National Registration
On 1 July 2012, all Medical Radiation Practitioners will join the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme (NRAS) together with Occupational Therapists, Chinese Medicine and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioners.
The Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia has been established to develop standards, codes and guidelines for the Medical Radiation profession, and to approve accreditation standards and accredited courses of study.
From 1 July 2012 the Board will assume responsibility for registering Medical Radiation practitioners and students, handling notifications, complaints, investigations and disciplinary hearings and assessing overseas trained practitioners who wish to practise in Australia. The functions of the Board are supported by Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
You can learn more about The Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia and the national registration scheme by visiting the board website: http://www.medicalradiationpracticeboard.gov.au/
Tasmanian Board
The Medical Radiation Science Professional Registration Board of Tasmania was established under section 3 of the Radiographers Registration Act 1971.
The Board consists of:
3 Practitioners – 1 Registered Radiation Therapist
1 Registered Diagnostic Radiographer
1 Registered Nuclear Medicine Technologist
2 Consumer Representatives who are not practitioners or Registered Medical Practitioners and are nominated by the Minister to represent the interests of consumers of the services provided by medical radiation practitioners.
Functions of the Board
- To administer the scheme of registration as set out in Medical Radiation Science Professionals Registration Act 2000.
- To investigate complaints and undertake disciplinary action against registered practitioners
- To prosecute offences against this Act
- To monitor the standard and provision of medical radiation science services in this state.
- To monitor standards of education and training in medical radiation science
- To advise the Minister on matters relating to this Act
- Such other functions as are imposed on the Board by this or any other Act or as may be prescribed
Objectives of the Board
The Board must perform its functions and exercise its powers so as to:
- Ensure that the services medical radiation science professionals provide to the public are of the highest possible standard
- Ensure that medical radiation science professionals practice according to the highest professional standard
- Guard against unsafe, incompetent and unethical practices on the part of medical radiation science professionals.
Enquiries
For all enquiries about registration in Tasmania, please send an email to MRSPBoard@ahpra.gov.au
If you would like to receive updates from the National Board about National Registration simply send us your full name and email address to: mrpbupdate@ahpra.gov.au