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A bill introduced by Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito aims to reform medical technology practice in the Philippines and ensure the industry’s worldwide competitiveness.

Ejercito stated in Senate Bill No. 2007 or the “Philippine Medical Technology Act of 2023,” which he filed on Tuesday, that it has been 54 years since Republic Act 5527, the law governing the practice of medical technology, was passed.

In his explanatory note, he stated that the law needed to be updated to properly address the current and changing demands of the medical technology profession. “Health and information technology have evolved rapidly, lifestyles have become complex, and national and global competition have rendered the law obsolete and in need of revision,” he wrote.

Research, academia, information technology, quality assurance, and other non-traditional fields are now included in the work of medical technologists in laboratories, according to him.

In accordance with his proposal, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) shall establish the Professional Regulatory Board of Medical Technology (PRBMT), which, among other things, will investigate the circumstances affecting the practice of medical technology in the Philippines and, as necessary, take appropriate action to uphold high standards and ethical behavior in the field.

Additionally, it will set the requirements for medical technicians’ education and training in relation to specialized areas of the profession and manage the Commission’s special examination of them.

Also, Bill 2007 aims to modernize the definition of medical technology practice to incorporate phlebotomy, drug testing, molecular and cytogenetic technologies, as well as instructing, guiding, and supervising students in the medical technology education program.

In order to maintain the profession’s competitiveness on a worldwide scale, it also aims to raise the minimum base salary for entry-level Registered Medical Technologists and improve medical technology practice.

Ejercito claims that the legislation will “develop and nurture competent, virtuous, productive, and well-rounded” medical technologists whose standard of practice and service will be of the highest caliber, as well as ensure the country’s continued growth and development of the professional practice of medical technology.

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