About the Board

This page provides information on Board Members, Board Meeting Schedule and the Board Functions.

Board Members

Board Members are appointed by the Governor in Council for a term of 4 years. The current Board's Term of Office expires on 11 April 2010 and its members are as follows:

The Medical Radiation Technologists Board of Queensland as at 7 May 2008

back row (l to r) Catherine McHenry, Jennie Baxter, John Andersen, Pamela Rowntree, Amy Illidge

front row (l to r) Myrtle Green, Wayne Nuss, Clare Endicott

absent: Dominic Kennedy

Registrant Members

Wayne Nuss (Chairperson) - Dip App Sc, Grad Dip Mgnt, FIR

Pamela Rowntree (Deputy Chairperson) - Dip App Sc (Diagnostic Radiography), Grad Dip Ed, FIR

John Andersen - Assoc Dip (Medical Radiography) RMIT, Dip App Sc (Medical Imaging Technology),Grad Cert Mgnt, MIR

Jennie Baxter - Assoc Dip App Sc (Therapeutic Radiography), Grad Cert Mgnt, MIR

Dominic Kennedy - B App Sc (MRT)

Catherine McHenry - B App Sc (NMT), Grad Cert Mgnt

Amy Illidge - M App Sc (Radiation Therapy), MIR

Public Members

Myrtle Green - OAM Cert Club Admin, JP (Qual)

Lawyer

Clare Endicott - BA, LLB(Hons), LLM

Board Meeting Schedule

The Board meets on the first Wednesday of each month, except where this date is a Public Holiday. The Board does not meet in January.

If you wish any material to be considered at a formal meeting of the Board it must be received in the Board's Office at least five working days before a scheduled meeting. This will ensure that the material is included on the meeting agenda, which is circulated to members one week in advance of meetings.

Board Functions

Under Section 11 of the Medical Radiation Technologists Registration Act 2001, the Board has the following functions:

(a) -	to assess applications for registration
(b) -	to register persons who satisfy the requirements for registration
(c) -	to monitor, and assess, whether registrants comply with any conditions of registration
(d) -	to keep a register of, and records relating to, registrants
(e) -	to promote high standards of practice of the profession by registrants
(f) -	to develop or adopt programs for the continuing professional education of registrants, and encourage their participation in the programs
(g) -	to develop or adopt training programs in the practice of the profession that are relevant to a person's eligibility for registration
(h) -	to confer and cooperate with interstate regulatory authorities
(i) -	to confer and cooperate with entities engaged in the development of national policies about the regulation of the profession
(j) -	to confer and cooperate with the following entities about the education of persons in the practice of the profession - (i) educational institutions (ii) entities responsible for accrediting courses, or accrediting institutions to educate persons, for the profession
(k) -	to inform registrants and the public about the operation of the legislative scheme in its application to the profession
(l) -	to examine, and advise the Minister about, the operation of the legislative scheme in its application to the profession
(m) -	to monitor, and enforce, compliance with this Act
(n) -	to undertake research, relevant to the legislative scheme, into the regulation of the profession
(o) -	to collect, and give to persons, information about the practice of the profession by registrants
(p) -	to perform other functions given to the Board under this or another Act.