Genetic Counselor
- Exam
- Not reported
- Education
- Not reported
- Experience
- Not reported
- Background check
- Not reported
"Practice of genetic counseling" means the communication process, which deals with the human problems associated with the occurrence, or the risk of occurrence, of a genetic disorder in a family, including the provision of services to help an individual or family. Comprehend the medical facts, including the diagnosis, probable cause of the disorder, and the available management. Appreciate the way heredity contributes to the disorder and the risk of occurrence in specified relatives; understand the alternatives for dealing with the risk of occurrence, choose the course of action which seems appropriate to them in view of their risk, their family goals, and their ethical and religious standards, and to act in accordance with that decision. Make the best possible psychosocial adjustment to the disorder in an affected family member or to the risk of occurrence of that disorder.
Requirements reported by the state
- Licence type
- Registry
- Military and veterans
- Military and spouses are exempt from licensure requirements
Issuing body
- Department
- Utah Department of Commerece
- Division
- Division of Occupational & Professional Licensing
- Address
- 160 East 300 South 4th floor PO Box 146741 Salt Lake City, UT 84114
- Phone
- (801) 530-6628
- Agency website
- https://dopl.utah.gov/
- Licence page
- http://dopl.utah.gov/
- Last updated
- July 19, 2024
Occupations (O*NET)
- Genetic Counselor 29-9092.00
Source and verification
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