COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

SUFFOLK COUNTY	BOARD OF REGISTRATION OF GENETIC COUNSELORS

In the Matter of MONICA GIOVANNI LICENSE NO. GC148
LICENSE EXP. DATE 01/31/2015

Docket No. GC- 2013-0003

CONSENT AGREEMENT FOR REPRIMAND

The Massachusetts Board of Registration of Genetic Counselors (Board) and Monica Giovanni (Licensee), a Licensed Genetic Counselor (GC) licensed by the Board, License No. 148, do hereby stipulate and agree that the following information shall be entered
into and become a permanent part o the Licensee's record maintained by the Board:

1.	The Licensee acknowledges that a complaint has been filed with the Board against her Massachusetts Genetic Counselor license (license),1 identified as Docket No. GC-2013-0003 (the Complaint).

2.	The Board and the Licensee acknowledge and agree that evidence exists which proven at hearing could demonstrate the following:

a.	Between September 12, 2011 and January 15, 2013 while employed as a Genetic Counselor at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, the Licensee failed to supervise a provisionally licensed genetic counselor as required by Board regulations.

3.	The Board and Licensee acknowledge and agree that if proven at a hearing the Licensee’s conduct in Paragraph 2 constitutes a failure to comply with the Board's Standards of Conduct at 270 Code of Massachusetts Regulations (CMR) 4.00(1), (2), and (37) and warrants disciplinary action by the Board under Massachusetts General Laws (G.L.) Chapter 112, section 61 and Board regulations at 270 CMR 4.03, Disciplinary Actions.

4.	The Board acknowledges that the Licensee remediated her practice by her successful completion of continuing education courses. The Licensee agrees that the Board shall impose a REPRIMAND on her license for her conduct admitted

1 The term "license" applies to both a current license and the right to renew an expired license.

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In Paragraph 2, effective as of the date on which the Board signs this Agreement (Effective Date).

5.	The Board agrees that in return for the Licensee's execution of this Agreement it will not prosecute the complaint.

6.	The Licensee understands that she has a right to formal adjudicatory hearing concerning the allegations against her and that during said adjudication she would possess the right to confront and cross-examine witnesses, to call witnesses, to present evidence, to testify on her own behalf, to contest the allegations, to present oral argument, to appeal to the courts, and all other rights as set forth in the Massachusetts Administrative Procedures Act, G. L. c. 30A, and the Standard Adjudicatory Rules of Practice and Procedure, 801 CMR 1.01 et seq.  The Licensee further understands that by executing this Agreement she is knowingly and voluntarily waiving her right to a formal adjudication of the complaints.

7.	The Licensee acknowledges that she has been represented by legal counsel in connection with the complaint and this Agreement.

8.	The Licensee acknowledges that after the Effective Date, the Agreement constitutes a public record of disciplinary action by the Board.  The Board may forward a copy of this Agreement to other licensing boards, law enforcement entities, and other individuals or entities as required or permitted by law.

9.	The Licensee certifies that she has read this Agreement.  The Licensee understands and agrees that entering into this Agreement is a final act and not

subject to reconsideration, appeal or judicial review.	.	-

MONICA 
GIOVANNI
Licensee (sign and date)

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Witness (print name)	Mary Phillips Executive Director
Board of Registration of Genetic Counselors

June 25, 2014

Effective Date of Reprimand Agreement

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Fully Signed Agreement Sent to Licensee on June 25, 2014
Mail No. 70140510000103745598

By Certified

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