Texas Business and Commerce Code 503A.003 – Exclusive Property Right in Dna; Confidentiality
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Terms Used In Texas Business and Commerce Code 503A.003
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
An individual has a property right in, and retains the right to exercise exclusive control over, the individual’s biological sample that is provided to or used by a direct-to-consumer genetic testing company and the results of genetic testing or analysis conducted on the individual’s DNA by a direct-to-consumer genetic testing company, including to the collection, use, retention, maintenance, disclosure, or destruction of the sample or results. The results of the genetic testing of an individual’s DNA are confidential and may not be disclosed to another person without the individual’s express consent.