Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-568
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Licensure, accreditation, certification not contingent
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upon acceptance of abortion as treatment option.
A. Nothing in the Genetic Counseling Licensure Act may be
construed to require any genetic counselor or other person to
mention, discuss, suggest, propose, recommend, or refer for,
abortion, or to agree or indicate a willingness to do so, nor shall
licensing of any genetic counselor be contingent upon acceptance of
abortion as a treatment option for any genetic or other prenatal
disease, anomaly, or disability.
B. If the State Board of Health determines that accreditation
of genetic counseling training programs by the American Board of
Genetic Counseling or of medical genetics training programs by the
American Board of Medical Genetics is dependent on criteria, or
applied in a manner, incompatible with the provisions of subsection
A of this section, it shall establish or recognize and apply
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 63. Public Health and Safety Page 258
criteria for accreditation of alternative genetic counseling
training programs or medical genetics training programs compatible
with the provisions of subsection A of this section and any genetic
counseling training programs or medical genetics training programs
accredited thereunder shall be deemed accredited for the purposes of
paragraph 3 of subsection A of Section 4 of this act.
C. If the State Board of Health determines that the examination
required for certification as a genetic counselor by the American
Board of Genetic Counseling or the American Board of Medical
Genetics or as a medical geneticist by the American Board of Medical
Genetics is incompatible with the provisions of subsection A of this
section, it shall establish or recognize an alternative examination
compatible with the provisions of that subsection and an individual
who passes such an examination shall be deemed to meet the relevant
requirements of paragraph 4 of subsection A of Section 4 of this
act.
D. The State Board of Health shall by rule waive such other
provisions of the Genetic Counseling Licensure Act and provide for
appropriate substitute requirements as it determines necessary to
ensure compliance with subsection A of this section.
E. There shall be no cause of action against any person for
failure to mention, discuss, suggest, propose, recommend, or refer
for, abortion, unless the abortion is necessary to prevent the death
of the mother.
F. This section shall not be severable from the Genetic
Counseling Licensure Act.
A. Nothing in the Genetic Counseling Licensure Act may be
construed to require any genetic counselor or other person to
mention, discuss, suggest, propose, recommend, or refer for,
abortion, or to agree or indicate a willingness to do so, nor shall
licensing of any genetic counselor be contingent upon acceptance of
abortion as a treatment option for any genetic or other prenatal
disease, anomaly, or disability.
B. If the State Board of Health determines that accreditation
of genetic counseling training programs by the American Board of
Genetic Counseling or of medical genetics training programs by the
American Board of Medical Genetics is dependent on criteria, or
applied in a manner, incompatible with the provisions of subsection
A of this section, it shall establish or recognize and apply
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 63. Public Health and Safety Page 258
criteria for accreditation of alternative genetic counseling
training programs or medical genetics training programs compatible
with the provisions of subsection A of this section and any genetic
counseling training programs or medical genetics training programs
accredited thereunder shall be deemed accredited for the purposes of
paragraph 3 of subsection A of Section 4 of this act.
C. If the State Board of Health determines that the examination
required for certification as a genetic counselor by the American
Board of Genetic Counseling or the American Board of Medical
Genetics or as a medical geneticist by the American Board of Medical
Genetics is incompatible with the provisions of subsection A of this
section, it shall establish or recognize an alternative examination
compatible with the provisions of that subsection and an individual
who passes such an examination shall be deemed to meet the relevant
requirements of paragraph 4 of subsection A of Section 4 of this
act.
D. The State Board of Health shall by rule waive such other
provisions of the Genetic Counseling Licensure Act and provide for
appropriate substitute requirements as it determines necessary to
ensure compliance with subsection A of this section.
E. There shall be no cause of action against any person for
failure to mention, discuss, suggest, propose, recommend, or refer
for, abortion, unless the abortion is necessary to prevent the death
of the mother.
F. This section shall not be severable from the Genetic
Counseling Licensure Act.
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