CMRITO News January 2018

Effective January 1, 2018, the CMRTO QA Program has been updated!

The Quality Assurance (QA) Committee has been working on revising and improving the (Quality Assurance) QA Program! In determining what changes should be made, the QA Committee considered the following:

• The new Standards of Practice, effective January 1, 2018

• Ways to make the QA Portfolio easier to use

• Ways to improve and maintain member compliance with the QA program

The Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) has requested the College of Medical Radiation Technologists of Ontario (CMRTO) to regulate diagnostic medical sonographers as a fifth specialty. The necessary regulations made under the Medical Radiation Technology Act come into force today, January 1, 2018.

Revised CMRTO Standards of Practice and revised CMRTO Code of Ethics come into effect today, January 1, 2018. The new Standards of Practice, 2018 replace the previous Standards of Practice, dated September 2011. The new Code of Ethics, 2018 replace the previous Code of Ethics, dated September 2011. The new documents are available on the CMRTO website by clicking here for the Standards of Practice and here for the Code of Ethics. You can click on the links above to review the documents, and you may choose to print them for your reference. CMRTO is providing publications in electronic format only, effective today.