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.
Nov 2024 | Clinical Training Placements for Sonography Students in Australia
Sep 2024 | Definition of Point of Care Ultrasound
May 2022 | Sex determination by ultrasound in the first trimester
Feb 2022 | Mitigating sonographer distractions in obstetric ultrasounds
May 2020 | ASA Statement on Return of diagnostic imaging services during COVID-19
Apr 2020 | ASA Statement on the Australian Government response to PPE access
Jan 2020 | Obstetric medical diagnostic imaging and the non-medical use of ultrasound
Mar 2017 | Statement of Intent: Working together to close the gap on Indigenous health. Joint statement released through Allied Health Professions Australia alliance.
Mar 2017 | Statement of Principles: Breast cancer imaging in Australia. Joint statement developed and endorsed through alliance with the Peak Imaging Coalition
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.
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 Consultation draft of the Tasmanian Cardiac Strategy
June 2024 | ASA response to Unleashing the Potential of our Health Workforce - Scope of Practice Review
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
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
Dec 2022 | ASA Response to the National Skills Commission, Skills Priority List – Stakeholder Survey
Jun 2022 | ASA feedback on supervision of Medicare funded musculoskeletal (MSK) ultrasound services
Apr 2022 | ASA feedback on MSAC Proposed Diagnostic Imaging Services
Feb 2022 | ASA response to MSAC 1705 - Structured prenatal risk assessment for preterm preeclampsia
Jan 2020 | ASA submission to COVID-19 Senate Inquiry
Mar 2019 | ASA response to the MBS Review Taskforce – Report from the Vascular Clinical Committee
Jun 2018 | ASA submission to MSAC application 1482 – New item numbers and rebates for mobile radiology services
Jun 2018 | ASA feedback on the draft National Action Plan for Endometriosis
Mar 2023 | ASA response to the New Zealand Ministry of Health, Women’s Health Strategy
Feb 2023 | ASA response to the New Zealand 2022 Budget Policy Statement (Budget 2023)
Jan 2022 | ASA response to the New Zealand 2021 Budget Policy Statement (Budget 2022)
Dec 2021 | ASA response to the proposed Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill
July 2020 | ASA response to the NZ Ministry of Health Performance reviews of the regulatory bodies in NZ
May 2019 | ASA response to the New Zealand Obstetric Ultrasound Guidelines: Consultation document
Apr 2019 | ASA response to the Ministry of Health Therapeutic Products Regulatory Scheme consultation
Aug 2023 | ASA submission to AHPRA criminal history standard review
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
Mar 2022 | ASA response to ACSQHC consultation on the draft Stillbirth Clinical Care Standard
Oct 2021 | ASA response to ACSQHC development of a stillbirth and bereavement care clinical care standard
Sep 2021 | ASA response to Public Consultation of RANZCR Standards of Practice for Clinical Radiology v11
Oct 2020 | ASA response to the Queensland Health Clinical Placements Strategic Review 2020 Discussion Paper
Dec 2019 | ASA response to the AHPRA Supervised practice framework consultation
Nov 2019 | ASA response to RANZCR draft Standards of Practice for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Apr 2018 | ASA response to RANZCR consultation on draft of Practice for Clinical Radiology Version 11
Jul 2017 | ASA response to the NHMRC Antenatal Care Guidelines consultation