Legal Regulation of Genetic Testing in Europe
The objective of this section is to give an overview of the current European-legislation and to highlight some legislative similarities and differences between individual countries by providing examples of national legal provisions related to genetic testing (e.g. Austria, Germany, Portugal, Switzerland), as well as to present recent initiatives of the Council of Europe. In addition, a legal case that shows how genetic knowledge may turn up (wrongly) in court is presented. Overviews in form of PowerPoint presentations were given at the Workshop "Legal regulation of genetic testing" which was held at the ESHG-Conference on June 14, 2010 in Goteborg, Sweden. This section will be continuosly updated along with evolving legal regulation in Europe.
ESHG 2010 Satellite - Legal regulation for genetic testing
Gothenburg, Sweden, Monday, June 13, 2010
Organisers: M . Macek, Jr . L. Lwoff
Introduction
- Additional Protocol to the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine, concerning Genetic Testing for Health Purposes
Laurence Lwoff
Bioethics Division, Health and Bioethics Department, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France
Additional Document: EJHG article Council of Europe adopts protocol on genetic testing for health purposes
Examples of national legal provisions related to genetic testing (in alphabetical order)
- Dietmar Vybiral (Download presentation)
Abteilung für Gentechnik, Bundesministerium für Gesundheit, Vienna, Austria
Additional document: Legal Regulation for Genetic Testing in Austria - Holger Tönnies (Download presentation)
Robert Koch-Institut, Geschäftsstelle Gendiagnostik-Kommission, Berlin, Germany
Additional document: Human Genetic Examination Act - (Genetic Diagnosis Act - GenDG) - Jorge Sequeiros (Download presentation)
UnIGENe, IBMC, Universidade de Porto, Portugal
Additional document: Personal genetic information and health information (Law 12/2005) (Summary)
Additional document: Personal genetic information and health information (Law 12/2005) (Full Text - Unofficial translation) - Michael Morris (Download presentation)
Laboratoire de Diagnostic Moléculaire, Service de Médecine Génétique, Hôpitaux Univ de Genève, Switzerland
Additional Document: Federal Swiss Law on Human Genetic Testing (Unofficial translation)
Case presentation
- Genetic variants as extenuating circumstance: a controversial legal proceeding in Italy
Francesca Forzano, Pascal Borry, Anne Cambon-Thomsen, Shirley V Hodgson, Aad Tibben, Petrus de Vries, Carla van El and Martina Cornel
S.S.D.Genetica Medica, E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova, Italy