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Committee approves docket on professional-licensing rules after debate over genetic counselors' code of ethics
Summary
The House Health and Welfare Committee approved Docket 242401 from the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses after a procedural debate over whether the committee could strike language that incorporates the National Society of Genetic Counselors' Code of Ethics.
The House Health and Welfare Committee considered Docket 242401, a package of rule changes from the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses that includes language adopting professional standards for genetic counseling by incorporation of an external code of ethics.
John Price, bureau chief for the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses, told the committee the rule chapter already contained the contested language and that the department was prepared to work with legislators to address specific lines. “In my research I discovered that this particular section of the rule requires a potential counselor to violate their conscience … pursuant…
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