A receiving apparatus includes an operation input unit, a display unit, a memory, and a control unit, and the control unit has an examination flow management unit that controls a flow of a series of processes in the examination based on examination flow information recorded in the memory, and an operation mode setting unit that extracts from the examination flow information an operation mode associated with a process in a current examination flow controlled by the examination flow management unit and switches the operation mode of the receiving apparatus between a first operation mode and a second operation mode being different from the first operation mode in accordance with the extracted operation mode, and controls the operations of the receiving apparatus in accordance with the progress of the examination flow for each operation mode set by the operation mode setting unit.
