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What we do

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.

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.

In accordance with Section 118 of the Act, the Board is responsible for fulfilling a number of functions:

1. To prescribe the qualifications required for scopes of practice within the profession of medical radiation technology, and, for that purpose, to accredit and monitor educational institutions and degrees, courses of studies, or programmes.
2. To authorise the registration of medical radiation technologists under the Act, and to maintain registers.
3. To consider applications for annual practising certificates.
4. To review and promote the competence of medical radiation technologists.
5. To recognise, accredit, and set programmes to ensure the ongoing competence of medical radiation technologists.
6. To receive and act on information from health practitioners, employers, and the Health and Disability Commissioner about the competence of medical radiation technologists
7. To notify employers, the Accident Compensation Corporation, the Director-General of Health, and the Health and Disability Commissioner that the practice of a medical radiation technologist may pose a risk of harm to the public.
8. To consider the cases of medical radiation technologists who may be unable to perform the functions required for the practice of the medical radiation technology profession.
9. To set standards of clinical competence, cultural competence, and ethical conduct to be observed by medical radiation technologists.
10. To liaise with other authorities appointed under the Act about matters of common interest.
11. To promote education and training in the profession of medical radiation technology.
12. To promote public awareness of the responsibilities of the Board.
13. To exercise and perform any other functions, powers, and duties that are conferred or imposed on it by or under the Act or any other enactment.