Raising Concerns About A Practitioner
Under Section 34 of the Act if you, as a registered health practitioner, have concerns that a medical radiation technologist may pose a risk of harm to the public by practising below the required standard of competence, you may inform the Registrar of the Medical Radiation Technologists Board in writing including the reasons on which your belief is based.
Section 34 also requires an employer to immediately notify the Board whenever a registered medical radiation technologist (any scope of practice) resigns or is dismissed from his/her employment for reasons related to competence. Please note, the Board must receive such notification before that resignation or dismissal is instituted. The notification is to be addressed to the Registrar of the Board in writing and include the reasons for the resignation or dismissal.
Under Section 45 of the Act if you, as a registered health practitioner, or an employer, believe that a registered medical radiation technologist (any scope of practice) is unable to perform the functions required for the practice of medical radiation technology because of some mental or physical condition, you are obliged to promptly inform the Registrar of the Board in writing of all the circumstances.
In accordance with Section 67 of the Act a registrar of a New Zealand Court who knows that a person convicted in the court is a registered medical radiation technologist must send a notice of the conviction to the Medical Radiation Technologists Board if the conviction is an offence punishable by imprisonment for a term of 3 months or longer. The Board is obliged to refer all notifications under Section 67 to a professional conduct committee.
If concerns should be raised about your competence as a registered medical radiation technologist, the Board is compelled to make enquiries into your competence and consider whether a review of competence is necessary.
A competence review is not disciplinary in nature. Rather, it is designed to protect the public by making an assessment in a collegial manner and to be educative with a focus on assisting you to improve your standard of practise.
Competence reviews undertaken by the Board will be fair, constructive, supportive and educative.
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Should concerns be raised about your ability to perform your professional activities because of a mental or physical condition the Board is compelled to make enquiries into your ability to work.
If, because of a mental or physical condition you cannot make safe judgments, demonstrate acceptable levels of competence or behave appropriately in accordance with ethical, legal and practise guidelines, you may be subjected to an investigation by the Medical Radiation Technologists Board.
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Should the Board receive a complaint alleging that your practise or conduct as a registered medical radiation technologist may pose a risk of harm or serious harm to the public, the Act enables the Board to appoint a professional conduct committee (PCC) to investigate that complaint.
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