38-3417.

Act; persons exempt.

The Genetic Counseling Practice Act does not apply to:

(1) An individual licensed under the Uniform Credentialing Act to practice a profession other than genetic counseling when acting within the scope of his or her profession and doing work of a nature consistent with his or her training, except that such individual shall not hold himself or herself out to the public as a genetic counselor;

(2) An individual employed by the United States Government or an agency thereof to provide genetic counseling if he or she provides genetic counseling solely under the direction and control of the organization by which he or she is employed;

(3) A genetic counseling intern if genetic counseling performed by the genetic counseling intern is an integral part of the course of study and is performed under the direct supervision of a genetic counselor who is on duty and available in the assigned patient care area and if the genetic counseling intern is designated by the title genetic counseling intern; or

(4) An individual certified by the national genetic counseling board or the national medical genetics board to provide genetic counseling who permanently resides outside the state and is providing consulting services within the state for a period of two months or less.