Professional capabilities for medical radiation practice

Our Standards

The Professional capabilities for medical radiation practice (the professional capabilities) recognise the various roles that a practitioner undertakes in practice, including the professional role, the partner in care, the communicator and collaborator, the educator, and the medical radiation safety expert.

The short videos below help explain the professional capabilities. FAQs include case study examples of how to ensure your practice is consistent with the minimum capabilities.

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More resources for practitioners and stakeholders

Policy: Communicating for safety – if urgent or unexpected findings are seen (2020) PDF (188KB) Word version (341KB, DOCX)
Fact sheet for clinical supervisors 2020 PDF (131 KB) Word version (280KB, DOCX)
Fact sheet for education providers (2020) PDF (125 KB) Word version (279KB, DOCX)
Professional capabilities for medical radiation practice (2020) PDF (192 KB) Word version (409KB, DOCX)

Retired professional capabilities

The current professional capabilities and supporting resources came into effect on 1 March 2020 after a public consultation of the original 2013 professional capabilities.

Outcomes of consultation on professional capabilities (2019) PDF (255 KB) Word version (157 KB,DOCX)
Retired: Professional capabilities for medical radiation practice (2013) PDF (152 KB,PDF), Word version (414 KB,DOCX)