What we do
The primary responsibility of the Board is to protect the health and safety of the New Zealand public by ensuring practitioners registered in the profession of medical radiation technology are competent and fit to practice.
About Us
The Medical Radiation Technologists Board (the Board) is one of sixteen New Zealand health registration authorities appointed by the Minister of Health under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 (the Act). The Board is responsible for the administration of the Act in regard to the profession of medical radiation technology.
Our Vision & Mission
The Medical Radiation Technologists Board is responsible to the Minister of Health for administration of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 in respect of the profession of medical radiation technology.
Our Board Members
The Board has ten members, seven of whom are registered in the profession of medical radiation technology while the other three members are laypersons.
Members are appointed by the Minister of Health for a term of three years. A member can be re-appointed for a further three-year term up to a maximum of three consecutive terms (i.e. nine years in total).
Our Board Staff
In 2006 the Medical Radiation Technologists Board joined forces with the Medical Laboratory Science Board and formed a jointly-owned not-for-profit company, Medical Sciences Secretariat (MSS), through which all business support services are provided to the Boards.
Legislation
When it came into effect on 18 September 2003, the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act built on the framework created by earlier legislation, particularly the Medical Practitioners Act 1995. The core concepts of the Medical Practitioners Act were carried forward into the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 (the Act) and adjusted to generic terms that provide a framework applicable to all health practitioners, not just doctors.
Annual Reports
The Board publishes an annual report for each year commencing 1 April and finishing on 31 March. These reports summarise the key activities undertaken by the Board in that period and provide a full set of audited financial statements.
Working in Medical Radiation Technology
Medical radiation technologists work in private practices and in public hospital departments and include the professions covered by the five gazetted full scopes of practice and the three gazetted training scopes of practice.
