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Submissions and Position Statements

Position Statements

Below is a list of position statements produced by the ASA in collaboration with our membership, including advisory and special interest groups. 

These statements provide the ASA’s view on issues of relevance to sonographers, sonography practice, and members of the public undergoing ultrasound exams; and support our work in advocating for the profession.

Consultations & Submissions

The ASA regularly engages with government and sector consultations, representing the sonography profession to ensure that patients' have access to high quality medical diagnostic ultrasound services provided by sonographers.

The ASA's expert committees and special interest groups support the organisation in this work. Following are some of the most recent ASA responses to consultations and other submissions to industry and governments on behalf of sonographers.

Sep 2026 | ASA response to ABS Occupation Standard Classification for Australia (OSCA)

Jul 2026 | ASA response to AHPRA consultation on recency of practice and CPD registration standards

Apr 2026 | Regional, rural and remote Medicare access and funding inquiry

Nov 2025 | ASA Response to the Review of Select Medicare Funded Diagnostic Imaging Ultrasound Services - Phase 2 (Obstetric and Gynaecological Ultrasound items)

Oct 2025 | ASA Response to Medicare Funded Diagnostic Breast Imaging Services 2nd Public Consultation Paper

Jul 2025 | ASA Response to the Australian Safety and Quality Medical Imaging Accreditation (ASQMIA) Scheme

Jun 2025 | ASA Submission – Feedback on Proposed MBS Item for Pelvic Ultrasound for Suspected Complex Gynaecological Conditions

May 2025 | ASA response to public consultation on MRPBA Professional Capabilities of medical radiation practitioners

Apr 2025 | ASA Response to the Tasmanian Code of Conduct for Health Care Workers

Mar 2025 | ASA Response to the Draft National Allied Health Workforce Strategy

Feb 2025 | ASA Response to Men’s Health - Potential expansion of Medicare Benefits Schedule items 55282 and 55284

Feb 2025 | ASA Response to the Queensland Allied Health Clinical Governance Framework Review

Nov 2024 | ASA Response to the Review of Medicare Funded Diagnostic Breast Imaging Services

Nov 2024 | ASA Response to the Review of Select Medicare Funded Diagnostic Imaging Ultrasound Services 

Oct 2024 | ASA Response to the NRAS Complexity Review

Oct 2024 | ASA response to the Consultation draft of the Tasmanian Cardiac Strategy

June 2024 | ASA response to Unleashing the Potential of our Health Workforce - Scope of Practice Review

Jun 2024 | ASA response to AHPRA public consultation on good practice guidance for clincial placements, simulation-based learning and virtual care

May 2024 | ASA response to Parliament of South Australia Select Committee on Endometriosis

Mar 2024 | ASA input to the 2024 Skills Priority List - Stakeholder Survey

Oct 2023 | ASA submission to the MyHealth record consultation

Aug 2023 | ASA response to the review of the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO)

Aug 2023 | ASA submission to AHPRA criminal history standard review

Jul 2023 | ASA response to the consultation on Safe and Responsible AI in Australia

May 2023 | ASA response to the ACSQHC National Safety and Quality Cosmetic Surgery Standards

May 2023 | ASA response to the draft RANZCR Standards of Practice for Clinical Radiology v12.0

Feb 2023 | ASA response to the AHPRA Review of Accreditation Arrangements

Feb 2023 | ASA response to Sustainable healthcare module consultation

Jan 2023 | ASA response to AHPRA draft Data Strategy consultation

Dec 2022 | ASA response to Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs Inquiry into universal access to reproductive health

Dec 2022 | ASA Response to the National Skills Commission, Skills Priority List – Stakeholder Survey

Jul 2022 | ASA feedback on the Review of the Diagnostic Imaging Accreditation Scheme standards and model of accreditation

Jun 2022 | ASA feedback on supervision of Medicare funded musculoskeletal (MSK) ultrasound services

Apr 2022 | ASA feedback on MSAC Proposed Diagnostic Imaging Services

Mar 2022 | ASA response to ACSQHC consultation on the draft Stillbirth Clinical Care Standard

Mar 2022 | ASA Letter of Support - RANZCR applications to formally recognise Interventional Radiology and Interventional Neuroradiology fields of specialty practice

Feb 2022 | ASA response to MSAC 1705 - Structured prenatal risk assessment for preterm preeclampsia

Nov 2021 | ASA response to MSAC application: Public funding of Radiofrequency echographic multi spectrometry (REMS) for bone density measurement and determination of osteopenia/osteoporosis

Oct 2021 | ASA response to ACSQHC development of a stillbirth and bereavement care clinical care standard

Oct 2021 | ASA response to ASUM Colour Duplex Doppler Ultrasound Extracranial Carotid Artery Disease draft guideline

Oct 2021 | ASA response to RANZCR Position Statement on the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine consultation

Sep 2021 | ASA response to Public Consultation of RANZCR Standards of Practice for Clinical Radiology v11

Nov 2019 | ASA response to RANZCR draft Standards of Practice for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

Mar 2019 | ASA response to the MBS Review Taskforce – Report from the Vascular Clinical Committee

Nov 2018 | ASA response to the MBS Schedule Review Taskforce – Report from the Diagnostic Medicine Clinical Committee

Nov 2018 | ASA response to the MBS Schedule Review Taskforce – Final Report from the Diagnostic Imaging Clinical Committee

Oct 2018 | ASA response to the MBS Review Taskforce - Reports from the Diagnostic Imaging Clinical Committee: Breast Imaging and Nuclear Medicine