Texas Occupations Code § 58.051 Certain Uses Of Genetic Information Prohibited

Sec. 58.051. CERTAIN USES OF GENETIC INFORMATION PROHIBITED. A licensing authority may not deny an application for an occupational license, suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew an occupational license, or take any other disciplinary action against a license holder based on the refusal of the license applicant or license holder to:

(1) submit to a genetic test;

(2) submit a family health history;

(3) disclose whether the applicant or holder has submitted to a genetic test; or

(4) disclose the results of any genetic test to which the applicant or holder has submitted.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 14.001(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

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