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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>78669</law_id><section_number>59.1-598</section_number><catch_line>Contracts with service providers</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="59.1">Trade and Commerce</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="56">Genetic Data Privacy</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Every <span class="dictionary">direct-to-<span class="dictionary">consumer</span> genetic testing company</span> that enters into a <span class="dictionary">contract</span> with a <span class="dictionary">service provider</span> shall prohibit the <span class="dictionary">service provider</span> from retaining, using, or disclosing the <span class="dictionary">biological sample</span>, extracted genetic <span class="dictionary">material</span>, <span class="dictionary">genetic data</span>, or any information regarding the identity of the <span class="dictionary">consumer</span>, including whether the <span class="dictionary">consumer</span> has solicited or received genetic testing, as applicable, for any purpose other than for the specific purpose of performing the services specified in the <span class="dictionary">contract</span> with the <span class="dictionary">service provider</span> for the business. <a id="paragraph-281898" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-598/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Every <span class="dictionary">contract</span> between a <span class="dictionary">direct-to-<span class="dictionary">consumer</span> genetic testing company</span> and a <span class="dictionary">service provider</span> shall include: <a id="paragraph-281899" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-598/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> A provision prohibiting the <span class="dictionary">service provider</span> from retaining, using, or disclosing the <span class="dictionary">biological sample</span>, extracted genetic <span class="dictionary">material</span>, <span class="dictionary">genetic data</span>, or any information regarding the identity of the <span class="dictionary">consumer</span>, including whether the <span class="dictionary">consumer</span> has solicited or received genetic testing, as applicable, for a commercial purpose other than providing the services specified in the <span class="dictionary">contract</span> with the <span class="dictionary">service provider</span> with the business; and <a id="paragraph-281900" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-598/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> A provision prohibiting the <span class="dictionary">service provider</span> from associating or combining the <span class="dictionary">biological sample</span>, extracted genetic <span class="dictionary">material</span>, <span class="dictionary">genetic data</span>, or any information regarding the identity of the <span class="dictionary">consumer</span>, including whether the <span class="dictionary">consumer</span> has solicited or received genetic testing, as applicable, with information the <span class="dictionary">service provider</span> has received from or on behalf of another person or has collected from its own interaction with <span class="dictionary">consumers</span> or as required by <span class="dictionary">law</span>. <a id="paragraph-281901" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-598/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2023, c. 526.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
