Board Certification Exam
NSGC Guiding Documents
Licensure/CMS recognition
Fun Facts
100

This organization administers the genetic counselor board certification exam

What is ABGC (American Board of Genetic Counseling)

100

NSGC Position Statements

What are documents that are used to promote NSGC's stance on critical topics?

100

HR2144

What is the proposed legislation "Access to Genetic Counselor Services Act of 2021" (note: name will be changed as it is re-introduced to Congress)


100

This person is the Immediate Past President of ACGC.

Who is Dawn Allain?

200

Diplomates

Who are individuals who have attained ABGC certification


200

This document delineates the work of a clinical genetic counselor

What is the NSGC Scope of Practice?

200

ABGC/ABMG certification in genetic counseling (or as a PhD medical geneticist) and ABGC Active Candidate Status (ACS) (or ABMG board-eligible)

What are the qualifications to obtain to obtain state genetic counselor licensure?

200

Number of Accredited Genetic Counseling Graduate Programs

What is 58?

300

Practice Analysis

What is the ABGC certification exam based on?

300

This document must include a systematic review of evidence.


What is a clinical practice guideline?

300

Includes the Professional Scope of Practice 

What is licensure?
300

This person is the current president of the National Society of Genetic Counselors. 

Who is Deepti Babu?

400

The number of times an individual is eligible to attempt to pass the board examination.

What is infinite?

400

Code of Ethics

What is the document that attempts to guide the conduct of a professional so that the goals and values of the profession must best be served?

400

Title Protection

What allows only individuals who qualify for a genetic counselor license to use the title "licensed genetic counselor," "genetic counselor," or other insignia/designation that would imply that the individual is licensed as a genetic counselor?


400

This person is the president of the American Board of Genetic Counselors.

Who is Sarah Noblin?


500

Promotes patient safety, encourages trust and ensures higher quality health care for all

What are the benefits of certification / what the certification exam promotes?

500

The data from this document can be used for salary negotiations, development of business plans, and faculty status negotiations.

What is the Professional Status Survey?

500

If HR2144 is passed, it would help the genetic counseling profession by... (minimum of 3 benefits)

What is: set criteria through which regulation would occur; coverage of services furnished by genetic counselors under part B of the Medicare program; Genetic counselors would be paid at 85 percent of the physician fee schedule; Genetic counselors would be able to assign reimbursement to their employer; If E/M codes are used for billing the service; a CPT code modifier would be used to note the service was done by a genetic counselor

500

This individual coined the term, "genetic counseling" soon after he joined the Dight Institute for Human Genetics at the University of Minnesota.

Who is Sheldon Reed, PhD?