Education and Events

Category 1 CEUs: Category 1 CEUs can be granted for educational programs with content targeted to genetic counselors and pre-approved by an ABGC approved genetic counseling CEU provider. National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) is the sole provider of Category 1 CEUs.

Activities approved for Category 1 CEUs will display the following information in their promotional materials:

Following the conclusion of a Category 1 activity, Activity Organizers are required to submit post-activity materials to NSGC. These include attendance information, attendance fees, and post-activity evaluations. Upon receipt of all post-activity materials, NSGC will generate attendance certificates for all individuals with NSGC accounts (member or guest).

Completion of an activity and issuance of a certificate is associated with a $35 attendance fee per person. The Activity Organizer may incorporate this fee into the cost of your attendance, pay this fee on your behalf, or choose not to pay this fee. If the organizer does not pay this fee on your behalf, you will be required to pay it to obtain your certificate. Payment must be made to NSGC before CEU certificates are generated.

If 90 days have passed since the activity was completed, and you have not been awarded a CEU certificate, please contact ceu@nsgc.org.

Please note: NSGC is unable to issue a certificate if we have not received your information in the post-activity materials from the Activity Organizer. We may ask you to reach out to the Activity Organizer directly to verify your attendance and complete any necessary steps to generate a certificate.

Category 2 CEUs can be granted for educational programs with content that is relevant to a genetic counselor’s continuing education despite not being primarily designed with the continuing education of a genetic counselor in mind.

Category 2 CEUs are only available for educational programs that have been approved to offer continuing education credits or units by a reputable non-genetic counseling CEU provider.

NSGC approval for Category 2 CEUs is not required for the purposes of ABGC recertification but may be required for other purposes such as state licensure.

To generate an NSGC certificate, please utilize the NSGC CEU Portal to submit an activity for Category 2 CEU approval through NSGC.

Apply for Category 2 CEUs

For a series activity, please file one application at the conclusion of the series, or at the time you wish to submit your ABGC recertification application (whichever comes first).

Please note: that contact hours earned during your 5-year ABGC recertification window must be applied to that period’s recertification application. Therefore, if you are due to recertify by December 2026 and a series activity does not conclude until June 2027, you must submit the application by November 2026 to utilize contact hours earned as part of the series activity for your recertification application submitted in December 2026. You are unable to submit a second Category 2 CEU application for contact hours earned as part of the series activity in 2027.

All NSGC-issued CEU certificates are tracked and stored in the NSGC CEU Portal.

View your Certificate in the NSGC CEU Portal

Genetic counselors have the option to opt into participating in the “bridge.” By opting in, Category 1 certificates (issued on or after January 1, 2025) in your NSGC CEU Portal will automatically be transferred to your ABGC Recertification Application. This makes the recertification process easier for you, as you do not need to manually upload Category 1 certificates from your NSGC CEU Portal to your ABGC Recertification Application for recertification.

Certificates uploaded to NSGC’s CEU Portal will only be transferred to ABGC’s Recertification Application after the “bridge” is enabled by the individual. Certificates issued before the “bridge” was enabled will not automatically transfer to your ABGC Recertification Application.

To verify whether you are participating in the “bridge,” log into your NSGC CEU Portal and select “My Account” in the upper-right corner of the screen. If an ABGC Unique Identifier matching your ABGC ID appears under your Practitioner details, your bridge should be active. If certificates in your NSGC CEU Portal are not visible in your ABGC Recertification Application by December 25 on the year you are due to recertify, retrieve the certificate from your NSGC CEU Portal and upload it manually to your ABGC Recertification Application.

Please Note: Even if you have opted into the “bridge,” you will still need to manually upload Category 2 certificates from your NSGC CEU Portal to your ABGC Recertification Application.

Category 1 CEUs
If you have attended a Category 1 approved CEU activity, you can expect to receive a certificate in your NSGC CEU Portal within 90 days following the conclusion of the activity.

Category 2 CEUs
If you have submitted a Category 2 application, you can expect review and approval within 8-10 weeks from your submission date. If the activity is approved, you may locate the certificate in the NSGC CEU Portal.

Missing Certificates
It is the responsibility of each genetic counselor to track CEUs earned.

If you are missing any certificates after the stated periods above, please confirm that you submitted the correct NSGC User ID to the activity organizer. If the incorrect NSGC User ID was submitted, please reach out to the organizer of the activity with your correct NSGC User ID to confirm your participation. Please reach out to ceu@nsgc.org if they have indicated that your attendance has been submitted.

Genetic counselors may earn PACs for purposes of recertification through ABGC.

NSGC does not manage or award PACs. For all PAC-related inquiries, please visit ABGC's website