The bodies that oversee practice.
WHAT REGULATES PRACTITIONERS
Professional councils for each discipline.
WHAT THEY CONTROL
Registration Standards of practice Discipline
WHAT REGULATES FACILITIES
State health authorities, and sector-specific bodies.
WHAT THEY CONTROL
Registration and category Minimum standards Inspection
WHAT ELSE MAY APPLY
Medicines regulation, where you store or dispense Laboratory accreditation, for diagnostics Radiation regulation, for imaging
WHY RADIATION SPECIFICALLY
It is separately and strictly regulated, with licensing and monitoring requirements.
WHAT TO ESTABLISH
Every body with authority over what you do.
WHAT INSPECTIONS EXAMINE
Premises and equipment Staff registration Records Waste handling Infection control Consent and clinical documentation
WHAT TO PREPARE
Evidence, generated by the operation itself.
WHY
Assembling it for an inspection is visible.
WHAT TO KEEP READY
Registrations Inspection reports and any conditions Staff registration records Maintenance and calibration records Waste disposal evidence Training records
WHAT TO DO ABOUT CONDITIONS IMPOSED
Address them, and evidence that you did.
WHAT TO CALENDAR
Every renewal and inspection cycle.
WHAT TO VERIFY
Current requirements, which change.
WHAT TO DO ABOUT REGULATORY CORRESPONDENCE
Treat it with priority.
