2005 Idaho Code - 39-8302 — DEFINITIONS

                                  TITLE  39
                              HEALTH AND SAFETY
                                  CHAPTER 83
                         GENETIC TESTING PRIVACY ACT
    39-8302.  DEFINITIONS. As used in this chapter:
    (1)  "Blood relative" means a person's biologically related parent,
grandparent, child, grandchild, sibling, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece or first
cousin.
    (2)  "DNA" means deoxyribonucleic acid, ribonucleic acid and chromosomes
which may be analyzed to detect heritable diseases or conditions, including
the identification of carriers, predicting risk of disease, or establishing a
clinical diagnosis.
    (3)  "DNA sample" means any human biological specimen from which DNA can
be extracted, or DNA extracted from such specimen.
    (4)  "Employer" means any person, partnership, limited liability company,
association, corporation, labor organization, employment agency or nonprofit
entity that employs five (5) or more persons including relatives, and
including the legislative, executive and judicial branches of state
government; any county, city, or any other political subdivision of the state;
or any other separate unit of state or local government.
    (5)  "Genetic analysis" or "genetic test" means the testing or analysis of
an identifiable individual's DNA that results in information that is derived
from the presence, absence, alteration or mutation of an inherited gene or
genes, or the presence or absence of a specific DNA marker or markers.
"Genetic analysis" or "genetic test" does not mean:
    (a)  A routine physical examination;
    (b)  A routine chemical, blood or urine analysis;
    (c)  A test to identify the presence of drugs or HIV infection; or
    (d)  A test performed due to the presence of signs, symptoms or other
    manifestations of a disease, illness, impairment or other disorder.
    (6)  "Individual" means the person from whose body the DNA sample
originated.
    (7)  "Person" means any person, organization or entity other than the
individual.
    (8)  "Private genetic information" means any information about an
identifiable  individual that is derived from the presence, absence,
alteration or mutation of an inherited gene or genes, or the presence or
absence of a specific DNA marker or markers, and which has been obtained from
a genetic test or analysis of the individual's DNA or from a genetic test or
analysis of a person's DNA of whom the individual is a blood relative.
"Private genetic information" does not include information that is derived
from:
    (a)  A routine physical examination;
    (b)  A routine chemical, blood or urine analysis;
    (c)  A test to identify the presence of drugs or HIV infection; or
    (d)  A test performed due to the presence of signs, symptoms or other
    manifestations of a disease, illness, impairment or other disorder.