Revised Standards of Practice and Code of Ethics: 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.

The Standards of Practice describe the expectations for professional practice of members of the College. The Standards of Practice reflect the knowledge, skills and judgement that members need in order to perform the services and procedures that fall within the scope of practice of the profession. All CMRTO members are accountable to adhere to the Standards of Practice and Code of Ethics.

Effective January 1, 2018, diagnostic medical sonography is regulated with the CMRTO as a fifth specialty. In the Standards of Practice and Code of Ethics, ‘members’ refers to all members of the CMRTO; that is members in all of the five specialties: radiography, radiation therapy, nuclear medicine, magnetic resonance and diagnostic medical sonography. The Standards of Practice and Code of Ethics have been updated to include the specialty of diagnostic medical sonography, and some other updates to reflect current practice of all members.