Republic Act No. 5527
“Medical Technology Law”
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. 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:
- Examination of tissues, secretions and excretions
of the human body and body fluids by various electronic,
chemical, microscopic, bacteriologic, hematologic,
serologic, immunologic, nuclear, and
other laboratory procedures and techniques either
manual or automated;
- Blood banking procedures and techniques;
- Parasitologic, Mycologic and Microbiologic procedures
and techniques;
- Histopathologic and Cytotechnology; provided that
nothing in this paragraph shall inhibit a duly registered
medical laboratory technician from performing
histopathologic techniques and procedures.
- Clinical research involving patients or human beings
requiring the use of and/or application of medical
technology knowledge and procedures;
- Preparations and standardization of reagents, standards,
stains and others, provided such reagents,
standards, stains and others are exclusively for the
use of their laboratory;
- Clinical laboratory quality control;
- Collection and preservation of specimens;
Provided, That any person who has passed the corresponding
Board examination for the practice of
a profession already regulated by existing law, shall
not be subject to the provisions of the last four preceding
paragraphs if the performance of such acts
or services is merely incidental to his profession.
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