Preamble
WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 498 amended certain sections of Republic Act No. 5527 otherwise known as the Philippine Medical Technology Act of 1969; WHEREAS, in the implementation of said decree, certain sections thereof have been found to hamper or render ineffective certain functions and duties of the Department of Education and Culture and the Department of Health; and WHEREAS, the aforesaid Decree contains provisions which prejudice the practice of anatomic and clinical pathology by qualified physicians thus negating one of the primary objectives of the original Medical Act of 1969; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, hereby order and decree: