Arizona Laws > Title 44 > Chapter 39 – Genetic Testing Companies
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Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 44 > Chapter 39 - Genetic Testing Companies
- Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Biological sample: means any material part of a human, discharge from a human or derivative of a human, including tissue, blood, urine or saliva, that is known to contain DNA. See Arizona Laws 44-8001
- company: means an entity that offers genetic testing products or services directly to consumers that involve collecting from a consumer of either genetic data or biological samples and from which the company derives genetic data for analysis. See Arizona Laws 44-8001
- Consumer: means an individual who is a resident of this state. See Arizona Laws 44-8001
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- De-identified data: means data that has been de-identified in accordance with 45 C. See Arizona Laws 44-8001
- Express consent: means a consumer's affirmative response to a clear and prominent notice regarding collecting, using or disclosing genetic data for a specific purpose. See Arizona Laws 44-8001
- Genetic testing: means any laboratory test of a consumer's complete DNA, regions of DNA, chromosomes, genes or gene products to determine the presence of a consumer's genetic characteristics. See Arizona Laws 44-8001
- including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, business, business trust or legal representative of an organization. See Arizona Laws 44-8001
- Process: means a citation, writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215