The Code of Ethics of Medical Technologists

As I enter into the practice of Medical Technology, I shall accept the responsibilities inherent to being a professional:

I shall uphold the law and shall not engage in illegal work nor cooperate with anyone to engage.

I shall avoid associating or being identified with any enterprise or questionable character;

I shall work and act in a strict spirit of fairness to employer, clients, and employees, and in spirit of personal helpfulness and fraternity toward other members of the profession

I shall use only honorable means of competition for professional employment or services and shall refrain from unfairly injuring, directly or indirectly the professional reputation, projects or business of a fellow medical technologist

I shall accept employment from more than one employer only when there is no conflict of interest

I shall perform all professional work in a manner that merits full confidence and trust carried out with absolute reliability, accuracy, fairness and honesty.

I shall review the professional work of other medical technologists, when requested, fairly and in confidence whether they are subordinates or employees, authors of proposals for grants or contracts, authors of technical papers or other publications or involved in litigation.

I shall advance the profession by exchanging general information and experience with fellow medical technologists and other professionals and by contributing to the work of professional organizations.

I shall restrict my praises, criticisms, views and opinions within constructive limits and shall not use the knowledge I know for selfish ends.

I shall treat any information I acquired about individuals in the course of my work as strictly confidential and may be divulged only to authorized persons or entities or with consent of the individual when necessary.

I shall report any infractions of these principles of professional conduct to the authorities responsible for enforcement of applicable laws or regulations, or to the Ethics Committee of the Philippine Association of Medical Technologists as may be appropriate.

To these principles, I hereby subscribe and pledge to conduct myself at all times in a manner befitting the dignity of my profession.

Board of Medical Technology

1992

The main objectives of the Professional Code of Ethics are:

1. To define professional privileges, behaviors, and responsibilities towards the members of the community in general.

2. To promote professional quality, professional conduct and conduct a moral method of procedures.

3. To defend private professions from undue interferences by the government or by other private agencies.

4. To preserve the dignity of the profession and the confidence of the public.

5. To defend clients from unscrupulous professionals.

6. To fix standards of the compensations for services or work