Charges
Primary responsibilities include reviewing the ÁùºÏ²Ê¿â±¦µä Practice Standards for Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy, for
relevancy and inclusion while recommending changes or additions to be approved by the House of Delegates, as
well as, researching practice issues and developing opinions through the advisory opinion statement process.
Council members should be able to provide guidance on practice trends that emerge as well as promote the
practice standards among the profession.
Duties:
The ÁùºÏ²Ê¿â±¦µä Practice Standards Council members are appointed by the ÁùºÏ²Ê¿â±¦µä Board of Directors as the 12 representatives
for the practice areas recognized by the ÁùºÏ²Ê¿â±¦µä House of Delegates. Additionally, each council member serves as
chair of a Practice Standards Council subcommittee for their designated area of practice.
The Practice Standards Council shall:
- Develop and maintain the Practice Standards for Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy in accordance with
approved processes.
- Propose revisions to the Practice Standards for Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy based on evidentiary
documentation.
- Research and review practice issues and recommend action.
- Be invited to author “Standards and Practices” columns for the ÁùºÏ²Ê¿â±¦µä Scanner.
- Educate, support and promote values of practice standards to ÁùºÏ²Ê¿â±¦µä members and medical imaging and
radiation therapy professionals in maintaining the highest standards and ethics.
Time Commitment
During this three-year commitment, Practice Standards Council members can expect to spend a minimum of six hours per
month reviewing and contributing to community postings, reviewing ÁùºÏ²Ê¿â±¦µä Practice Standards documents, and
participating in council meetings.
The year that your area of practice is due for revision, the council member can expect to spend a minimum of five
hours per week from July through September facilitating the work of their subcommittee by gathering opinions
from fellow chapter members about practice-related issues, reviewing and contributing to community postings,
responding to email, reviewing practice standards documents, leading webinars and finalizing practice standards
revisions.
Practice Standards Council members are expected to attend all meetings of the council. Most of these meetings occur
through the Zoom platform.
Travel Commitment
Travel may be required for an in-person meeting of the council one time per year the Albuquerque, N.M., office with
an expected minimum travel of three days to attend this meeting. These travel days occur both during the week
and on a weekend. ÁùºÏ²Ê¿â±¦µä provides financial assistance for this travel.
Skills
Practice Standards Council members must have in-depth knowledge and clinical experience in the area of practice they
represent to provide opinions on behalf of ÁùºÏ²Ê¿â±¦µä members. Council members must be able to manage multiple
projects, be detail oriented, be comfortable leading a group to a decision and soliciting opinions from others,
be knowledgeable of ÁùºÏ²Ê¿â±¦µä practice standards processes, be able to build collaborative relationships and be able
to manage group conflict.
Criteria
- Shall be an ÁùºÏ²Ê¿â±¦µä member.
- Shall be a member of an ÁùºÏ²Ê¿â±¦µä affiliate or, if active military, a member of the ÁùºÏ²Ê¿â±¦µä Military Chapter.
- Shall be a member of the chapter the council member is appointed to represent.
- Shall be credentialed in the practice area the council is appointed to represent.
- Shall practice in the area the council member is appointed to represent.
- Council members shall meet the qualifications for practicing in the area being represented as defined in the
House of Delegates Procedure Manual.
- Consideration shall be given to geographic representation.