President's message

Welcome to the Medical Radiation Practice Council’s December newsletter.

I’d like to acknowledge my colleagues across the council and the Health Professional Councils Authority for all their tireless work throughout 2025.

This year we engaged in a number of successful ways with the wider medical radiation practice community. We created targeted presentations alongside the Australian Society of Medical Imaging and Radiation NSW branch, spoke with University of Newcastle students and reconnected with the Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia.

As we move into 2026 our focus is on attendance at ASMIRT and the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nuclear Medicine conferences which will allow us to explore joint work with the Board. If you are in Hobart or Canberra for these conferences in 2026, come and say hi.

Finally, I’d like to draw your attention to an incredibly important item, which I hope you will take the time to read and reflect on.

This relates to the new professional capabilities released in early November by the Board, and which come into effect on 30 March 2026.

On behalf of the Medical Radiation Practice Council, I hope you have a safe holiday season and best wishes to you and your loved ones.

Justine Trpezanovski 
President, Medical Radiation Practice Council 

Protected titles

As a registered medical radiation practitioner you are legally allowed to use the title of your speciality, e.g. nuclear medicine scientist, radiation therapist, radiographer etc.

However, anyone can call themselves a sonographer or MRI technologist as these are not protected titles. Identifying yourself using a protected title for which you aren’t registered is against the law and can have legal and financial consequences.

Complaints management

The Medical Radiation Council of NSW works closely with the NSW Health Care Complaints Commission (HCCC) to review and address concerns raised about practitioners and students in NSW.

Our responsibility under the law is to protect the health and safety of the public. We support practitioners in situations where their conduct, performance, or health may affect their ability to provide safe care.

We do this by assessing complaints, promoting compliance with professional standards and delivering programs to ensure practitioners provide safe care to their patients.

Tell us what you think

The Medical Radiation Practice Council of NSW is looking to provide you with shorter, more regular updates about topics relevant to the profession.

Please send us an email if you have a particular comment or suggestion about this update.

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