Definition of Supervision for Ultrasound Practice Accreditation Standards

1. An appropriately qualified physician must be readily available to review and interpret any ultrasound examination.

a. For limited ultrasound examinations, an appropriately qualified advanced clinical provider must be readily available to review and interpret results. 

2. In the exceptional circumstance when such a physician or advanced clinical provider is not immediately available at the time of the sonogram:

a. A mechanism must be in place to address unexpected, questionable, or urgent findings;

b. If immediate physician review is not available, a patient call-back mechanism must be established; and