40. General responsibilities of licensees

Every licensee must ensure, prior to providing care and comfort to an individual undergoing a radiological procedure, that a caregiver or comforter must not incur a medical exposure unless he or she has received, and has indicated an understanding of, relevant information on radiation protection and information on the radiation risks.

Every licensee must ensure that —

the radiological medical practitioner performing or overseeing the radiological procedure has assumed responsibility for ensuring overall protection and safety for patients in the planning and delivery of the medical exposure and the optimisation of protection and safety, in cooperation with the medical physicist and the medical radiation technologist, as appropriate;

radiological medical practitioners, medical physicists, medical radiation technologists and other healthcare workers with specific duties in relation to the protection and safety of patients in a radiological procedure have specialised or relevant training in the appropriate area; and

any designation of responsibilities by a principal party is documented.

Every licensee must ensure, prior to providing care and comfort to an individual undergoing a radiological procedure, that a caregiver or comforter must not incur a medical exposure unless he or she has received, and has indicated an understanding of, relevant information on radiation protection and information on the radiation risks.

Every licensee must ensure that —

the radiological medical practitioner performing or overseeing the radiological procedure has assumed responsibility for ensuring overall protection and safety for patients in the planning and delivery of the medical exposure and the optimisation of protection and safety, in cooperation with the medical physicist and the medical radiation technologist, as appropriate;

radiological medical practitioners, medical physicists, medical radiation technologists and other healthcare workers with specific duties in relation to the protection and safety of patients in a radiological procedure have specialised or relevant training in the appropriate area; and

any designation of responsibilities by a principal party is documented.