Correspondence address
MIMLS, Unit No. C-5-5R,
Level 5, 1-5-14, Jalan 1/50,
Diamond Square Commercial Centre, Off Jalan Gombak,
53000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Upcoming Events
6th Congress of the Asia Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists (AAMLS) 2019
May 29, 2019 - May 31, 2019Past Events
Cytology Workshop
Apr 13, 2019
IFBLS 2018
Sep 22, 2018 - Sep 26, 2018MIMLS
Malaysian Institute of Medical Laboratory Sciences (MIMLS) is the professional organisation for the Medical Laboratory Practitioners in Malaysia. MIMLS was officially established and incorporated on 31 December 1992.
The founding members of this corporate body were the Institute of Medical and Health Laboratory Technology (IMHLT), the Malaysian Society of Medical Laboratory Technologists (MSMLT) and the National Institute of Medical Laboratory Technology (NIMLT), representing the MLT's from the Ministry of Health (MOH), University of Malaya (UM) and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) respectively. It took more than 2 decades to transform these three seperate entities into a single body.
At the international level MIMLS is a member of the ASEAN Association for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (AACLS) formerly known as The ASEAN Association of Medical Laboratory Technologists (AAMLT). MIMLS is one of the founder member of the Asia Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists (AAMLS).
International Affiliations
The ASEAN Association for Clinical Laboatory Sciences (AACLS) was formed as The ASEAN Association of Medical Laboratory Technologists (AAMLT) on April 1985. The signing of the agreement was done at the first ASEAN Conference of Medical Laboratory Technology at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. The change to it's present name was announced at the 11th biennial general meeting on the 23rd May 2006 during the 11th ACMLT in Jakarta. ASEAN Associations below are currently member associations of AACLS.
PATELKI (Indonesia) - Persatuan Ahli Teknologi Laboratorium Kesehatan Indonesia
AMTT (Thailand) - Association of Medical Technologists of Thailand
SAMLS (Singapore) - Singapore Association of Medical Laboratory Science
PAMET(Philippines) - Philippine Association of Medical Technologist Inc.
BAMLS (Brunei) - Brunei Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists
Allied Health Profession Act 2016
An Act to provide for the establishment of the Malaysian Allied Health Professions Council, the registration of the allied health practitioners, the regulation and control of the practice of the allied health professions and for related matters.
Why is the AHP Act enacted?
Though the reason is not stated in the Act but primarily it is to protect:-
- the profession from a person who is unqualified to practice and whose action will be detrimental to the profession’s dignity.
- the public from unqualified and bogus practitioner and abuse of knowledge and unprofessional conduct by legitimate practitioner.
- the health & medical industry by improving and raising the standard of the profession and the service delivery.
