CHAPTER Gen 500  ETHICAL STANDARDS

 

PART Gen 501  DEFINITIONS

 

          Gen 501.01  Definitions.  The following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

          (a)  "National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC)" means the national professional organization of genetic counselors.

 

Source.  #10666, eff 9-10-14

 

PART Gen 502  ETHICAL STANDARDS

 

         Gen 502.01  Ethical Standards for Genetic Counselors.  The ethical standards for genetic counselors shall be the NSGC code of ethics adopted in January of 1992 and revised April 2017, available as stated in Appendix B, with the modifications described in Gen 502.02.

 

Source.  #10666, eff 9-10-14; ss by #13502, eff 12-10-22

 

         Gen 502.02  Modifications of the NSGC Code of Ethics.  Modifications to the NSGC code of ethics shall be as follows:

 

         (a)  The exclusion of the preamble to the NSGC code of ethics;

 

         (b)  The deletion of “work to” at the end of the first paragraph in Section I, II, and III and replacing with “shall”; and

 

         (c)  The deletion of Section IV: Genetic Counselors and Society.

 

Source.  #10666, eff 9-10-14; ss by #13502, eff 12-10-22

 


Appendix A

 

 

Rule

Specific State Statute the Rule Implements

 

 

Gen 501.01

RSA 541-A:7

Gen 502.01

RSA 328-F:11, II (b)

Gen 502.02

RSA 328-F:11, II (b)

 

 

 

Appendix B

 

Rule

Title

Obtain at:

Gen 501 and Gen 502

Ethical Standards

National Society of Genetic Counselors

Executive Office

330 North Wabash Avenue, Suite 2000

Chicago, Illinois 60611

(312) 321-6834

Free online at:

https://www.nsgc.org/Policy-Research-and-Publications/Code-of-Ethics-Conflict-of-Interest/Code-of-Ethics

 

 

5.       The Board modified the text in the following whys which is described in the rule:

 

          (a)  Excluded the preamble;

          (b)  Deleted “strive to” at the end of the first paragraph in Section I, II, and II and replaced it with “shall”; and

          (c)  Deleted Section IV: Genetic counselors and Society.

 

6.      See #4 above and it may be obtained by visiting the Board’s web site located at www.nh.gov/alliedhealth.  The publication is free through either organization.

 

7.      The material was not reproduced because it is the property of the National Society of Genetic Counselors and it is a national standard that all certified genetic counselors must follow.  Incorporating the ethical standards leaves the text as written and keeps the standard and language the same as it is used the rest of the country.