ETHICS AND JURISPREDENCE
RIGHT OF RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGISTS AND
PATIENTS
RIGHT
 A claim to particular privilege
RESPONSIBILITY
 An obligation to answer for an act done
 An obligation on the person to perform
some act for which he becomes
accountable
RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF RADIOLOGIC
TECHNOLOGISTS
1.) To promote health
2.) To prevent illness
3.) To restore health
4.) To alleviate suffering
RIGHT OF PATIENTS
1.) Radiologic/X-ray technologists are responsible
to those people that require nursing care
2.) Promotes an environment in which the values,
customs and spiritual beliefs of the individual are
respected
3.) Needs confidence, personal information and
uses judgment in sharing this information
LEGAL MATTERS RELEVANT TO RADIOLOGIC
TECHNOLOGISTS
CONTRACT
 An agreement mutually arrived by two or
more individuals to do a particular thing in
exchange for some consideration
 Meeting of minds between two or more
parties
 Must have employers and employees
relationship
TYPES OF CONTRACT
1.) FORMAL CONTRACT
 Those which cannot be perfected w/o
compliance with the special formalities
required by the law such as donations &
mortages of real property
2.) INFORMAL CONTRACT
 Result of written document or
correspondence which the law does not
require special formalities
3.) EXPRESS CONTRACT
 Those contract where the consent of the
parties is given expressly in writing or
verbally
4.) IMPLIED CONTRACT
 Those contracts where the consent of the
parties is not given expressly but is
deducible from the conduct or acts of the
parties such as an implied agency
REQUISITES OF CONTRACT
 Two or more person must participate
 Consent – freely given
 Object or subject matter must be specified
 Cause of obligation is established
o In every obligation, there’s always a
corresponding right
 Contracting parties must have the legal
capacity in entering a contract
o Below 18 y/o, immediate relative
will sign the contract
 Parties must be in sound mind
 They must not in any way be forced in
contract
 Parties involved must consent to the
contract
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BREACH OF CONTRACT o Both contracting parties are

 Where a contract exist and either party incapacitated
violating it terms 4.) RESCISSIBLE CONTRACT
 Prevention of performance  Those validity entered into by the
 Failure to perform because of contracting parties, but for having caused
inconvenience of difficulty economic damage or lesion to one party or
 Abandonment of duty to a third party or for having been entered
into a fraud of creditors or w/o knowledge
LUCID INTERVAL & approval of the judicial authority
 The person is in sound mind LAW
 During lucid interval, the consent given is  Rule of conduct pronounced by a
valid controlling authority which may be
enforced
NLRC  A rule of civil conduct prescribed by the
 National Labor Relation Commission supreme power in a state commanding
what is right & prohibiting what is wrong
CLASSIFICATIONS OF DEFECTIVE CONTRACT
1.) VOIDABLE/ANNULLABLE CONTRACT SOURCE OF THE LAW
 Those where the contract of the party is 1.) CONSTITUTION
defective either because of incapacity to  Presidential decree
give consent or where the consent is  Republic Act
vitiated by mistake, violence, intimidation, 2.) LEGISLATURE
undue influence or fraud  Congress
2.) VOID/INEXISTENCE CONTRACT 3.) JUDICIARY
 Void abinitio  Department of Justice
 Those which produce no legal effect for  Supreme court
they do not exist in the eyes of the law  Court of Appeals
 Not subjected to ratification 4.) ADMINISTRATIVE
 It is valid until there is a judicial declaration  Executive power of president
3.) UNENFORCEABLE CONTRACT
 Those which cannot be enforced in the LEGAL ASPECT
court because of the existence of the 1.) CIVIL LAW
following reasons:  Evidence is needed
o They were entered into the behalf of  Must pay for the damages
another w/o authority or in excess  Preponderance of evidence
of authority 2.) CRIMINAL LAW
o There’s non-compliance with the  Beyond reasonable doubt
statue of frauds  We need to be watchful
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 Always in favor of the accuse  Law that holds physician and radiologic
 Civilly liable technologist harmless when rendering aid
o Should pay for damages to a person in emergency situation
3.) ADMINISTRATIVE LAW 12.) NARCOTIC LAW
 Ground for revocation of license  Law with its primary purpose to control and
suppress the illegal use and distribution of
TERMINOLOGIES narcotics
1.) OBLIGATION 13.) WILL
 Act of binding oneself to do something  A legal declaration of a person’s intention
2.) JURISPRUDENCE upon death
 Philosophy of science of law 14.) TESTATOR
3.) PUBLIC LAW  One who makes the will
 Law in which the government is directly 15.) LAWSUIT
involved  Legal action in a control of law
 Regulate the relationship between  Proceeding in court for a purpose
individual and government o To enforce right
4.) PRIVATE LAW o To redress wrong
 Regulates the relationship among people 16.) LITIGATION
 Examples: relating contracts, ownership of  Process of the lawsuit
properties & practice of Radiologic 17.) PLANTIFF
Technology  Person or government bringing a lawsuit
5.) CONSTITUIONAL LAW against another
 State the principle and provisions for 18.) DEFENDANT
establishment of specific law  Person being accused of a tort or crime
6.) LEGISLATURE 19.) EUTHANASIA
 Responsible for enacting laws  Mercy killing
 Congress body  Act of painlessly putting to death of person
7.) STATUTORY LAW who is suffering from incurable or
 Law enacted by this body dispressing disease
8.) JUDICIARY SYSTEM  Criminal charge of homicide
 Responsible for reconciling controversies 20.) MALA INSE
and conflicts  Act is a wrongful from the very beginning
9.) COMMON LAW 21.) MALA PROHIBITA
 Body of law and accumulated decision  There’s a law that prohibits the act
10.) ADMINISTRATIVE LAW 22.) LEGAL RIGHT
 Made by the executive law of government  A claim which can be enforced by legal
11.) GOOD SAMARITAN LAW means against a person whose duty is to
respect it
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23.) CIVIL CASE 37.) CONSIDERATION

 Complainant or defendant  The price, motive or matter of inducement
24.) CRIMINAL CASE of a contract
 Plantiff or accused  Refers to a fee, salary or reward
25.) DUE PROCESS 38.) ABORTION
 A fair & orderly process which aims to  The expulsion of the product of conception
protect & enforce a person’s right before the fetus is viable
26.) TRIAL
 Facts are presented & determined BILL OF RIGHT
27.) SUMMONS 1.) Freedom of worship
 A writ commanding an authorized person to 2.) Freedom of speech
notify a party to appear in court to answer a 3.) Freedom of vote
complaint made against him
28.) SUBPOENA TORTS AND CRIMES
 An order that requires a person to attend at 1.) TORTS
a specific time & place to testify as a  A wrong committed by a person against
witness another person by his property
29.) SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM 2.) CRIME
 A subpoena that requires witness to bring  An offense against persons or property
documents/papers in his possession against the public
30.) HEARSAY EVIDENCE
 Rumors not admissible as evidence 3.) NEGLIGENCE
31.) PERJURY  Failure of a professional person to act at all
 The willful telling of a lie under oath times within accepted standards of a
32.) DYING DECLARATION profession
 Considered hearsay unless the dying person 4.) MALPRACTICE
is a victim of a crime  Act of negligence/acting beyond the
33.) HOLOGRAPHIC WILL radiologic technology standards
 A will which is written, dated and signed by 5.) SLANDER
the hand of the testator himself  Untruthful oral statement about a person
34.) BREACH OF CONTRACT that subjects him to ridicule
 The failure, without legal cause to perform  Wrong defamation
any promise which forms the whole part or 6.) LIBEL
parts of a contract  Untruthful written statement about a
35.) CAUSE person that subjects him to ridicule
 A ground of legal action  There must be 2nd person to hear or read
36.) CONSENT the comment
 Approval, permission or agreement
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7.) INVASION OF PRIVACY
 A wrong that involves the right of person to
be let alone
8.) ASSAULT
 A threat or an attempt to make bodily
contact with another person without
person’s consent
9.) BATTERY
 An assault that is carried out
10.) FRAUD
 Will and purposeful misconduct that could
or has caused loss or harm to person or
property
 False presentation of some fact and the
intention that it will be acted upon by
another person
CRIMINAL ACTS
1.) FELONY
 A crime punishable by imprisonment in a
state
2.) MISDEMEANOR
 Crime with a lesser offense
 Punishable with fines and imprisonment or
both for less than a year
3.) 1st DEGREE MURDER
 Illegally killing another person with motive
4.) 2nd DEGREE MURDER
 Killing another person without previous
deliberation
LEGAL ASPECT AND THE RADIOLOGIC
TECHNOLOGIST
NEGLIGENCE
 Refers to the commission or omission of an
act pursuant to a duty, that reasonably
prudent person in the same or similar
circumstances would or would not do and
acting or non-acting is the proximate cause
of the injury to another person or to his
property
FELONIES
 Acts or omissions punishable by law and
they may be committed not only by means
of deceit but also by fault
DECEIT
 The fraudulent withholding or
misrepresenting of facts whereby a person
is misled to his injury
DECEDENT
 A person whose property is transmitted
through succession, whether or not he left a
will
DUE PROCESS OF LAW
 A fair and orderly legal proceedings which
observe fundamental rules and designed for
the protection and enforcement of
individual rights and liberties
UNDUE INFLUENCE
 Influence used directly to procure the will
and which amounts to a coercion
destroying the free action of the testator
CRIMINAL INTENT
 The intention to commit a crime
CONSIDERATION
 One element of a contract to make a
promise, a binding and to make an
agreement which creates an obligations
 An agreement upon a sufficient
consideration, to do or not to do a
particular thing
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MALPRACTICE
 Implies the ideas of improper or unskilled
care of a patient by a radiologic
technologist
 Denotes a stopping beyond one’s authority
with serious consequences
DOCTRINE OF FORCE MAJEURE
 Act of God
 An irresistible force, one that is unforeseen
or inevitable
 Under Civil Code of the Philippines, no
person shall be responsible for those events
which could not be foreseen or for which,
though foreseen, were inevitable, except in
cases expressly specific by law
 Examples: flood, earthquake, fire &
accident
DOCTRINE OF RESPONDENT SUPERIOR
 Let the master answer
 Master-servant rule
 Let the master answer for the acts of the
subordinate
 The liability is expanded to include the
liability from the employee to the master
 In many circumstances all employer is
responsible for the actions of employees
performed within the course of their
employment
DOCTRINE OF RES IPSA LOQUITUR
 The thing speaks for itself
 The defendant is presumed to be negligent
where the instrumentality causing
another’s injury was in the defendant’s
control and where the accident was one
which ordinarily does not happen in the
absence of someone’s negligence
IGNORANTIA JURIS NON EXCUSAT/IGNORANCIA
LEGIS NON
 Ignorance of the law excuses no one
DURA LEX SED LEX
 The law may be harsh, but it is still the law
LEGAL MAXIM
 Nullum crimen, nulla poena sine lege
 No crime, if there’s no law punishing it
INCOMPETENCE
 The lack of ability, legal qualification or
fitness to discharge the required duty
TORTS
 A legal wrong, committed against a person
or property independent of a contract
which render the person who commits it
liable for damages in a civil action
 Private or civil wrong/injury, including
action for bad faith, breach of contract, for
which the court will provide remedy in the
form of an action for damages
 The failure to comply a duty
 The failure to perform a duty that leads to
harm of another person
INTENTIONAL TORTS
1.) ASSAULT
 Imminent threat of harmful/offensive
bodily contact
 Intimidation of the patient/threatening the
patient
2.) BATTERY
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 An immediate unconsented touching of  A form of negligent in which any

another person/patient professional misconduct
3.) FALSE IMPRISONMENT/ILLEGAL DETENTION  Unreasonable lack of professional skill
(Private) 3.) INCOMPETENCE
 Unjustifiable detention of a person w/o  Lack of ability
legal warrant within the boundaries fixed by  This is ground for revocation/suspension of
the defendant by an act/violation of duty the certificate of registration
intended to result in such confinement
 ARBITRARY DETENTION (Public) ELEMENTS OF PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE
4.) DEFAMATION 1.) Existence of a duty on the part of the person
 Character assassination, be in written (libel) 2.) Failure to meet the standard of due case
or spoken (slander) 3.) The foreseeability of harm resulting from failure
 Dishonor to the character to meet the standard
5.) INVASION OF PRIVACY
 The right to privacy CAUSES OF NEGLIGENCE
 The right to be left alone 1.) Carelessness
 The right to be unwarran ted and 2.) Ignorance
exposure to public view 3.) Lack of skills
 To live one’s life without having anyone’s
name, picture or private affairs made FOUR ELEMENTS OF NEGLIGENCE (4 D’s)
public against one’s will 1.) DUTY
 To use due case
UNINTENTIONAL TORTS  Case which should be given under
1.) PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE circumstances
 Commission/omission of an act, pursuant to 2.) DERELICTION
duty that a reasonably prudent in the same  Failure to use due case
or similar circumstance would or would not  Not giving the case which should be given
do & acting on the non-acting of which is under the circumstances
proximate cause of injury to another person  Failure to ask like allergy
or his property
 Examples: 3.) DIRECT CAUSATION
o Mistaken identity  Failure to use due case causes injury
o Defects in equipment such as  Failure to ask like allergy
stretchers and wheelchairs may lead  Previous experience, the drugs and reaction
to falls thus injuring the patient 4.) DAMAGE OF INJURY
2.) MALPRACTICE  Actual harm results
 A negligence act committed by a person in
professional capacity CRIMES
1.) LARCENCY
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 Involves taking the property of another for  A joint agreement of two or more persons
his permanent use  The act of one is the act of all
2.) ABORTION
 Illegal destruction and bringing forth
prematurely of the human fetus before
natural time of birth PERSONS INVOLVED IN A CONSPIRACY

STAGES OF CRIMES 1.) PRINCIPALS

1.) CONSUMATED  Chief actor/mastermind
 All elements executed w/ successful result  Those persons who actually do or perform
2.) FRUSTRATED the act
 All elements executed w/o successful result  One who is actually present and aids in the
3.) ATTEMPTED commission of an act
 Not all elements executed, no successful  Direct participation, induction &
result indispensable
2.) ACCESSORIES
DEGREE OF CRIMES  Those persons who assist or participate in
1.) GRAVE the commission of a crime
 Capital punishment or penalty of above 6  May assist or encourage the principal
years and one day or fine of more than 6 offender with the intent to have the crime
thousand pesos committed
2.) LESS GRAVE 3.) ACCOMPLICES
 Penalty of 1 month and 1 day to 6years or  Those persons who not take a direct part in
fine of not more than 6 thousand pesos but the execution of the act, induce, or
not less than 200 pesos cooperate through another act essential to
3.) LIGHT the consumption of the crime
 Penalty of 1 day to 30 days or fine more  One who is guilty of complicity in crime,
than 200 pesos either by being present/abetting in it
 Absent in place when it was committed
CRIME AGAINST HONOR  Example: lookout
1.) DEFAMATION
 Injury to the honor and reputation of CRIMES AGAINST PERSONAL LIBERY AND
another SECURITY
 SLANDER: oral defamation 1.) KIDNAPPING
 LIBEL: written/printed defamation  Forcible abduction of another
 SLANDER BY DEED: an act which causes 2.) ILLEGAL DETENTION
dishonor to another  Detaining a person without a warrant
3.) TRESPASSING
CONSPIRACY
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 Entering another personal house or
property without a warrant
CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC MORALS
1.) ILLEGAL GAMBLING
 Playing for money
2.) INDECENT EXPOSURE
 Intentional exposure of one’s private parts
in public
3.) PROSTITUTION
 A crime committed by a women to engage a
sexual intercourse for pay
MISDEMEANOR
 A general name for a criminal offense which
does not in law amount to the grade of a
felony
CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH AFFECT
CRIMINAL LIABLITIES
1.) JUSTIFYING
 Under which the law justifies a person from
criminal liability for the commission of a
crime
 Examples:
o Self-defense, defense of one’s
property & defense of another
 Unlawful aggression
 Reasonable necessity
 Lack of sufficient provocation
o Fulfillment of a lawful duty
o Obedience of lawful order
 Order must be lawful
 Superior acting within the
scope of practice
2.) EXEMPTING
 Circumstances under which the law exempt
a person from criminal liability for the
commission of a crime
 Examples:
o The offender is insane or imbecile
o The offender is less than 9 y/o
(under R.A. 9344 Juvenile Justice
Act)
o The person failed to perform an act
required by law due to some lawful
causes
o Performance of a lawful act causes
injury by mere accident
o Under compulsion of uncontrollable
force
o Under impulse of uncontrollable
fear
3.) MITIGATING
 Those which do not constitute a
justification or excuse of the offense in
question, but which, in fairness and mercy,
may be considered as extenuating or
reducing the degree or normal culpability
 Examples:
o The offender had no intention to
commit the injury
o The offender is under 18 y/o or over
70 y/o
o The offender was provoked or
threatened by the offended party
o The offender voluntarily
surrendered to authorities
o The offender was suffering from a
physical defect
4.) AGGRAVATING
 Those attending the commission of a crime
which increase the criminal liability of the
offender or make his guilt more severe
 Examples:
o The offender look advantage of his
public office or there was abuse of
power
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o The offender committed the crime
in contempt of or with
o Treachery or taking advantage of
superior strength/position
o Price, reward & promise
o Use of fire, poison & explosion
o Calamities
o Craft/fraud
o Disguise employed
o Evident premeditation
o Cruelty
5.) ALTERNATING
 May increase or decrease criminal liability
depending in the nature and effects of the
crime
 Relationship
o No criminal liability but has civil
liability
CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS
1.) MURDER
 The unlawful killing of a human being with
intent to kill
2.) HOMICIDE
 The killing of a human being to another
 Crime by a person who kills another person
other than his father, mother or child
3.) PARRICIDE – killing a parent
4.) PATRICIDE – killing a father
5.) MATRICIDE – killing a mother
6.) INFANTICIDE
 Killing of a child less than 3 days of age
CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY
1.) ROBBERY
 Unlawful taking of another person’s
property
2.) ARSON
 Intentional burning of another person’s
house
3.) SABOTAGE
 Intentional damage to the property of the
employer by the employee
CRIMES AGAINST CHASTITY
1.) RAPE
 Forcible sexual intercourse with a woman
without her consent
2.) ADULTERY
 Sexual intercourse of a married woman
with a man other than her husband
3.) CONCUBINAGE
 Cohabitation of a married man with a
woman other than his wife
CRIMES AGAINST THE CIVIL STATUS OF PERSON
1.) SIMULATION OF BIRTH
 Crime committed by one who enters in a
birth certificate, a birth that did not occur
2.) SUBSTITUTION OF ONE CHILD TO ANOTHER
 Replacing one child with another
3.) BIGAMY
 Contracting a second marriage when
already legally married to another
CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC INTEREST
1.) FORGERY
 Altering a written documents for deceit
2.) PERJURY
 Telling a lie under oath
CRIME
 An act committed or omitted in violation of
law
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FELONY  Intent
 A crime punishable under the revised penal 2.) CULPA
code  Freedom
 Intelligence
CRIMES CONNECTED WITH PUBLIC OFFICE
 Imprudent, negligence or lack of foresight
1.) GRAFT
or skill
 Dishonest transaction in public office
2.) BRIBERY
KINDS OF FELONIES ACCORDING TO THE DEGREE
 Receiving money or gifts in connection with
AND ATTAINMENT OF OBJECTIVES
the performance of official duties
1.) ATTEMPTED FELONY
3.) CORRUPTION
 The offender commences to do the criminal
Giving money or gifts in connection with the
and the criminal objective was not achieve
performance of his duties
2.) FRUSTRATED FELONY
 The offender has performed all the acts
CRIMINAL LAW
necessary for the commission of the crime
but the criminal objective was not achieve
FELONIES/DELITOS
3.) CONSUMMATED FELONY
 Act or omission punishable by the Revised
 The offender has performed all the acts
Penal Code (Jan 1, 1932)
necessary for the commission of the crime
 Overt act
and the criminal objective was achieved
 Omission in action
PENALTIES FOR CRIMES
1.) ARRESTO MENOR
R.A. 7431
 Imprisonment from 1 day to 30 days
 Acted in 1992
2.) ARRESTO MAYOR
 Violation on this act is not considered
 Imprisonment for 1 month and 1 day to 6
felony
months
3.) PRISION CORRECTIONAL
CLASSIFICATION OF FELONIES ACCORDING TO
 Imprisonment from 6 months and 1 day to
MEANS BY WHICH THEY ARE COMMITTED
6 years
1.) INTENTIONAL FELONIES
4.) PRISION MAYOR
 Deceit (Dolo/Malice)
 Imprisonment from 6 years and 1 day to 10
2.) CULPABLE FELONIES
years
 Fault (Culpa)
5.) RECLUSION TEMPORAL
 Negligence
 Imprisonment for 12 years and 1 day to 20
years
REQUISITES OF DOLO & CULPA
6.) RECLUSION PERPETUA
1.) DOLO
 Life imprisonment
 Freedom
 No bail
 Intelligence
7.) DEATH PENALTY
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 A system of moral rules and principles that

CLASSIFICATION OF FELONIES ACCORDING TO THE becomes the standard
DEGREE OF PUNISHMENT ATTACHED TO IT
1.) GRAVE FELONY AUTONOMY
 Punishable by imprisonment ranging from 6  Person’s right to make one’s decision
years and 1 day to life imprisonment
 A fine exceeding P6,000.00
2.) LESS GRAVE FELONY RESPECT FOR OTHERS
 Punishable by imprisonment ranging from 1  Acknowledge the right of individuals to
month and 1 day to 6 years make decision & love by others
 A fine of P200.00-P6,000.00
3.) LIGHT FELONY BENEFICENCE
 Punishable by imprisonment ranging from 1  Act of mercy & charity
day to 30 days
 A fine not exceeding P200.00 FIDELITY
 Being faithful
ARTICLE 4: REVISED PENAL CODE  It involves keeping promises & agreements
CRIMINAL LIABILITY
1.) By any person committing felony although the VERACITY
wrongful act done be different from that which he  Being honest
intended  People should always say the complete
 Doctrine: “El que es causa de la causa es truth
causa del mal causado”
 “He who is the cause of the cause is the NON-MALEFICENCE
cause of the evil cause”  The belief that a medical professional
2.) By any person performing an act which would should cause no harm
be an offense against persons or property, where it
is not for the inherent impossibility of its JUSTICE
accomplishment or on account of the employment  Equal rights
of inadequate or ineffectual means
PATIENT’S RIGHTS
ROBBERY  Every person/parent must be treated with
 There’s a forceful entry dignity
 Patient must be provided confidentiality &
THEFT privacy
 No forcible entry
PATIENT CONSENT
ETHICS  May be verbal, written or implied
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VALID PATIENT CONSENT
1.) The patient must be of sound mind & legal age
2.) The patient must give consent freely
3.) The patient must be adequately informed about
the procedure
RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY CODE OF ETHICS
 May 28, 1993
 Atty. Oscar Romero
o Author of Radtech Creed
ARTICLE 1: Relation with the State & Society
ARTICLE 2: Relation with the Patient/Clients
ARTICLE 3: Relation with the other Allied
Professionals
ARTICLE 4: Relation to Agency
ARTICLE 5: Relation to oneself
R.A. 7431
 Radiologic Technology Act of 1992
 February 27, 1992/April 22, 1992
 An act regulating the practice of RT in the
Philippines, creating the board of RT,
defining its powers & functions & for other
purposes
SECTION 1: Title
SECTION 2: Statement of Policy
SECTION 3: Definition of Terms
SECTION 4: Practice of X-ray Technology
SECTION 5: Practice of Radiologic Technology
SECTION 6: Creation of the Board of Radiologic
Technology
 4 members; 1 chairman
 Appointed by the President
SECTION 7: Qualification of Board Members
 Be a citizen and resident of Philippines
 Be of good moral character
 Be at least 30 years of age
 Is neither a member of the faculty
SECTION 8: Term of Office
 Chairmain – 3 years
 2 Members – 2 years
 Other 2 members – 1 year
 Wilhelmina Gana – Incumbent Chairman of
the Board
SECTION 9: Duties & Functions of the Board
 Subpoena duces tecum – certain
documents
 Subpoena Ad testificandum – ordinary
documents
SECTION 10: Compensation of the Board
SECTION 11: Removal of the Board
SECTION 12: Supervision of the Board & Custody
SECTION 13: Rules and Regulation
SECTION 14: Annual Report
SECTION 15: Requirement for the Practice of RT &
XT
 Certification of Registration from the Board
SECTION 16: Exemption from Examination in XT
SECTION 17: Exemption from Examintion in RT
SECTION 18: Examination Requirements
SECTION 19: Qualification for the Examination
 Filipino citizen
 Good moral character
 Has not been convicted of a crime involving
moral turpitude
 Holder of baccalaureate degree in RT
SECTION 20: Scope of Examination in XT
SECTION 21: Scope of Examination in RT
SECTION 22: Report of Ratings
SECTION 23: Oath Taking
SECTION 24: Issuance of Certificate of Registration
SECTION 25: Fees
SECTION 26: Penal Provisions
SECTION 27: Appropriations
SECTION 28: Repealing Clause:
SECTION 29: (Missing)
SECTION 30: Effectivity Clause
 February 27, 1992/April 22, 1992
 ETHICS AND JURISPREDENCE

 December 27, 1993 & releases its results on

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE 223 (PD 223) April 9, 1994
 Creates professionals by the PRC RESOLUTION #1
 May 12, 1993
CORAZON AQUINO  Adaptation of seal/logo for Board of RT
 President RESOLUTION #2
RAMON MITRA  May 12, 1993
 Speaker of the House  Registration as RT of 3 members of the
NEPTALI GONZALES Board
 Senate President RESOLUTION #3
CATAILO L. SABIO  May 12, 1993
 Secretary General of House of  Reschedule of XT & RT Licensure
Representative Examinations from December 1993 to June
ANALECTO D. BADOY JR. 26 & 27 1993 (First Exam)
 Secretary of the Senate RESOLUTION #4
HERMOGENES POBRE  May 28, 1993
 Commissioner; Chairman when R.A. 7431  Promulgation of the Code of Professional
signed into law Ethics for XT & RT
NORBERTO PALOMO
 Father of Radtech Education
GILBERTO PALOMIQUE  THE END 
 First President of PART “BOARD EXAM is a matter of PREPARATION. If you
FAIL to prepare, you PREPARE to fail”
FIRST BOARD OF RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY 04/10/14
 Appointed in 1993
 Fortunato C. Gabon (001)
o 1st Chairman
o Radiologic technologist
 Dexter Rodelas (002)
o Radiologic technologist
 Editha C. Mora (003)
o Radiologic Technologist
 Jose T. Gaffud
o Radiologist
 Eulinia M. Valdezio
o Physicist

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