(1) The board shall establish a licensure process no later than January 1, 2026. After the time that the licensure process is established, a license issued under this chapter is required to engage in the practice of genetic counseling. Genetic counselors who are practicing in Mississippi on July 1, 2025, are allowed to continue their current practice until the licensure process is established by the board, at such time they shall be required to seek licensure.
(2) Except in the case of a provisional genetic counselor license issued under Section 73-81-11, all licenses shall be issued for a two-year period upon the payment of the licensing fee prescribed by the board, and shall be renewed upon the filing of a renewal application and the payment of the licensing renewal fee.
(3) A genetic counselor whose license is suspended or revoked or whose surrender of license with or without prejudice has been accepted by the board shall promptly deliver the original license and current biennial registration to the board.
(4) No person shall hold himself or herself out as a genetic counselor unless he or she is licensed in accordance with this chapter. No person who is not so licensed may use, in connection with his or her 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 counseling license.