Board Function

The Board is established to carry out functions determined by the legislation. One of its primary responsibilities is to protect the public. It generally supervises the occupation by:

• advising and making recommendations to the Minister of Health;
• promoting high standards of education and conduct;
• exercising disciplinary powers;
• conducting or directing entry examinations;
• considering applications for registration;

for and on behalf of persons engaged in, or wishing to be engaged in medical radiation technology. The Board ensures that:

• New Zealand registration is granted only to suitably qualified applicants;
• the education and examination of persons seeking to become medical radiation technologists in New Zealand is appropriate and of a high standard;
• no person identifies themselves in name or action as a medical radiation technologist in New Zealand unless they have been granted registration by the New Zealand Medical Radiation Technologists Board;
• proper conduct is promoted and reinforced among medical radiation technologists.

The Board meets four times a year in Wellington; subcommittees of the Board may meet more frequently. The following subcommittees have been appointed for the Medical Radiation Technologists Board:

Legislation committee - considers proposals for changes to the legislation in relation to MRTs and makes recommendations to the Board.

Education committee - considers matters relating to the education standards of MRTs in New Zealand and makes recommendations to the Board.

Management committee - consists of the Chairperson and the Deputy Chairperson meeting with the Registrar of the Board and the Manager of the Registration Boards Secretariat to consider budget and general Board administration matters.

Continuing Competence committee - approves continuing competency programmes and audits the competence and fitness to practice of practitioners

Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition (TTMR) committee - a quorum of the Board who consider application for registration under TTMR.