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Defining the scope and roles of the young profession of the Nuclear Medicine Technologist (NMT) is not an easy task. The EANM and IAEA have previously agreed on use of this terminology when referring to a health care professional who has contact with patients (as opposed to technicians) and is able to undertake the whole range of nuclear medicine diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, under the direction of a nuclear medicine physician [1, 2]. Since its inception, the EANM Technologist Committee (EANM-TC) has prioritised educational activities and the setting of standards in pursuit of improved delivery of patient care and the highest technical methodologies corresponding to current technological developments in the field of nuclear medicine. As a scientific body of experts and the representative of NMTs in Europe, the EANM-TC has the duty to remain alert to European legislative demands within the field of radiation protection. As is stated in the recently published Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom [3]: