Association of Genetic Nurses and Counsellors Committee Terms of Reference Role of the AGNC and the AGNC Committee The Association of Genetic Nurses and Counsellors (AGNC) is an organisation representing Genetic Counsellors and Nurses in the United Kingdom. The AGNC is one of five constituent groups of the British Society for Genetic Medicine (BSGM) The aims of the association include: to provide support for professionals working in the field to provide forums for education and scientific meetings to represent the views of the profession to prescribe good standards of clinical practice to liaise and collaborate with other clinical and scientific colleagues in the field to provide channels of communication within the profession to help support training of genetic counsellors to help facilitate communication within the profession The committee is involved with organisational, policy and administrative matters that concern the genetic counselling profession in the UK. This includes representing the AGNC on national committees of relevance including BSGM council, Joint Committee on Genomics in Medicine (JCGM) and the United Kingdom Genetic Testing Network (UKGTN). Membership of the AGNC Committee The AGNC committee consists of seven members, elected by majority vote by the AGNC membership and ratified at the annual AGM. The committee will elect a chair, vice chair, secretary and treasurer. No committee member or officer should serve more than six consecutive years on the committee. No one person shall simultaneously hold more than one position on the committee. If a committee member or officer resigns prior to the end of their period of office or term, the committee will appoint to fill the vacancy and this will be ratified at the next AGM. At the discretion of the committee ordinary members may be designated to represent the association on other bodies such as the organising committee for the BSGM conference.
Association of Genetic Nurses and Counsellors Committee Terms of Reference Role of the AGNC and the AGNC Committee The Association of Genetic Nurses and Counsellors (AGNC) is an organisation representing Genetic Counsellors and Nurses in the United Kingdom. The AGNC is one of five constituent groups of the British Society for Genetic Medicine (BSGM) The aims of the association include: to provide support for professionals working in the field to provide forums for education and scientific meetings to represent the views of the profession to prescribe good standards of clinical practice to liaise and collaborate with other clinical and scientific colleagues in the field to provide channels of communication within the profession to help support training of genetic counsellors to help facilitate communication within the profession The committee is involved with organisational, policy and administrative matters that concern the genetic counselling profession in the UK. This includes representing the AGNC on national committees of relevance including BSGM council, Joint Committee on Genomics in Medicine (JCGM) and the United Kingdom Genetic Testing Network (UKGTN). Membership of the AGNC Committee The AGNC committee consists of seven members, elected by majority vote by the AGNC membership and ratified at the annual AGM. The committee will elect a chair, vice chair, secretary and treasurer. No committee member or officer should serve more than six consecutive years on the committee. No one person shall simultaneously hold more than one position on the committee. If a committee member or officer resigns prior to the end of their period of office or term, the committee will appoint to fill the vacancy and this will be ratified at the next AGM. At the discretion of the committee ordinary members may be designated to represent the association on other bodies such as the organising committee for the BSGM conference.