March 12 and 14, 2024
7 – 9:30 pm Eastern Time
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Registration Deadline – February 29, 2024
March 12 and 14, 2024
7 – 9:30 pm Eastern Time
Register to attend virtually »
Registration Deadline – February 29, 2024
Virtual reference committee open hearings for the 2024 ACR® Practice Parameters and Technical Standards (PP&TS) will take place on March 12 and 14, from 7–9:30pm ET. This meeting is the last opportunity for all members to provide input on documents that will be voted on during ACR 2024 in Washington, DC.
The final draft PP&TS are available online for review via DOCS (login required). View the list of documents for each day with the following links - March 12 and March 14.
Background on the Virtual Meeting
In 2022, the ACR Council passed a resolution to make significant changes to the process for developing Practice Parameters and Technical Standards (PP&TS). These changes impact the member commenting period and the annual meeting approval process and will be implemented for PP&TS documents considered during ACR 2024.
For more information, review the PP-TS Work Group Report from ACR 2023 or the Bulletin article from August 2023.
Questions? Contact ACRPPTS@acr.org.
All ACR members can register for the virtual meeting to participate in open hearings on the Practice Parameters and Technical Standards up for approval.
No, you do not have to participate in both meetings, but it is strongly encouraged. Reference Committee open hearings for PP&TS resolutions will take place during the virtual meeting only. Policy resolutions and bylaws amendments will have open hearings during the in-person meeting in Washington, DC. Final voting on all resolutions will take place during the in-person meeting, on April 16.
You can utilize ACR DOCS to review the documents up for approval. ACR login is required.
Through the system you can view the documents online or download a PDF.
All ACR members can review the 2024 PP&TS resolutions and submit an amendment. Please utilize ACR DOCS to submit an amendment.
To submit an amendment for the 2024 documents, please utilize ACR DOCS to access the Electronic Amendment Booth. If you submit an amendment via ACR DOCS, you must verbally present your amendment at open session on either March 12th or March 14th. Amendments that are only entered into the system, but not spoken to during the virtual meeting will not be considered by the Reference Committee.
The Electronic Amendment Booth will open on March 7th for the virtual meeting. Amendments will only be accepted in the system for the PP&TS resolutions on the agenda for March 12th and 14th (resolutions 1-31, assigned to Reference Committees I and II).
The Electronic Amendment Booth will close following the virtual meeting and reopen in April for the in-person meeting, to accept amendments for all other resolutions.
Staff Hours for Assistance (via email to docs@acr.org)
All amendments spoken to verbally during the virtual meeting will be considered by the Reference Committee. Incorporating amendments will be up to the discretion of the Reference Committee in their closed session review.
The Reference Committee report will reflect any amendments that are incorporated into the documents as a result of accepting amendments offered during the virtual meeting.
The final draft versions of the PP&TS will be distributed to Council and co-sponsoring organizations at least one week prior to the in-person annual meeting.
The 2024 Practice Parameters and Technical Standards will be voted on by Councilors at the ACR Annual Meeting in Washington DC, on April 16th.
Per the resolution passed by the Council,