CBR obtains legal victory in Public Civil Action against the performance of ultrasound examinations and the teaching of the technique to non-medical professionals.
The 16th Civil Court of the District of Belo Horizonte/MG, in the Public Civil Action No. 1061136-95.2025.8.13.0024/MG, ruled in favor of the requests made by the Brazilian College of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging – CBR against SC e F. Ltda., MMCF, IBM and Igor BO.
In the judgment, the Court confirmed the previously granted preliminary injunction and made definitive the determination that the defendants, jointly and severally: (i) refrain from performing, offering, or promoting the execution of ultrasound examinations on human beings, as well as from issuing any interpretative document, report, opinion, or statement based on this technique; (ii) refrain from administering, promoting, organizing, advertising, or selling courses, training, workshops, or any form of teaching related to the ultrasound technique for non-medical professionals and students from fields other than Medicine; and (iii) remove, within 30 days, from websites, social media profiles, and any other means of communication, physical or digital, all advertising, offers, announcements, or information relating to the practice of ultrasound examinations and the offering of courses on the technique for non-medical professionals, under penalty of a daily fine in case of non-compliance and without prejudice to the investigation of liability for the crime of disobedience.
In its reasoning, the judgment acknowledged that performing ultrasound examinations and issuing interpretive documents resulting from these examinations constitute acts exclusive to physicians, pursuant to Article 4, VII and X, of Law No. 12.842/2013, and that teaching ultrasound techniques to non-medical professionals violates Article 5, III, of the same law. It also stated that administrative resolutions cannot override the legal discipline of medical acts and that the contested conduct exposes public health to concrete risk.
This sets a significant precedent for defending the professional prerogatives of doctors, the legality of practicing medicine, and the protection of public health.
Another important victory in defense of radiology.