The work of voluntary credentialing organizations like ABGC protect the public, promote patient safety and help ensure high quality health care services for everyone.

ABGC protects the public by setting and ensuring levels of knowledge, skills and abilities for professional practice and recognizing the importance of effective lifelong learning by requiring recertification. Additionally, because ABGC’s Certified Genetic Counselor examination is accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies, patients and the public alike can be certain that the examination development, administration and scoring procedures are reliable, valid, fair and transparent.