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Article 1 General Provisions 44-8001 – 44-8004

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
  • Affected county: means each existing county affected by a proposed formation of new counties. See Arizona Laws 11-131
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • 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
  • Commission: means the county formation commission established pursuant to section 11-136. See Arizona Laws 11-131
  • 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
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • New county: means a county which has been approved by the voters at an election on formation held pursuant to section 11-137. See Arizona Laws 11-131
  • 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
  • Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Process: means a citation, writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Proposed county: means a county proposed by petition pursuant to section 11-133 to be formed from an affected county or counties but before an election on formation is held pursuant to section 11-137. See Arizona Laws 11-131
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215