§ 47-18-4901 Short title
§ 47-18-4902 Part definitions
§ 47-18-4903 Part applicability
§ 47-18-4904 Required disclosures to consumer – Permissible offers to consumers
§ 47-18-4905 Prohibited disclosures – Consumer’s written consent required
§ 47-18-4906 Duties of division of consumer affairs
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 47 > Chapter 18 > Part 49 - Genetic Information Privacy Act

  • Attorney general: means the office of the Tennessee attorney general and reporter. See Tennessee Code 47-18-2102
  • Biological sample: means a human material known to contain DNA, including tissue, blood, urine, or saliva. See Tennessee Code 47-18-4902
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Consumer: means an individual who is a resident of the state. See Tennessee Code 47-18-4902
  • 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.
  • Deidentified data: means data that:
    (A)
    (i) Cannot reasonably be linked to an identifiable individual. See Tennessee Code 47-18-4902
  • DNA: means deoxyribonucleic acid. See Tennessee Code 47-18-4902
  • Express consent: means a consumer's affirmative response to a clear, meaningful, and prominent notice regarding the collection, use, or disclosure of genetic data for a specific purpose. See Tennessee Code 47-18-4902
  • First-party relationship: means the relationship between a company and a consumer from which the company has collected genetic data. See Tennessee Code 47-18-4902
  • Genetic data: means data, excluding deidentified data, regardless of format, concerning a consumer's genetic characteristics, including:
    (A) Raw sequence data that results from sequencing all or a portion of a consumer's extracted DNA. See Tennessee Code 47-18-4902
  • Genetic testing: means :
    (A) A laboratory test of a consumer's complete DNA, regions of DNA, chromosomes, genes, or gene products to determine the presence of genetic characteristics of the consumer. See Tennessee Code 47-18-4902
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • 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, corporation, business, partnership, limited liability company, or other business entity. See Tennessee Code 47-18-4902
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105