New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
Gen - Governing Board of Genetic Counselors
Chapter Gen 300 - REQUIREMENTS FOR INITIAL LICENSURE
Part Gen 303 - APPLICATION PROCEDURE
Section Gen 303.02 - Documents Required of Applicants For Full and Provisional Licensure

Universal Citation: NH Admin Rules Gen 303.02

Current through Register No. 12, March 21, 2024

Applicants for full or provisional licensure shall provide, or arrange for the board to receive, the following documents supporting their applications:

(a) On a separate sheet, a detailed report of the relevant circumstances if any of the answers to questions from the application form specified in Ahp 601.01 required by Gen 303.01(a)(1) are in the affirmative;

(b) Official transcripts showing all relevant education:

(1) Mailed directly to the board by the issuing institution; or

(2) Submitted by the applicant in an envelope sealed by the institution in such a manner that it would be evident to the board if the envelope had been opened;

(c) A resume containing a chronologically organized account of the applicant's paid or volunteer work experience in genetic counseling for the past 10 years or completion of the academic program, including:

(1) Each separate experience in paid or volunteer work:
a. Serving as an educator in genetic counseling;

b. Serving as an administrator in genetic counseling; or

c. Contributing expertise in genetic counseling to a board or committee;

(2) The period of each separate experience described by the month and year it began and month and year it ended; and

(3) The physical address of each experience;

(d) Unless the information is available only on a website, an official letter of verification sent directly to the board from every jurisdiction which has issued a license or other authorization to practice stating whether:

(1) The license or other authorization is or was, during its period of validity, in good standing; and

(2) Whether any disciplinary action was taken against the license or other authorization to practice;

(e) Either:

(1) A criminal history records check form and fingerprint card, seeking both a New Hampshire and a federal records check, in accordance with the procedure specified by the New Hampshire department of safety rules at Saf-C 5700, Operation of the Central Repository: Criminal Records, with the required fee;

(2) If the federal criminal history records check shows the existence of a criminal record in another state, the applicant shall obtain a detailed criminal record check directly from that state and provide it to the board; or

(3) An original, not a photocopy, of a criminal offender record report:
a. Issued by each state where the applicant has resided or been licensed within the past 6 years, providing that such state will:
1. Send the report to the board; or

2. To the applicant for forwarding to the board;

b. Covering the applicant under his or her name and any aliases; and

c. Dated within the 6 months preceding the application for licensure;

(f) A copy of the applicant's current certificate issued by one of the following:

(1) The American Board of Genetic Counseling (ABGC);

(2) American Board of Medical Genetics (ABMG); or

(3) The successor organization; and

(g) A letter sent directly to the board by:

(1) ABGC verifying the applicant's current ABGC certification and the date of expiration of the certification; or

(2) ABMG verifying the applicant's current ABMG certification and the date of expiration of the certification.

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