Tennessee Code 47-18-4905 – Prohibited disclosures – Consumer’s written consent required

A direct-to-consumer genetic testing company shall not disclose a consumer‘s genetic data without first obtaining the consumer’s written consent to:

(1) An entity that offers health insurance, life insurance, or long-term care insurance; or

Consumer: means an individual who is a resident of the state. 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
written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

(2) An employer of the consumer.

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