(a) No employer, employment agency, or licensing agency shall directly or indirectly: (1) Request, require, or administer a genetic test to any employee, licensee, or applicant for employment or licensure; (2) Affect the terms, conditions, or privileges of employment or licensure or terminate the employment or licensure of any person who obtains a genetic test; (3) Deny employment or deny an application for an occupational license, or suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew an occupational license; or take any other action affecting the terms, conditions, or privileges of employment against an employee or a license holder based directly or indirectly on the refusal of the employee, licensee, or applicant for employment or licensure to: (i) Submit to a genetic test; (ii) Submit a family health history; or (iii) Reveal: (A) Whether the employee, applicant, or holder has submitted to a genetic test; or (B) The results of any genetic test to which the employee, applicant, or holder has submitted; (4) Otherwise use genetic information to adversely affect the employment, licensure, or application for employment or licensure of any individual; or (5) employee, applicant, or holder has submitted; (4) Otherwise use genetic information to adversely affect the employment, licensure, or application for employment or licensure of any individual; or (5) Reveal genetic information about employees, licensees, or applicants. (b) No person may sell to or interpret for an employer, employment agency, or licensing agency a genetic test of a current or prospective employee or licensee. History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 171, § 1; P.L. 2002, ch. 49, § 1.
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