§ 24-4-24-1 — "Consumer genetic testing"

(a) As used in this chapter, "consumer genetic
testing" means a service in which a person:
(1) provides an individual with a means of submitting a sample of
the individual's biological material directly to the person;
(2) performs, or causes to be performed, genetic testing on the
submitted biological material; and
(3) returns the results of the genetic testing directly to the
individual.
(b) The term does not include genetic testing:
(1) of biological material of a patient of a health care provider (as
defined in IC 16-18-2-163(a)), the collection and testing of which
is:
(A) performed at the request or direction of the health care
provider for the purpose of the diagnosis, cure, mitigation,
treatment, or prevention of a physical or mental illness, injury,
disease, disorder, or disability; and
(B) subject to the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA) (P.L. 104-191);
(2) performed as required by a court order;
(3) performed for purposes of a law enforcement investigation at
the request or direction of a law enforcement agency;
(4) performed at the request or direction of a coroner or medical
examiner for purposes of investigating the cause of an individual's
death; or
(5) performed for purposes of research (as defined in 45 CFR
164.501) that is subject to:
(A) 21 CFR 50 and 21 CFR 56; or
(B) 45 CFR 46.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.233-2025, SEC.2.