree or having graduated from some other profession and has been actually performing medical technology for the last five (5) years prior to the date of the examinations, if such performance began prior to June 21, 1969."
Section 9. Section 17 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 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 & Serology 20%
Clinical Microscopy (Urinalysis and other 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 the Professional Regulation Commission for publication at least thirty (30) days before the date of examination. The Board shall compute the general average of each examinee according to the above-mentioned relative weights of each subject. Provided, however, that the Board may change, add to or remove from the list of subjects or weights above as progress in the science of Medical Technology may require, subject to the prior approval of the Professional Regulation Commission, and publication of the change or amendment at least three (3) months prior to the date of examination in which the same is to take effect."
Section 10. Section 21 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 21. Issuance of Certificate of Registration. Every applicant who has satisfactorily passed the required examination for medical technologist shall be issued a certificate of registration as such. Provided that no such certificate shall be issued to any successful applicant who has not attained the age of twenty-one (21) years. All certificate shall be signed by the members of the Board and by the Commissioner of the Professional Regulation Commission. The duly registered medical technologist shall be required to display his certificate of registration in the place where he works. Provided, that upon application filed and the payment of the required fee of one hundred and fifteen pesos (P115.00) the Board shall issue a certificate of registration as medical technologist without examination to persons who have been graduated with Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology/Bachelor of Science in Public Health in duly recognized schools of medical technology in the Philippines or in any foreign country, provided, that in case of the latter, the standard of medical technology education is substantially the same as ours, and in addition shall have been in the practice of medical technology for at least three (3) years prior to the filing of the application in laboratories in the Philippines duly accredited by the Bureau of Research and Laboratories, Department of Health, or in foreign countries if such performance began prior to June 21, 1969 and also to all other persons who having graduated from other professions have been actually performing medical technology practice for the last eight (8) years prior to filing of the application, Provided, that such performance began prior to June 21, 1969.
Provided, further, that the Board shall likewise issue a certificate of registration as medical laboratory technician without examination to any person who upon application and payment of the required fee of fifty pesos (P50.00) show evidence satisfactory to the Board that:
1. He or she passed the civil service examination for medical technician on March 21, 1964; or
2. Has finished a two-year college course and has at least one (1) year of experience as medical laboratory technician, provided, that for every year of deficiency in college attainment two (2) years of experience may be substituted; Provided, further, that an applicant who has at least ten (10) years experience as medical laboratory technician as of the date of approval of this Decree regardless of his academic attainment may qualify for registration without examination; or
3. Has failed to pass the board examination for medical technology but had obtained a general rating of at least 70%. Provided, finally, that a registered medical laboratory technician when employed in the government shall have the equivalent civil service eligibility not lower than second grade."
Section 11. Section 29 subparagraph (j) of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:
"(j) Any person or corporate body who shall allow anyone in his employ who is not a registered medical technologist/medical laboratory technician to engage in the practice of medical technology or recommend for appointment anyone to the position of medical technologist/medical laboratory technician knowing that he is not registered as such."
Section 12. Repealing Clause. All laws, executive orders, decrees, rules and regulations or parts thereof, inconsistent with the provisions of this Decree are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.
Section 13. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 28th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-four.

SECTION 1.    Title. — This Act may be also cited as the Philippine Medical Technology Act of 1969.

SECTION 2.    Definition of Terms. — As used in this Act, the following terms shall mean:

(a)    "Medical Technology". — An auxiliary branch of laboratory medicine which deals with the examination by various chemical, microscopic, bacteriologic and other medical laboratory procedures or technic which will aid the physician in the diagnosis, study and treatment of disease and in the promotion of health in general.

(b)    "Pathologist". — A duly registered physician who is specially trained in methods of laboratory medicine, of the gross and microscopic study and interpretation of tissues, secretions and excretions of the human body and its functions in order to diagnose disease, follows its course, determine the effectivity of treatment, ascertain cause of death and advance medicine by means of research.  

(c)    "Medical Technologist". — A person who engages in the work of medical technology under the supervision of a pathologist or licensed physician authorized by the department of health in places where there is no pathologist and who having passed a prescribed course (Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology/Bachelor of Science in Hygiene) of training and examination is registered under the provision of this Act.

(d)    "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.

(e)    "Accredited Medical Technology Training Laboratory". — A clinical laboratory, office, agency, clinic, hospital sanitarium duly approved by the Department of Health or its authorized agency.

( f )    "Recognized School of Medical Technology". — Any school, college or university which offers a course in Medical Technology approved by the Department of Education in accordance with the requirements under this Act, upon recommendation of the council of medical technology education.

(g)    "Council". — The council of medical technology education established under this Act.

(h)    "Board". — The Board of Examiners for Medical Technology established under this Act.

SECTION 3.    Council of Medical Technology Education, Its Composition. — There is hereby established a Council of Medical Technology Education, hereafter referred to as Council, which shall be composed of the Secretary of Education or Director of Private Education as Chairman, the Director of the Bureau of Research and Laboratories of the Department of Health as Vice-Chairman, and the Chairman and two members of the Board of Medical Technology, the dean of the Institute of Hygiene of the University of the Philippines, a representative of the deans or heads of the private schools of medical technology, and the presidents of the Philippine Association of Medical Technologists and the Philippine Society of Pathologists, as members.

SECTION 4.    Compensation and Traveling Expenses of Council Members. — The chairman and members of the Council shall be entitled to a twenty-five pesos per diem for every meeting actually attended: Provided, That the number of meetings authorized with a per diem shall not exceed two in a month: And Provided, further, That officials receiving regular salaries from the Government shall not receive per diem. In addition the chairman and members of the council shall be entitled to traveling expenses in connection with their official duties.

SECTION 5.    Functions of the Council of Medical Technology Education. — The functions of the Council shall be:

(a)    To recommend the minimum required curriculum for the course of medical technology.

(b)    To determine and prescribe the number of students to be allowed to take up the medical technology course in each school, taking into account the student-instructor ratio and the availability of facilities for instruction.

(c)    To approve medical technology schools meeting the requirements and recommend closure of those found to be substandard.

(d)    To require all medical technology schools to submit an annual report, including the total number of students and instructors, a list of facilities available for instruction, a list of their recent graduates and new admissions, on or before the month of June.

(e)    To inspect, when necessary, the different medical technology schools in the country in order to determine whether a high standard of education is maintained in said institutions.

( f )    To certify for admission into an undergraduate internship students 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.

(g)    Formulate and recommend approval of refresher course for applicants who shall have failed the Board Examination for the third time.

(h)    To promulgate and prescribe and enforce necessary rules and regulations for the proper implementation of the foregoing functions.

SECTION 6.    Minimum Required Course. — The medical technology course shall be at least four years, including a 12-month satisfactory internship in accredited laboratories, and shall include the following subjects:

English    Biochemistry

Spanish    Gross Anatomy

Social Science    Histology

General Zoology    Physiology

Botany    Clinical Parasitology

Mathematics    General Pathology

College Physics    Microbiology

General Chemistry    Statistics

Qualitative Chemistry    Clinical Laboratory Methods

Quantitative Chemistry    including hematology,
    serology, blood banking, clinical
    microscopy, applied microbiology,
    and parasitology, histopathologic
    techniques, and cyto-technology)

The Council is hereby authorized, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Education to change, remove from or add to the subjects listed above as the needs and demands of progress in the science of medical technology may require.

SECTION 7.    Board of Examiners for Medical Technology. — There is hereby created a Board of Examiners for Medical Technology which shall hereafter be referred to as the Board composed of a chairman who is a pathologist appointed by the President of the Philippines from a list submitted by the Philippine Society of Pathologists and two members who are registered medical technologists appointed by the President of the Philippines from among a list submitted by the Philippine Association of Medical Technologists each one to serve a term of three years: Provided, That the first Board to be created one member who shall act as chairman shall serve for three years, one member for two years and the third member for one year: And provided, further, That the first members of the Board of Examiners for Medical Technology shall be issued a certificate of registration as Medical Technologist without prior examination in accordance with the provisions of this Act. No member shall be allowed more than one reappointment. The President of the Philippines shall fill the vacancy that may occur but the appointee shall serve only the unexpired term of the incapacitated member.

SECTION 8.    Qualifications of Examiners. — No person shall be appointed a member of the Board of Examiners for Medical Technology unless he or she (1) is a Filipino citizen; (2) is of good moral character; (3) is a qualified pathologist or duly registered medical technologist of the Philippines with the degree of Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology/Bachelor of Science in Hygiene; (4) has been in the practice of laboratory medicine or medical technology for at least ten years prior to his appointment, and (5) is not a member of the faculty of any medical technology school, or have any pecuniary interest, direct or indirect, in such institution: Provided, however, That for the first three years following the approval of this Act, the requirement mentioned in number four (4) shall be reduced to five years.

SECTION 9.    Executive Officer of the Board. — The Commissioner of Civil Service 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.    Compensation of Members of the Board of Examiners for Medical Technology. — Each member of the Board shall receive a sum of ten pesos for each applicant examined and five pesos for each applicant granted a certificate of registration without examination.

SECTION 11.    Functions and Duties of the Board. — The Board is vested with authority and required, conformably, with the provisions of this Act, to:

(a)    Administer the provisions of this Act;

(b)    Administer oaths in connection with the administration of this Act;

(c)    Issue, suspend and revoke certificates of registration for the practice of medical technology;  

(d)    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;

(e)    Investigate such violations of this Act or of the rules and regulations issued thereunder as may come to the jurisdiction of the Board and, for this purpose issue subpoena and subpoena duces tecum to secure appearance of witnesses and promulgations of documents in connection with charges presented to the Board; and

( f )    Draft such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act: Provided, That the same shall be issued only after the approval of the President of the Philippines.

SECTION 12.    Removal of Board Members. — Any member of the Board may be removed by the President of the Philippines for neglect of duty, incompetency, malpractice or unprofessional, unethical, immoral or dishonorable conduct after having been given opportunity to defend himself in a proper administrative investigation; Provided, That during the process of investigation, the President shall have the power to suspend such member under investigation and appoint a temporary member in his place.

SECTION 13.    Accreditation of Schools of Medical Technology and of Training Laboratories. — 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 upon satisfactory evidence that said laboratories possess qualified personnel and properly equipped to carry out laboratory procedures commonly required in the following fields: bacteriology, serology, parasitology, hematology, and biochemistry, and that the scope of activities of said laboratory offer sufficient training in said laboratory procedures.

SECTION 14.    Inhibition Against the Practice of Medical Technology. — No person shall practice or offer to practice medical technology as defined in this Act without having previously obtained a valid certificate of registration from the Board provided that registration shall not be required of the following:

(a)    Duly registered physicians.

(b)    Medical technologists from other countries called in for consultation or as visiting or exchange professors to colleges or universities: Provided, That they are only practicing the said function.  

(c)    Medical technologists 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.    Examination. — Except as otherwise specifically allowed under the provisions of this Act, all applicants for registration as medical technologists shall be required to undergo a written examination which shall be given by the Board annually in the greater Manila area, Cebu and Davao during the month of August or September on such days and places as the Board may designate. Written notices of such examination shall be published in at least three newspapers of national circulation by the Secretary of the Board at least thirty days prior to the date of examination.

SECTION 16.    Qualification for Examination. — Every applicant for examination under this Act, shall, prior to the date thereof, furnish the Board satisfactory proof that he or she:

(a)    Is in good health and is of good moral character;

(b)    Has completed a course of at least four years leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology or Bachelor of Science in Hygiene conferred by a recognized school, college or university in accordance with this Act and all other persons having graduated from other paramedical professions who are actually performing medical technology for the last five years prior to the enactment of this Act provided they meet the minimum requirements mentioned in Section Six exceeding one year undergraduate internship or practical training.

SECTION 17.    Scope of Coverage & Examination. — The examination question shall cover the following subjects with their respective relative weights:

Clinical Chemistry    20%

Microbiology and Parasitology    20%

Hematology    20%

Blood Banking and Serology    20%

Clinical Microscopy (Urinalysis and other
    body fluids)    10%

Histopathologic Technique    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 months before the date of examination. The Board shall compute the general average of each examinee according to the abovementioned relative weights of the subjects: Provided, however, That the Board may change, add to or remove from the list of subjects or weights above, as progress in the science of medical technology may require, subject to the prior approval of the council.

SECTION 18.    Report of Rating. — The Board shall, within one hundred and twenty days after the date of completion of the examination, report the result thereof to the Commissioner of Civil Service, who shall submit such result to the President of the Philippines for approval.

SECTION 19.    Ratings in the Examination. — In order to pass the examination, a candidate must obtain a general average of at least seventy-five per cent in the written test, with no rating below fifty per cent in any of the major subjects: Provided, That the candidate has not failed in at least sixty per cent of the subjects computed according to their relative weights. No further examination will be given an applicant who has not qualified after three examinations, unless and until he shall have completed 12 months refresher course in an accredited medical technology school or 12-month postgraduate training in an accredited laboratory:

Provided, That graduate of paramedical professions other than Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology/Bachelor of Science in Hygiene admitted to an examination under the provisions of this Act shall not be given further examinations after his failure to qualify for the third time.

SECTION 20.    Oath taking. — 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.    Issuance of Certificate of Registration. — Every applicant who has satisfactorily passed the required examination, shall be issued a certificate of registration as Medical Technologist: Provided, That no such certificate shall be issued to any successful applicant who has not attained the age of twenty-one years. All certificates shall be signed by all the members of the Board and attested by its Secretary. The duly registered medical technologist shall be required to display his certificate of registration in the place where he works. 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 who have been graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Hygiene and/or Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology 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, and also to all other persons having 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.

SECTION 22.    Fees. — The Board shall charge each applicant for examination and registration the sum of fifty pesos and for each certificate of registration issued without prior examination in accordance with the provisions of this Act the sum of twenty five pesos; for issuance of a new certificate to replace certificate lost, destroyed or mutilated, the Board shall charge the sum of ten pesos. 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.    Refusal to Issue Certificate. — The Board shall refuse to issue a certificate of registration to any person convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction of any guilty of immoral or dishonorable conduct, or of unsound mind, or incurable communicable disease, and in such case shall give to the applicant a written statement setting forth the reason for its action, which statement shall be incorporated in the record of the Board.

SECTION 24.    Administrative Investigation-Revocation or Suspension of Certificates. — Administrative investigations shall be conducted by at least two members of the Board with one legal officer sitting during the investigation. The existing rules of evidence shall be observed during all administrative proceedings, the respondents shall be entitled to be represented by counsel or be heard in person, to have a speedy and public hearing, to confront and cross-examine witnesses against him or her, and to all other rights guaranteed by the Constitution.

The Board may, after giving proper notice and hearing to the party concerned reprimand an erring medical technologist or revoke or suspend his certificate of registration for the causes mentioned in the next preceding section or for causes enumerated in section twenty-nine (29) of this Act, or for unprofessional conduct, malpractice, incompetency, or serious ignorance or gross negligence in the practice of medical technology.

No penalty of revocation shall be imposed unless there is a unanimous vote of all the three members of the Board. The Board may, by majority vote, impose the penalty of reprimand or suspension, the latter however not to exceed two years.

When the penalty of suspension or revocation is imposed by the Board the medical technologist shall be required to surrender his certificate of registration within thirty days after the decision becomes final, under the pain of perpetual disqualification from the practice of medical technology in the Philippines for inexcusable failure to do so. The suspension shall run from the date of such surrender.

SECTION 25.    Appeal. — 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 days after its promulgation, unless the respondent within the same period has appealed to the office of the President of the Philippines.

SECTION 26.    Reinstatement, Reissue or Replacement of Certificates. — The Board may, upon application and for reason deemed proper and sufficient, reissue any revoked registration certificate. 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 without prejudice to further actions by the Board for violation of the provisions of this Act or conditions imposed by the Board upon the medical technologist during the period of suspension.

SECTION 27.    Foreign Reciprocity. — No foreigner shall be admitted to examination, or be given a certificate of registration or be entitled to any of the rights and privileges under this Act, unless the country or state which he is a subject or a citizen permits Filipino Medical Technologists to practice within its territorial limits on the same basis as the subjects or citizens of said country or state.

SECTION 28.    Roster of Medical Technologists. — (a) A roster of Medical Technologists shall be prepared annually by the Secretary of the Board, commencing on the year following that in which the Act shall become effective.  The roster shall contain the name, address and citizenship of each registered Medical Technologist, date of registration or issuance of certificate, and other data which in the opinion of the Board are pertinent.  The roster shall be open to public inspection, and copies thereof shall be mailed to each person included therein, placed on file in the Office of the President, furnished all Department Heads and all agencies, offices and instrumentalities of the Department of Health and to such other offices, private or governmental, and to the public upon request.

(b)    Any medical technologist, even if duly registered, who shall practice medical technology in the Philippines without the necessary supervision of a qualified pathologist or physician authorized by the Department of Health;

(c)    Any medical technologist, who shall knowingly make a fraudulent laboratory report;

(d)    Any duly registered medical technologist who shall refuse or fail, after due warning by the Board to display his certificate or registration in the place where he works;

(e)    Any person presenting or attempting to use as his own, the certificate of registration of another;

( f )    Any person who shall give any false or fraudulent evidence of any kind to the Board member thereof in obtaining as certificate of registration a Medical Technologist;

(g)    Any person who shall impersonate any registrant of like or the same name;

(h)    Any person who shall attempt to use a revoked or suspended certificate of registration;

(i)    Any person who shall in connection with his name or otherwise, assume use or advertise any title or description tending to convey the impression that he is a Medical Technologist without holding a valid certificate of registration;

( j)    Any person who shall violate any provision of this Act; or

(k)    Any person or corporate body who shall violate the rules and regulations of 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.

SECTION 29.    Penal Provisions. — Without prejudice to the provision of the Medical Act of 1959 as amended, pertaining to illegal practice of Medicine, the following shall be punished by a fine of not less than two thousand pesos nor more than five thousand pesos, or imprisonment for not less than six months nor more than two years, or both in the discretion of the court:

(a)    Any person who shall practice Medical Technology in the Philippines without being registered or exempted from registration in accordance with the provisions of the Act;

(b)    Any medical technologist, even if duly registered, who shall practice medical technology in the Philippines without the necessary supervision of a qualified pathologist or physician authorized by the Department of Health;

(c)    Any medical technologist who shall knowingly made a fraudulent laboratory report;

(d)    Any duly registered medical technologist who shall refuse or fail, after due warning by the Board to display his certificate of registration in the place where he works;

(e)    Any person presenting or attempting to use as his own, the certificate of registration of another;

(f)    Any person who shall give any false or fraudulent device of any kind to the Board of any member thereof obtaining a certificate of registration as Medical Technologist;

(g)    Any person who shall impersonate any registrant of a fake or the same name;

(h)    Any person who shall attempt to use a revoked or suspended certificate of registration;

(i)    Any person who shall in connection with his name otherwise, assume, use or advertise any title or description tending to convey the impression that he is a Medical Technologist without holding a valid certificate of registration;

(j)    Any person who shall violate any provision of this Act; or

(k)    Any person or corporate body who shall violate the rules and regulations of 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.

SECTION 30.    Separability Clause. — If any provision of this Act or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance is declared invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this Act or of the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected by such declaration.

SECTION 31.    Repealing Clause. — All Acts, executive orders, rules and regulations, or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed: Provided, however, That nothing in this Act shall be construed as repealing or amending any portion of the Medical Act of 1959 (R.A. 2382, as amended by R.A. 4224), the Clinical Laboratory Act of 1966 (R.A. 4688), and the Blood Banking Law of 1956 (R.A. 1517).

SECTION 32.    Effectivity. — This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

The Family Code of the Philippines states in Articles 35, 36, 37 and 38 the grounds to declare a marriage void from the beginning.
Let’s examine the grounds to declare a marriage void:
A – Those contracted by any party below eighteen years of age even with the consent of parents or guardians; (lack of legal capacity to marry).
B – Those solemnized by any person not legally authorized to perform marriages unless such marriages were contracted with either or both parties believing in good faith that the solemnizing officer had the legal authority to do so;
C – Those solemnized without license except if otherwise covered by other laws.
D – Those bigamous or polygamous marriages except those covered by the laws of presumption of death of the absent spouse.
E -Those contracted through mistake of one contracting party as to the identity of the other;
F –   A remarriage shall be null and void if the partition and distribution of the proprieties of the spouses, the children’s’ presumptive legitimes and the judgment of absolute nullity of the marriage are not recorded in the necessary civil registry and registries of property.
G – Any psychological incapacity at the time of the marriage celebration, which prevents either the husband or wife from fulfilling the essential marital obligations of marriage, shall also be void even if such incapacity becomes manifest only after the solemnization.
(Psychological incapacity is not automatically lunacy but it does mean that one or both spouses have abnormal interpersonal behavior, or a psychological characteristic which inhibits the spouse to fulfill the essential obligations of marriage.)
H – Marriages between ascendants and descendants of any degree; between brothers and sisters whether full- or half-blood are incestuous and void from the beginning.
I - Though not incestuous the following between relatives are void from the beginning for reasons of public policy:
1. Between collateral blood relatives, whether legitimate or illegitimate, up to the fourth civil degree;
2. Between step-parents and step-children;
3. Between parents-in-law and children-in-law;
4. Between the adopting parent and the adopted child;
5. Between the surviving spouse of the adopting parent and the adopted child;
6. Between the surviving spouse of the adopted child and the adopter;
7. Between an adopted child and and a legitimate child of the adopter;
8. Between adopted children of the same adopter;
9. Between parties where one, with the intention to marry the other, killed the other person’s spouse, or his or her own spouse.
Once the decision of nullity has been issued by the court it must be registered with Local Civil Registrar where your marriage was registered, the Civil Registry of the place where the Family Court is situated and with the National Statistics Office (NSO).  Registration of the approved partition and distribution of the properties of the spouses, in the proper Register of Deeds where the real properties are located; and if there are children: the delivery of the children’s presumptive legitimes in cash, property, or sound securities.
Only after complying with the aforementioned will the court issue the Final Decree of Nullity or Annulment of Marriage.
Without a Final Decree of Nullity or Annulment of Marriage any remarriage will be void and the spouse who marries may be charged with a criminal case of bigamy.

Article 55 of the Family Code reads:

What are the grounds for legal separation?

1. Repeated physical violence or grossly abusive conduct directed against the petitioner, a common child, or a child of the petitioner.

2. Physical violence or moral pressure to compel the petitioner to change religious or political affiliation.

3. Attempt of respondent to corrupt or induce the petitioner, a common child, or a child of the petitioner, to engage in prostitution, or connivance in such corruption or inducement.

4. Final judgment sentencing the respondent to imprisonment of more than six years, even if pardoned.

5. Drug addiction or habitual alcoholism of the respondent.

6. Lesbianism or homosexuality of the respondent.

7. Contracting by the respondent of a subsequent bigamous marriage, whether in the Philippines or abroad.

8. Sexual infidelity or perversion.

9. Attempt by the respondent against the life of the petitioner.

10. Abandonment of petitioner by respondent without justifiable cause for more than one year.

The term “child” shall include a child by nature or by adoption.

Art. 45 of The Family Code of the Philippines states 6 grounds by which the court can annul a marriage.
The grounds for annulment of marriage are:

1. Absence of Parental Consent. A marriage was solemnized and one or the other party was eighteen (18) years of age or over but below twenty-one (21) and consent was not given by the parents, guardian or person having substitute parental authority. The Petition of Annulment must be filed within five (5) years of having attained the age twenty-one. However, if the parties freely cohabited with the other as husband and wife after having reached the age of twenty-one (21) a Petition of Annulment can no longer be filed.

2. Mental Illness. One or the either party was of unsound mind at the moment of the marriage. But if the parties freely cohabited with each other after he or she came to reason the law prohibits the filing of a Petition.

3. Fraud. That the consent of either party was obtained by fraud, unless such party once having knowledge of the fraud freely cohabited with the other as husband and wife. The petition must be filed within five (5) of finding out the facts of the fraud.

4. That the consent of either party was obtained by force, intimidation or undue influence. Except when the same has ceased and the party filing the petition freely cohabited with the other as husband and wife. The injured party must file within five (5) years from the point in time the force, intimidation or undue influence disappeared or came to an end.

5. One or the other party was physically incapable of consummating the marriage, and such incapacity continues and appears to be incurable. The filing of the Petition of Annulment must be filed within five (5) years after the marriage.

6. Either party was at the time of marriage afflicted with a sexually-transmitted-disease (STD) found to be serious and seems to be incurable. This may also constitute fraud. The filing of the Petition of Annulment must be filed within five (5) years after the marriage.

SEPARATION: being separated from your spouse with or without communication is not grounds for annulment. It does not matter how many years you are separated. There is no law that annuls or voids a marriage automatically. Only a judge in a court of law can annul, void or nullify a marriage.

INFIDELITY: is not a ground for annulment.

This is just a short list of Schools offering Medical Technology courses in the Philippines. Others can be found in this link:
http://www.finduniversity.ph/medical-technology-schools/

University of Perpetual Help System DALTA in Las Piñas City
Private University, Las Piñas, Metro Manila, Philippines
Medical Technology courses offered:
• BS in Medical Technology
Centro Escolar University
Private University, Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines
Medical Technology courses offered:
• BS in Medical Technology

Far Eastern University
Private University, Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines
Medical Technology courses offered:
• BS in Medical Technology

University of Santo Tomas
Pontifical University, Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines
Medical Technology courses offered:
• BS in Medical Technology

Centro Escolar University - Makati
Private University, Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines
Medical Technology courses offered:
• BS in Medical Technology
Central Philippine University
State University, Iloilo City, Iloilo, Philippines
Medical Technology courses offered:
• BS in Medical Technology
Lyceum Northwestern University
Private University, Dagupan City, Pangasinan, Philippines
Medical Technology courses offered:
• BS in Medical Technology

Liceo de Cagayan University
Private University, Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental, Philippines
Medical Technology courses offered:
• BS in Medical Laboratory Science
Saint Louis University
Private University, Baguio City, Benguet, Philippines
Medical Technology courses offered:
• BS in Medical Technology

Universidad de Zamboanga
Private University, Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines
Medical Technology courses offered:
• BS in Medical Technology

Far Eastern University Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation
Private University, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Medical Technology courses offered:
• BS in Medical Technology

Our Lady of Fatima University in Antipolo City
Private University, Antipolo City, Rizal, Philippines
Medical Technology courses offered:
• BS in Medical Technology
University of Perpetual Help System DALTA in Calamba City
Private University, Calamba City, Laguna, Philippines
Medical Technology courses offered:
• BS in Medical Technology

Misamis University
Private University, Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental, Philippines
Medical Technology courses offered:
• BS in Medical Technology
Philippine Women's University in Manila City
Private University, Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines
Medical Technology courses offered:
• BS in Medical Technology
• MS in Medical Technology
• Certificate of Phlebotomy

Since when the Philippine Committee of Examiners for Massage Therapy (CEMT) of the Department of Health (DOH) headed by Dr. Kenneth G. Ronquillo, Director IV of the Health Human Resource Development Bureau (HHRDB) took the helm in the conduct of the Massage licensure examinations, many significant changes has been made which I feel the public, particularly the spa and wellness stakeholders, and would-be examinees, must be informed about.

But before going any further, let me remind everyone about one difficult statement of fact on massage. And this is it: The (Philippine) law expressly says that, “No person is authorized to practice massage in the Philippines without holding a valid certificate of registration xxx” (Section 9, Chapter XIII, PD 856, theCode of Sanitation of the Philippines. Thus, enrolling in a review class and applying and taking (and of course, passing) the DOH massage therapy examinations is the right thing to do if one wishes to legally practice in the country.

Source: Green Body Talk.com

CHAPTER XII
TONSORIAL AND BEAUTY ESTABLISHMENTS


Section 58. Definition of Terms As used in this Chapter, the term "Tonsorial and Beauty Establishments" include barber shops, beauty parlors, hairdressing and manicuring establishments and figure slendering salons.







(a) Requirements. These establishments are subject to the following requirements:


1. A sanitary permit shall be procured from the local health authority before their operation.


2. They shall be maintained clean and sanitary at all times.


3. No person shall be employed to service customers without a health certificate issued by the local health authority.


(b) Correct Sanitary Practices. The following sanitary practices shall be observed.


1. Working personnel shall wash their hands with soap and water before servicing customers.


2. They shall wear clean working garments.


3. They shall not smoke nor eat while working.


4. Implements of their trade shall be cleaned and disinfected before and after their use.


5. Customers shall be supplied with clean and fresh towels, drapes and other linen necessary.


6. Precautionary measures to prevent disease transmission shall be observed when serving customers showing any form of dermatoses.




CHAPTER XIII
MASSAGE CLINICS AND SAUNA BATH ESTABLISHMENTS


Section 59. Definition of Terms As used in this Chapter the following shall mean:







(a) Massage. A method wherein the superficial soft parts of the body are rubbed or stroked or kneaded for remedial or aesthetic or hygienic purposes.


(b) Massage Clinic. An establishment where massage is administered to customers.


(c) Masseur. A trained person duly licensed by the Secretary or his authorized representative to perform massage and to supervise massage clinic attendants.


(d) Massage Clinic Attendant. A trained person duly permitted by the Secretary or his authorized representative to massage customers under the guidance and supervision of a masseur.


(e) Sauna Bath Establishment. An establishment where customers are exposed to steam which is generated by sprinkling water on hot stones or by some other means.


(f) Sauna Bath Attendant. A person who applies the proper technique of giving steam bath to customers.




Section 60. Sanitary Permit No person or entity shall operate a massage clinic and/or a sauna bath establishment without first securing a sanitary permit from the local health authority.


Section 61. Sanitary Requirements The following requirements shall be enforced:







(a) Massage Clinic


1. The reception and office rooms shall be properly lighted and ventilated.


2. Every massage room shall be adequately ventilated, provided with a sliding curtain at the entrance and equipped with a suitable and clean massage table.


3. Sanitary and adequate handwashing, bath and toilet facilities shall be available.


4. Customers shall be provided with soap, clean towels, sanitized rubber or plastic slippers. They shall be required to take a thorough bath before massage.


5. Masseur and masseur attendant shall wash their hands with soap and water before and after massaging a customer.


6. The establishment and its premises shall be maintained clean and sanitary at all times.


(b) Sauna Bath Establishment


1. The reception and office rooms shall be properly lighted and adequately ventilated.


2. The sauna bath room shall be properly lighted, provided with thermometers, and maintained clean and sanitary at all times.


3. Sanitary and adequate handwashing, bath and toilet facilities shall be available.


4. Customers shall be provided with soap, clean towels and sanitized rubber or plastic slippers.Section 62. Personnel The following requirements shall be enforced:


(a) Masseur
1. The person must have a certificate as a registered masseur, issued by the Committee on Examiners for Masseur of the Department.
2. He must possess an up-to-date health certificate issued by the local health authority.
3. The person shall wear a clean working garment when attending to customers or when supervising massage clinic attendants.
(b) Massage Clinic Attendant
1. The person shall be properly registered and authorized by the local health authority to work as massage clinic attendant after compliance with the following requirements:
a) The Satisfactory completion of a training course or study given by a government office, school or hospital, which is duly authorized and recognized by the Department; and
b) Up-to-date health certificate issued by the local health authority to include VD clearance secured from any government clinic or hospital.
2. person must clean working garments when attending to customers.
(c) Sauna Bath Attendant
1. Attendant must possess an up-to-date health certificate issued by the local health authority.
2. The person must wear clean working garments when attending to customers.

Should I still hope? Everytime I go and search for promos in Cebu Pacific, the promos with my dates choice are almost always sold out.
Fingers crossed. Hope for the best!



CEB offers the lowest year round Lite Fares for its destinations.  CEB remains to be the pioneer in creative pricing strategies as it manages to offer the lowest fare in every route it operates.

http://www.cebupacificair.com/

The Place
It's a rooftop that was designed to become a restaurant. It's like a place for catering.

Entertainment
There were singers. When we came there on a Sunday, there was a female singer who entertains the customers. When we came there on a Tuesday, the male singer just sings with his piano. He sings ballad and country songs.












The Staff
In fairness, the staff tries to give us excellent customer service. When my sister asked the waiter to make our iced tea bottomless, he just smiled, then came back when our glasses were empty. He poured iced tea on our glasses at no extra cost!

I first used Kojic acid soap in December. I knew my skin became whiter but I didn't know if I would credit it to the use of kojic soap or to the use of the lotion with SPF20.



On Christmas day, I decided to give Kojic and Gluta soaps as gifts to relatives and close friends. In January, friends and relatives started to ask me, where to buy the soap. I told them, I got it from my sister and it's her business. She sells the soap for Php35 each or for 3 pieces for Php100. And if bulk order, she gives discounts. These are her prices:

3pcs for P100 (P33.33/each)
10pcs for P280 (P28.00/each)
20pcs for P500 (P25.00/each)
50pcs for P1000 (P20.00/each)





My sister and I have a joint E-store where we sell stuffs and some beauty products which we have tried and tested. You can find it in facebook- WISEBUY888 E-STORE

There are many ways to cook an egg. Some want it not so cooked (Malasado in Filipino), some want it well-done.


Egg omelette is my favorite breakfast. It is a nutritious food to start your day. A healthy diet should have at least one to two eggs a day.

If I would have to cook my egg omelette, I want it to be cooked this way:




1. Beat 1 or 2 eggs.
2. Chop tomatoes and onions. Mix it with the egg.
3. Heat the pan. Pour a little amount of oil. Then saute chopped garlic in it.
4. When the garlic become light brown, pour the egg with tomatoes and onions in the pan.
5. Cook it well-done.

Dermabeaux is located at 93 National road, Putatan, Muntinlupa city. It's in front of Iglesia ni Cristo, and beside Oliva's Auto Repair Shop. Facial costs P150.

The Skin specialist who did my facial was very nice, and very accommodating.

The Procedure went like this:
1.  The skin specialist applied ample amount of cleansing milk.
2.  She applied cream on my face.
3.  She massaged my face in upward strokes.
4.  She put slices of cucumber on my eyes
5.  She steamed my face.
6.  She pricked out blackheads and white heads.
7.  She applied honey.
8.  She proceeded with galvanic treatment to close the pores.
9.  She proceeded with laser therapy also to close or tighten pores.
10. She applied placenta cream. DONE =)

Just this morning, when I woke up, I still vividly remember the message of my dream--- "Angry birds is satanic".

In my dream was a satanic man being interviewed on TV. He was saying that angry birds is one of their products.

When I get up, I immediately told my husband about it. He didn't say anything about it. He bought our baby an angry bird bag three months ago. He still wanted to buy our baby angry bird things until we saw this afternoon the video below. I googled "angry birds satanic" and this video was one of the Google results:




There is subliminal message of "666" in the game.
So after this, hubby said, he would just give the angry bird bag away...

Oh my this is so alarming, I just saw the pictures from a facebook friend's wall. I decided to post one here in my blog for reference. Girls, always wash your newly-bought undergarments before wearing them. This is totally gross, but anyhow informative. Just FYI for female friends, perhaps also applicable to male friends. It's a simple rule to wash undergarments and even clothes before you use them.

Check the information at WASH BEFORE WEARING.
http://jawbreaker88.com/2011/09/26/wash-before-wearing/

As a Pasayen(i)a, I enjoy free facial services from Roxas Clinic at Hernandez Street, Pasay City.

The free services include:
Skin Whitening
Diamond Peel
Skin Rejuvenation
Skin Firming
Acne Treatment
Facial Scrub
Fruit Mask
Milk Mask
Vitamin E Mask
Mask with Collagen
Oil Control Mask
Derma Wand Theraphy

The above facial services are available from Monday to Wednesday, from 1-3pm only. Telephone number is +632 833 05 48.

My husband and I went to Roxas Clinic sometime in January 2012 to enjoy the free facial. At the reception, a staff asked us what could she do for us. We said we were there for facial. She asked us to write our names. She also asked us from which barangay we come from, and requested us to show our voter's ID. She made us go to the second floor when Mrs. Jenny Roxas came. Mrs. Roxas is the one accommodating those who want to avail the free facial services. She prefers to be called "Maam Jenny". She is not a dermatologist but she said, she attended dermatological services training.

Ma'am Jenny assessed my skin and said that I have blackheads. She told her staff to give me a facial scrub and a towel for me to wash my face. After washing my face, she asked me to lay down. Ma'am Jenny prick the blackheads on my face using blackhead needle. Then she cleansed my face with a cleanser. She asked her staff to massage my face and let me undergo derma wand theraphy.  Ma'am  Jenny asked me if I want to have fruit mask, but she said it's not free, and it costs P50. I said yes, I want to have it. After that the staff put fruit mask on my face. They let the mask stay on my face for about an hour. And that's it. Mrs. Jenny Roxas asked us to come back after a week. We said thank you to  Ma'am  Jenny and her staff.

I am a self-employed mother so my I remit my contributions to SSS as a voluntary/self-employed member. I remit P520 per month, and managed to get my P10,000 check after I gave birth. I could have received more if I remitted more.



My cousin also pays P520 per month to SSS. She recently gave birth, but she was unable to get her maternity benefit because she did not notify SSS of her pregnancy during the first two months (2 months-as far as I remember). This is a requirement.

To be able to enjoy your maternity benefit, one must ensure that:

1. She has paid at least three monthly contributions within the 12-month period immediately preceding the semester of her childbirth or miscarriage.
2. She has given the required notification of her pregnancy through her employer if employed, or to the SSS if separated, voluntary or self-employed member.

So how much is the maternity benefit?
The maternity benefit is equivalent to 100 per cent of the member’s average daily salary credit multiplied by 60 days for normal delivery or miscarriage, 78 days for caesarean section delivery.

One can also compute the amount through https://www.sss.gov.ph.