# Idaho Code § 54-5605: 54-5605 GENETIC COUNSELOR LICENSE REQUIRED

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T54_C56_S54-5605

## Section

- **Citation:** Idaho Code § 54-5605
- **Heading:** 54-5605 GENETIC COUNSELOR LICENSE REQUIRED
- **Jurisdiction:** Idaho
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Idaho Code / Title 54 / Chapter 56 / Section 54-5605

## Text

54-5605. GENETIC COUNSELOR LICENSE REQUIRED. Effective July 1, 2016, a license shall be required to engage in the practice of genetic counseling. No person shall hold himself out as a genetic counselor unless he is licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. No person who is not so licensed may use in connection with his name or place of business the title genetic counselor, licensed genetic counselor, gene counselor, genetic consultant, genetic associate or any words, letters, abbreviations or insignia indicating or implying that a person holds a genetic counselor license unless such person holds a genetic counselor license.

History:

[54-5605, added 2015, ch. 128, sec. 1, p. 324.]

## Nearby sections

- [Idaho Code § 54-5601 54-5601 SHORT TITLE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T54_C56_S54-5601.md)
- [Idaho Code § 54-5602 54-5602 DEFINITIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T54_C56_S54-5602.md)
- [Idaho Code § 54-5603 54-5603 SCOPE OF PRACTICE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T54_C56_S54-5603.md)
- [Idaho Code § 54-5604 54-5604 EXEMPTIONS FOR LICENSURE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T54_C56_S54-5604.md)
- [Idaho Code § 54-5605 54-5605 GENETIC COUNSELOR LICENSE REQUIRED.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T54_C56_S54-5605.md)
- [Idaho Code § 54-5606 54-5606 BOARD — ORGANIZATION AND MEETINGS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T54_C56_S54-5606.md)
- [Idaho Code § 54-5607 54-5607 BOARD POWERS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T54_C56_S54-5607.md)
- [Idaho Code § 54-5608 54-5608 REQUIREMENTS FOR ISSUANCE OF A LICENSE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T54_C56_S54-5608.md)
- [Idaho Code § 54-5609 54-5609 ENDORSEMENT LICENSURE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T54_C56_S54-5609.md)
- [Idaho Code § 54-5610 54-5610 PROVISIONAL LICENSE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T54_C56_S54-5610.md)
- [Idaho Code § 54-5611 54-5611 LICENSING OF EXISTING GENETIC COUNSELORS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T54_C56_S54-5611.md)
- [Idaho Code § 54-5612 54-5612 LICENSE RENEWAL.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T54_C56_S54-5612.md)
- [Idaho Code § 54-5613 54-5613 FEES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T54_C56_S54-5613.md)
- [Idaho Code § 54-5614 54-5614 DENIAL OF LICENSE AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T54_C56_S54-5614.md)

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