(a) No person shall use the title of genetic counselor unless the person has applied for and obtained a license from the department.
(b) The applicant for a genetic counselor license shall meet minimum qualifications that include, but are not limited to, both of the following:
(1) Has earned a master’s degree or above from a program specializing in or having substantial course content in genetics.
(2) Has demonstrated competence by an examination administered or approved by the department.
(c) The license shall be valid for three years unless at any time during that period it is revoked or suspended. The license may be renewed prior to the expiration of the three-year period.
(d) To qualify to renew the license, a licenseholder shall have completed 45 hours of continuing education units during the three-year license renewal period. At least 30 hours of the continuing education units shall be in genetics.
(e) The license fee for an original license and license renewal shall not exceed two hundred dollars ($200).
(f) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2014.
(Repealed (in Sec. 1) and added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 550, Sec. 2. (AB 2300) Effective January 1, 2011. Section operative January 1, 2014, by its own provisions.)
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