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Provincial requirements in addition to the national competency profile
Health science profession:
Nuclear medicine technology
Provincial regulatory body:
Alberta College of Medical Diagnostic and Therapeutic Technologists
(ACMDTT)
Last updated by ACMDTT:
August 2014
Last reviewed by ACMDTT:
August 2014
List of provincial requirements defined
by the provincial regulatory body
(ACMDTT)
Reference to program course(s)
and/or clinical rotation(s)
To be completed by program and
submitted as part of the program selfassessment report and required
evidence for criteria 1.3 and 1.5
(formerly criterion 1.6 in version 2009
of the Requirements for accreditation)
Performance
environment
(this is where the
competency is
expected to be
assessed)
Apply the Health Professions Act, R.S.A.
(2000 and as amended) and the Medical
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Profession Regulation (2005 and as
amended)
Didactic
Apply the ACMDTT Code of Ethics
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Apply the ACMDTT Standards of Practice
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Apply the Health Information Act (2000
and as amended)
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Adhere to the workplace standards
defined in the Occupational Health and
Safety regulations of the Occupational
Health and Safety Act (2006 and as
amended)
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Apply the standards of Alberta Health to
prevent contamination of person,
equipment and environment
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Apply the Health Canada Infection
Control Guidelines as identified in the
document: Routine Practices and
Additional Precautions for Preventing the
Transmission of Infection in Health Care
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Didactic
Apply the relevant sections of the
Radiation Protection Act (2000 and as
amended)
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Didactic
Maintain confidentiality of records with
appropriate access.
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Clinical
Label eluate, radiopharmaceuticals and
patient doses.
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Clinical
Assist in the following cardiovascular
procedure: first pass study
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Didactic
Perform the following gastrointestinal (GI)
procedures in a clinical setting: Meckel’s
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diverticulum
Simulation
Assist in the following gastrointestinal (GI)
procedures: gastric emptying (liquid);
esophageal transit; gastroesophageal
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reflux; and Meckel’s diverticulum with
pharmacological intervention
Didactic
Assist in the following genitourinary (GU)
procedure: direct cystography
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Clinical
Assist in the following central nervous
system (CNS) procedures: CSF
cisternogram; CSF leak; cerebral spinal
fluid (CSF) shunt patency; cerebral blood
flow (brain death) and dacrocystogram
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Didactic
Assist in the following respiratory system
procedure: pulmonary aspiration
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Didactic
Perform the following tumour,
inflammation and lymphatic procedures in
a clinical setting: tumour imaging with
iodine
*The ACMDTT acknowledges that the opportunity to
dispense and administer radioactive iodine may not
be available to all students at all sites; therefore, for
the purpose of achieving competence at the program
level the student is required to perform all aspects of
the procedure with the exception of dispensing and
administering iodine.
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