Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposures) Regulations

Below is information relating to your responsibilities under the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposures) Regulations (IR(ME)R).

Diagnostic Imaging Department responsibilities for NMRs

Below sets out the responsibilities of the Diagnostic Imaging Department for the governance of non-medical referrers (NMRs), referring to DCH.

The NMR governance team includes:

Make appropriate documentation available to referrers
Approve, adjust or reject applications
Process applications and liaise with applicants/ delegating clinicians as required
Agree scope of entitlement (inclusion criteria) for individual NMRs
·Keep up to date records of referrers
Determine and advise on the level of training required relating to the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2017 (IRMER)
Ensure that referrers have undertaken initial IRMER training prior to accepting imaging requests
Offer update IRMER training
Ensure that referrers are aware of any update/revisions of IRMER regulations that may be applicable to their practice
Audit NMRs to ensure requests are appropriate, adhere to their requesting agreement and demonstrate professionalism and accountability in referring patients for diagnostic imaging procedures
Monitor audit compliance with IRMER 2017
Radiographers have the right to question a request for imaging before they justify the imaging exposure. These queries should be addressed in the first instance to the named referrer
Remove requesting privileges if standards are not met and communicate this to the referrer.