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HERCA and the U.S.A Food and Drug Administration sign a Memorandum of Understanding on radiation protection

2012-04-30 - The Association of the Heads of the European Radiological protection Competent Authorities (HERCA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) through its Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) as part of the U.S. Department of Health and H Read more

HERCA Patient release card

2012-02-21 - At the occasion of its 8th meeting held in Bern on 8 December 2011, HERCA has approved a proposal for a patient release card after a therapeutic application of radionuclides. The card is a complementary document to the document “131I therapy: Patient Read more

Regulators Work With Medical Industry on Radiation Protection

2012-01-09 - Putting patient safety first is a priority for both HERCA, the association of the Heads of European Radiological Protection Competent Authorities and, COCIR, the European trade association representing the medical imaging, electromedical... Read more

Update on the status of the work on a European radiation passbook

2011-07-01 - HERCA approves suggestions to include the HERCA proposal on a data system for individual radiological monitoring – in the Outside Workers Directive referred to as a centralised national network and/or individual radiological monitoring documents... Read more

Welcome to the homepage of the association of the Heads of European Radiological protection Competent Authorities.

HERCA is a voluntary association in which the Heads of Radiation Protection Authorities work together in order to identify common issues and propose practical solutions for these issues. HERCA is working on topics generally covered by provisions of the EURATOM Treaty. The programme of work of HERCA is based on common interest in significant regulatory issues.

The goal of HERCA is to contribute to a high level of radiological protection throughout Europe. In order to achieve this goal, the association will:

Build and maintain a European network of chief radiation protection regulatory authorities, with the definite wish to involve ALL such regulatory authorities, throughout Europe
Promote the exchange of ideas and experiences, avoiding unnecessary duplication of work and learning from one another’s best practices
Develop a common approach to radiation protection and the way it is transposed into regulation
Discuss and, where appropriate, express its consensus opinion on significant regulatory issues.

The uniqueness of HERCA, as compared to other existing networks in radiation protection, is that it is composed of the Heads of the Authorities, persons who either have decision capacity or can at least have a major influence on policy and decisions within their country.