Purpose A note on competencies to perform specific procedures List of acronyms Glossary click here to download the Condensed Guidelines click here to download the Comprehensive Guidelines

The Need for Practice Guidelines The CMRTO has developed these practice guidelines to provide a reference to assist MRTs to act in accordance with the Regulated Health Professions Act (RHPA) and the Medical Radiation Technology Act (MRTA) and to assist them to: Perform controlled act procedures authorized to MRTs; Accept delegation of controlled act procedures not authorized to MRTs, if appropriate; and Assess whether to perform services or procedures which are beyond the principal expectations of MRT practice. The CMRTO has developed two versions of the guidelines: a condensed version and a more detailed, comprehensive version. This condensed version provides an overview of basic concepts to clarify practice expectations and the summaries of practice guidelines - an “at-a-glance” approach. The detailed guidelines provide more background information and full explanations of how to implement the practice guidelines, along with suggestions for agency practices. It will be useful to those who require more in-depth information to carry out their roles; for example, those involved in MRT administration, or front-line MRTs who wish to obtain more background information or who have a greater need for detail regarding the practice guidelines. Effective January 1, 2004, the Essential Competencies and the Comprehensive Guidelines, as amended from time to time, replace the “Standards of Practice for Medical Radiation Technologists” for radiography, nuclear medicine and radiation therapy published by the CMRTO and, together, constitute the new standards of practice for medical radiation technologists in the specialties of radiography, nuclear medicine, radiation therapy and magnetic resonance. It is intended that the Essential Competencies and Comprehensive Guidelines be used in conjunction with the Code of Ethics for members of the CMRTO. Together, these documents provide a model for ensuring safe, effective and ethical professional performance to ensure safe, effective and ethical outcomes for patients. In the event that the Essential Competencies or Comprehensive Guidelines set a standard that is higher than departmental policy or procedure, the MRT must comply with the standard set by the Essential Competencies or Comprehensive Guidelines, as the case may be.