License Required for Practice; Misrepresentation of Status

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  1. On and after January 1, 2020, a person shall not engage in the practice of genetic counseling in this state without a valid license issued by the board pursuant to this article.
  2. A person shall not hold himself or herself out as a genetic counselor unless he or she holds a license issued by the board in accordance with this article. A person not licensed by the board pursuant to this article shall not use in connection with his or her name or place of business the terms "genetic counselor," "licensed genetic counselor," "gene counselor," "genetic consultant," "genetic associate," or any words, letters, abbreviations, or insignia indicating or implying the person holds a genetic counseling license.

(Code 1981, §43-34-314, enacted by Ga. L. 2019, p. 687, § 2/HB 166.)

Code Commission notes.

- Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, this Code section, enacted as Code Section 43-34-304, was redesignated as Code Section 43-34-314.


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