QuestionsQuestions (BAI ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 27)
It standardizes and harmonizes veterinary disease diagnostic protocols and ensures only duly accredited veterinary diagnostic laboratories may render veterinary diagnostic services, to deliver accepted standards of quality, performance, technical expertise, and competence.
Both government and non-government establishments offering diagnostic services.
The applicant must be a registered business entity with SEC/DTI/ECC/Mayor’s Permit, and the laboratory building must have a prior Standards Compliance Certificate as per DA-Administrative Order No. 6 (s. 2004), Sections 1 and 3.
DA laboratories (and labs of government universities/colleges) must be part of the organizational structure of DA or their respective agencies, with plantilla/personnel structure attached, and must include the Standards Compliance Certificate. For private universities/colleges, private organizations, or individuals, Section II-A applies.
Performance for the last 3 years; reports/records; plantilla/organizational structure; technical personnel complement; and qualifications of personnel.
They may be re-classified as sub-national laboratories, regional laboratories, or provincial/satellite laboratories.
Post-mortem examination (necropsy/histopathology), bacterial/fungal isolation, antimicrobial sensitivity test, agglutination tests for bacteria, parasitologic examinations, agar gel precipitation test, hemagglutination/hemagglutination-inhibition test, ELISA, and viral isolation using embryonated eggs or tissue cultures.
Accreditation may be applied for the whole laboratory and also for specified tests.
Laboratory design/floor plan; personnel complement with qualifications and PRC License numbers; laboratory protocols/procedures; list of equipment; provision for disposal of infectious materials; and laboratory services and service charge.
Equipment requirements depend on the accreditation being applied for; for DA regional and satellite laboratories, the current listings at the BAI as per BAI Circular No. 3 (s. 1990) apply.
1 veterinarian, 2 laboratory technicians, 1 laboratory aid, and 1 utility worker/janitor.
Applicants must secure a Certificate of Registration from the Animal Welfare Division, BAI, conforming to minimum standards set by the Animal Welfare Act, cited as RA 8485 (1998), Section 2.
It is valid for 3 years, with spot inspection possible anytime within the period; accreditation may be suspended, withheld, or cancelled for failure to comply.
Application fee: PHP 100.00; accreditation fee: PHP 2,500.00; renewal fee: PHP 1,500.00.
The Philippine Animal Health Center of the Bureau of Animal Industry.
Submit a letter of intent to BAI; attach data required by relevant sections (Section II-A and B; Section III-A-2a to f and Section III-C, D, E; and for government/university labs Section III-B, C, D, E; for new labs add additional requirements listed in Section III-A-2a to f); undergo ocular inspection/evaluation by BAI representatives; and pay the corresponding fee/s.