Perform legal and ethical duties, including preparing safety or accident reports, obtaining written consent from patient to perform invasive procedures, or reporting symptoms of abuse or neglect.

“Perform legal and ethical duties, including preparing safety or accident reports, obtaining written consent from patient to perform invasive procedures, or reporting symptoms of abuse or neglect.” is a core task performed by Diagnostic Medical Sonographers. Among the occupation's 20 rated tasks, workers place it 5th by importance (#16 most important). About 79% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Obtain formal documentation or authorization. in Getting Information
• Prepare reports of operational or procedural activities. in Documenting/Recording Information

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E1. Direct exposure — a language model could plausibly cut the time to do this task by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 1.00. Automation potential label: T1.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Observe screen during scan to ensure that image produced is satisfactory for diagnostic purposes, making adjustments to equipment as required. · importance 4.9
• Observe and care for patients throughout examinations to ensure their safety and comfort. · importance 4.8
• Provide sonogram and oral or written summary of technical findings to physician for use in medical diagnosis. · importance 4.8
• Operate ultrasound equipment to produce and record images of the motion, shape, and composition of blood, organs, tissues, or bodily masses, such as fluid accumulations. · importance 4.8
• Select appropriate equipment settings and adjust patient positions to obtain the best sites and angles. · importance 4.8
• Decide which images to include, looking for differences between healthy and pathological areas. · importance 4.8
• Prepare patient for exam by explaining procedure, transferring patient to ultrasound table, scrubbing skin and applying gel, and positioning patient properly. · importance 4.7
• Determine whether scope of exam should be extended, based on findings. · importance 4.7
• Obtain and record accurate patient history, including prior test results or information from physical examinations. · importance 4.6
• Maintain records that include patient information, sonographs and interpretations, files of correspondence, publications and regulations, or quality assurance records, such as pathology, biopsy, or post-operative reports. · importance 4.6
• Record and store suitable images, using camera unit connected to the ultrasound equipment. · importance 4.6
• Process and code film from procedures and complete appropriate documentation. · importance 4.5
• Coordinate work with physicians or other healthcare team members, including providing assistance during invasive procedures. · importance 4.4
• Clean, check, and maintain sonographic equipment, submitting maintenance requests or performing minor repairs as necessary. · importance 4.3

See all tasks on the Diagnostic Medical Sonographers page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  title  = {Perform legal and ethical duties, including preparing safety or accident reports, obtaining written consent from patient to perform invasive procedures, or reporting symptoms of abuse or neglect.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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