(a)  No employer, employment agency, or licensing agency shall directly or indirectly:

(1)  Request, require, or administer a genetic test to any employee, licensee, or applicant for employment or licensure;

(2)  Affect the terms, conditions, or privileges of employment or licensure or terminate the employment or licensure of any person who obtains a genetic test;

(3)  Deny employment or deny an application for an occupational license, or suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew an occupational license; or take any other action affecting the terms, conditions, or privileges of employment against an employee or a license holder based directly or indirectly on the refusal of the employee, licensee, or applicant for employment or licensure to:

(i)  Submit to a genetic test;

(ii)  Submit a family health history; or

(iii)  Reveal:

(A)  Whether the employee, applicant, or holder has submitted to a genetic test; or

(B)  The results of any genetic test to which the employee, applicant, or holder has submitted;

(4)  Otherwise use genetic information to adversely affect the employment, licensure, or application for employment or licensure of any individual; or

(5)  Reveal genetic information about employees, licensees, or applicants.

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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 28-6.7-1

  • Employee: means any person who has entered into the employment of or works under contract of service or apprenticeship with any employer, except that in the case of a city or town other than the city of Providence it shall only mean that class or those classes of employees as may be designated by a city, town, or regional school district in a manner provided in this chapter to receive compensation under chapters 29 — 38 of this title. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-29-2
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6

(b)  No person may sell to or interpret for an employer, employment agency, or licensing agency a genetic test of a current or prospective employee or licensee.

History of Section.
P.L. 1992, ch. 171, § 1; P.L. 2002, ch. 49, § 1.