Issues and Trends in the Regulation of Genetic Testing
Health Care Law Monthly
11/2008
Dianne Bourque, Shawneequa Callier, Karen Lovitch
Genetic tests are available for an estimated 1300 genes, and many more tests are currently in development. Although the genetic testing market is rapidly evolving, state and federal laws regulating such testing have not historically kept pace. Legislators and regulatory agencies, however, have begun to take action to improve industry oversight and to ensure proper safeguards are in place to protect patients.
In this article published in November 2008 in Health Care Law Monthly, Mintz Levin attorneys Dianne Bourque, Shawneequa Callier, and Karen Lovitch provide and in-depth analysis of both the state and federal laws governing genetic testing for laboratories and patients.
