20th HERCA Board Meeting

HERCA Board met on 2 and 3 November 2017 in Copenhagen, Denmark. This 20^th meeting was kindly hosted by the Danish Health Authority (SIS). HERCA also celebrated its 10^th anniversary since its creation in 2007.

Board members elected Mrs Fernanda Sánchez Ojanguren (CSN, Spain) and Mrs Mette Øhlenschlæger (SIS, Denmark) as HERCA vice-Chairs for the 2018-2020 period. They also approved the creation of a new working group for addressing Radon, NORM and Building Materials issues.

The different working groups presented their latest activities, planned tasks for 2018 and their action plan for 2018-2020. The Board approved the following documents and their publication:

•  HERCA position paper on the Justification of new types or classes of practices in the medical field and the report on the HERCA Multi-stakeholder workshop (24-26 Oct. 2016, Paris, France).
•  HERCA report on CT Manufacturers stakeholder involvement.
•  HERCA guidance on the implementation of Radiation Protection Expert and Radiation Protection Officier Requirements.

 The next HERCA Board meeting will be on 17-18 May 2018 in Prague, Czech Republic.