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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="14-4404" title_number="14" title_name="Miscellaneous Consumer Protection Provisions" subtitle_number="44" subtitle_name="Genetic Information Privacy Act">
  <text>A direct–to–consumer genetic testing company, at a minimum, shall obtain the following consents from a consumer before collecting, using, or disclosing the consumer’s genetic data:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>Initial express consent that clearly:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>Describes the uses of the genetic data collected through the genetic testing product or service; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>Specifies:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>Who has access to the results of the genetic testing; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>How the genetic data may be shared;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>Express consent for transferring or disclosing the consumer’s genetic data to a person other than the company’s vendors and service providers;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>Express consent for using genetic data beyond the primary purpose of the genetic testing product or service requested by the consumer;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>Express consent for the retention of a biological sample provided by the consumer after the initial testing service requested by the consumer is completed;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="5">
    <text>Express consent to be marketed to by:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>The direct–to–consumer genetic testing company based on the consumer’s genetic data; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>A third party based on the consumer having ordered or purchased a genetic testing product or service; and</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="6">
    <text>Informed consent in compliance with the federal policy for the protection of human research subjects for transfer or disclosure of the consumer’s genetic data to third parties for research purposes or research conducted under the control of the company for the purpose of publication or generalizable knowledge.</text>
  </level>
</section>
