Radiation Advisory Committee

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Introduction

The Radiation Advisory Committee was established in 1984 by the Minister for Health under the Health Act 1958 to advise the Minister or the Secretary on any matters relating to the administration of the radiation legislation referred to it by the Minister or the Secretary including the following:

• the promotion of radiation safety procedures and practices;

• recommending the criteria for the licensing of persons and the qualifications, training or experience required for licensing;

• recommending the criteria for the registration of radiation apparatus and sealed radioactive sources;

• recommending the nature, extent and frequency of periodic safety assessments of radiation apparatus and sealed radioactive sources;

• codes of practice with respect to particular radioactive substances and uses of ionizing and non-ionizing radiation; and

• any matter which the Minister agrees the Committee should consider and report on.

Radiation advisory committee annual reports

The Act also requires that the Committee submit an annual report to the Minister by 1 November each year. The report is required to be tabled in Parliament as soon as practicable after it is received.

2008 Annual Report (226kb, pdf)

2007 Annual Report (203kb, pdf)

2006 Annual Report (380kb, pdf)

2005 Annual Report (1100kb, pdf)

2004 Annual Report (691kb, pdf)

2003 Annual Report (1000kb, pdf)

2002 Annual Report (746kb, pdf)

2001 Annual Report (589kb, pdf)

2000 Annual Report (740kb, pdf)

1999 Annual Report (1455kb, pdf)

1998 Annual Report (1952kb, pdf)

1997 Annual Report (568kb, pdf)

1996 Annual Report (333kb, pdf)

Committee Members

Members of the Committee are appointed by the Minister for terms of 3 years. The current term ends on 1 September 2010. The members are:

Dr John Heggie (Chair)
Consultant Medical Physicist

Mr Peter Burns
Director, Environmental and Radiation Health Branch
ARPANSA

Dr Ken Joyner
Director, Global EME Strategy and Regulatory Affairs
Motorola Australia Pty. Ltd.

Dr David Bernshaw
Consultant Radiation Oncologist
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Professor Robert Gibson
Deputy Head, Department of Radiology
University of Melbourne

Dr Roslyn Drummond
Deputy Director, Radiation Oncology
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Dr Graeme O’Keefe
Principal Scientist
Austin Health

Dr Rob Davidson
Associate Professor and Head, Discipline of Medical Relations
RMIT University

Mr Russell Booth
Chief Nuclear Medicine Technologist
St Vincents Hospital

Dr Russell Horney
Physicist, Department of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences
Monash University

Mr Stephen White
Chief Nuclear Medicine Technologist
Cabrini Health

Secretary: Mr. Julian Marwick
Radiation Safety Section
phone: 1300 767 469
fax: 1300 769 274
email: radiation.safety@dhs.vic.gov.au

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