Step 1: Register with the Fetal Medicine Foundation 

You can go to the next step when you have the following documents:

• Your FMF UK NT certificate of competence
• Your FMF UK ID number

Step 2: Register with PSO at BORN Ontario as a New NT Sonographer 

You can go to the next step when you have this confirmation email and the attached application form.

New NT Sonographer Registration Form

Fill out this registration form if you are a sonographer or a physician who has never performed, and would like to perform NT measurements and submit them to the Ontario MMS labs for first trimester screening. If you are already providing NT measurements to the Ontario MMS labs for first trimester screening, please register as an "existing sonographer."

Please note that we will not share your contact information without your consent.

By submitting this registration form, you are agreeing to the following statement:

• “I certify that the information provided on this registration form is true and correct and that I am making this application on my own behalf.”
• “J'atteste que les reseignements fournis dans ce formulaire d'inscription sont exacts et que je présente cette demande por moi-même.”

Tips for successfully completing your registration form

• Please enter an email address that you check regularly and can access from anywhere.
• Please enter a phone number where we can contact you directly (including a direct extension if applicable).
• Please enter your primary place of employment under the organization heading (i.e., the institution where you work the most hours).
• Please enter the name of your direct supervisor (e.g., charge sonographer, quality assurance advisor, medical director, or reporting physician) at your primary place of employment.
• Please choose the prenatal screening lab where your primary place of employment sends all of their prenatal screening samples.

Step 3: Collect 15 NT/CRL data points and submit your application to one of the three Ontario MMS labs 

Scan NT patients and collect 15 nuchal translucency (NT) and 15 crown-rump length (CRL) measurements to complete the NT data table found on the application form. Take these measurements over the CRL range as specified by the data table.

Ask for help from an Ontario NT certified sonographer

You must get these measurements yourself; however, do not record these measurements on patients' first trimester screening requisitions. You will need to ask for help from an Ontario NT certified sonographer. Only Ontario NT certified sonographers are able to record NT and CRL measurements on patients' first trimester screening requisitions and send them to the labs. You cannot fill out patients' requisitions if you do not have an Ontario NT ID number.   

Fax your application form and your FMF UK NT certificate of competence to one of the three Ontario MMS labs

Once you have collected your 15 NT and CRL measurements, complete the accreditation application form and fax it to one of the Ontario MMS labs. Please fax your application to the lab that you selected on your PSO/BORN “new sonographer” registration form.

• Please do not fax this form to multiple labs (acceptance by one lab equals acceptance by all labs).
• Please remember to fax your FMF UK NT certificate of competence with your application.
• The fax numbers for all of the Ontario MMS labs are at the bottom of the accreditation application form.
• Please do not fax this form to PSO at BORN Ontario.

You can go to the next step once you have faxed the following documents to one of the three Ontario MMS labs:

• Your accreditation application form
• You FMF UK NT certificate of competence

Step 4: Log in to the BORN Information System (BIS) and access your personalized NT performance distribution 

The Ontario MMS labs will review your application and assess your data point submission. Please allow up to four weeks for the labs to process your application and review your data points. The Ontario MMS labs will provide you with an Ontario NT ID number (usually the same as your FMF UK ID number) and a BORN login and password if your 15 data points generate an acceptable NT performance distribution.

You will get two emails to the email address that you included on your “new sonographer” registration form. One will contain your BORN login and one will contain your BORN password. Please check your junk mail folder because sometimes these emails filter into this folder.

You are now able to log in to the BIS, to update your contact details in our system, and to access your personalized NT performance distribution.

Your name will be added to the roster of Ontario NT certified sonographers. You can now submit NT and CRL measurements on your patients' first trimester screening requisitions to the Ontario MMS labs under your own Ontario NT ID number.

If your application is rejected by the Ontario MMS labs

If your 15 data points do not generate an acceptable NT performance distribution, the labs will contact you and request another set of 15 data points and/or will provide you with further direction on how to proceed.