Table 2.

Regulation of genetic counselors across countries

Country	Internal Self-Regulation by a Professional Organizationa	Self-Regulation by National Recognitiona	Statutory Regulationa	Relevant Websites
North America
Canada	CBGC	NA	NA	https://www.cbgc-cccg.ca/?page=1
United States of America	ABGC	NA	Regulation implemented by 35 (out of 50) states	ABGC: https://www.abgc.net/ State licensure of genetic counselors: https://www.nsgc.org/POLICY/State-Licensure-for-Genetic-Counselors
Europe
Various European countries	EBMG	NA	NA	https://www.ebmg.eu/408.0.html
Netherlands	NA	NA	Registration Committee for Specialties in Nursing (RSV, for Master of Advanced Nursing) Ministry of Health, Wellbeing, and Sports (for Master of Physician Assistant)	RSV: https://www.venvn.nl/registers/verpleegkundig-specialisten-register/het-register/registratiecommissie/ Ministry of Health, Wellbeing, and Sports: https://www.bigregister.nl/herregistratie/criteria-per-beroep/physician-assistant
Sweden	SFMG	NA	NA	https://sfmg.se/arbetsgrupper/genetiska-vagledare/
United Kingdom	NA	GCRAB	HCPC	GCRAB: https://gcrb.org.uk/ HCPC: https://www.ahcs.ac.uk/
Asia
China	CBGC	NA	NA	https://www.cbgc.org.cn/profile/charters/
India	BGCI	NA	NA	https://www.geneticcounselingboardindia.com/
Indonesia	ISGCb	NA	NA	https://inashg.org/about-isgc/
Japan	JSHG and JSGC	NA	NA	https://plaza.umin.ac.jp/∼GC/
South Korea	KSMG	NA	NA	http://www.ksmg.or.kr/html/?pmode=cert3_1&MMC_pid=33
Taiwan	TAGC	NA	NA	http://www.taiwangc.org.tw/
Middle East
Israel	NA	NA	MoH	https://www.gov.il/en/departments/ministry_of_health/govil-landing-page
Qatar	NA	NA	MoPH	https://www.moph.gov.qa/arabic/Pages/default.aspx
Saudi Arabia	NA	NA	SCFHS	https://www.scfhs.org.sa/en
United Arab Emirates	NA	NA	DHA and DoH	DHA: https://www.dha.gov.ae/en Abu Dhabi DoH: https://www.doh.gov.ae/en/pqr/allied-healthcare-professionals
Africa
Ghana	NA	NA	AHPC	https://www.moh.gov.gh/allied-health-professions-council/
South Africa	NA	NA	HPCSA	https://www.hpcsa.co.za/
Oceania
Australia	HGSA	NASRHP	NA	HGSA: https://www.hgsa.org.au/ NASRHP: https://nasrhp.org.au/
New Zealand	HGSA	NA	NA	https://www.hgsa.org.au/

ABGC, American Board for Genetic Counseling; AHPC, Allied Health Professions Council; BGCI, Board of Genetic Counseling India; CBGC, Canadian Board of Genetic Counseling; DHA, Dubai Health Authority; DoH, Abu Dhabi Department of Health; EBMG, European Board of Medical Genetics; GCRAB, Genetic Counsellor Registration Advisory Board; HCPC, Health and Care Professions Council; HGSA, Human Genetics Society of Australasia; HPCSA, Health Professions Council of South Africa; ISGC, Indonesian Society of Genetic Counselors; JSHG, Japan Society of Human Genetics; JSGC, Japan Society of Genetic Counseling; KSMG, Korean Society of Medical Genetics and Genomics; MoH, Ministry of Health; MoPH, Ministry of Public Health; NASRHP, National Alliance of Self-Regulating Health Professions; RSV, Registration Committee for Specialties in Nursing; SCFHS, Saudi Commission for Health Specialties; SFMG, Swedish Society of Medical Genetics and Genomics; TAGC, Taiwan Association of Genetic Counseling.

^aThe classification of regulation used in this table is based on Hoskins et al,³¹ 2021.

^bIndonesia will start regulating its genetic counselors through their professional organization in 2024.