SDMS Position Statement

The Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (SDMS) believes that point-of-care ultrasound imaging should be performed by:

1. A diagnostic medical sonographer certified in the specialty area of the procedure to be performed; or
2. A licensed health care provider who:
1. Has acquired the necessary knowledge, skills and training in the specific point-of-care ultrasound imaging procedure to be performed; and
2. Is providing the point-of-care ultrasound imaging procedure pursuant to the licensing jurisdiction’s scope of practice for the health care provider.

Approved by the SDMS Board of Directors, September, 2011.