About IRS: Volunteering for a Committee

Purpose: Complete and return this form to volunteer to serve as a member of an Illinois Radiological Society (IRS) Committee where membership is open to all members. You must be a member in good standing of the IRS. Committee Chairs will advise you of your selection.

Term: Service on committees is for a minimum of two years.

Committee Purposes

Equipment Committee

This committee is charges with overall concern with equipment design, performance, and availability; education of the radiologist in equipment matters; and exchanging information with and assisting the College Committee in the implementation of its programs.

Fellowship Committee

This committee shall annually review the membership of the Society for the purpose of nominating members for Fellowship in the American College of Radiology.

Judicial Affairs Committee

This committee shall consider charges of unethical conduct pursuant to Article IV, Section 7. This Committee shall be composed of three (3) members appointed by the president with the approval of the Executive Committee. Wherever possible, members of the Executive Committee shall not be appointed to the Judicial Affairs Committee.

Legislative Advisory Committee

This committee shall consist of at least five (5) members and should include a Physicist, a Nuclear Medicine Physician and a Diagnostic Radiologist. Its function shall be to monitor legislation pertinent to the field of Radiology and to act as liaison among the Society, the Illinois Medical Society Legal Affairs Committee, and the Executive and Legislative Branches of the State of Illinois.

Mammography Committee

This committee shall provide technical assistance and educational activities regarding mammography to the members of the Society.

Physics Committee

This committee shall consist of at least three (3) members. The function of this committee shall be to coordinate the activities of the members in Physics with the functioning of the remainder of the Society.

Program Committee

This committee shall be responsible for developing educational programming for the IRS Annual Meeting and Education Conference.

Socio-Economics for Residents Committee

This committee shall engage in broad educational programs for members-in-training in Illinois in all fields of Radiology.

Standards in Radiologic Practice Committee

This committee shall be charged with the duty of assisting members of the Society in developing arrangements for the proper practice of Radiology in accordance with principles and practices of the American College of Radiology. This committee will also relate to third party insurance carriers.

Technologist Advisory Committee

This committee shall undertake projects and programs to advance radiologic technology after each has been approved by the Executive Committee. They will also be responsible for furnishing names of radiologists to survey educational programs of radiologic technology to the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology. This committee shall contain a liaison member to be named by the Illinois State Society of Radiologic Technologist (ISSRT).

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