The genetic counsellor shall apply and comply with the organisational protocols and, where appropriate, the management protocols defined by the prescribing doctor.
The genetic counsellor shall ask the qualified medical practitioner under whose responsibility he/she acts for further information whenever he/she considers it useful, in particular if he/she considers that he/she is not sufficiently informed.
The genetic counsellor communicates to the qualified medical practitioner under whose responsibility he/she intervenes any information in his/her possession likely to contribute to the establishment of the diagnosis or to allow a better adaptation of the treatment according to the patient’s state of health and its evolution.