What are the benefits to being self regulated?
The first benefit is to the public. If we become self regulated with the NSAMRT then everyone practicing diagnostic sonography in Nova Scoita will need to be licensed. The license will be granted by the college only to those who meet the criteria set out in the regulations of the college. Your legislation committee is recommending that the criteria are CARDUP or ARDMS with CARDUP clinical competency testing. Another benefit to being a self regulated profession is equal status with other regulated health professions. Sonographers in Nova Scotia have been overlooked as stakeholders for some very important health care decisions in the past. This is not unique to Nova Scotia. Sonographers across Canada have been overlooked on many occasions. For instance, sonographers were not consulted in Ontario when proposed changes to the nurses’ scope of practice was to include performing ultrasound. A recent example here in Nova Scotia was failure to include sonography in the proposed Health Informat
