1. The “genetic services” are regulated in Section IV of the Health Act, named “Genetic Health and Genetic Tests”.
   The Act specifies that special studies shall be conducted to establish the type and frequency of genetic disorders and to identify the genetic stock through national health programs.
   Genetic tests and the taking of biological material for genetic tests for medical or research purposes shall be carried out only upon receipt of the informed consent of the tested persons given in writing.
   Genetic tests of children, persons with mental disorders and persons put under legal incapacity shall be carried out after the permission of the commission for medical ethics at the respective medical establishment. The information about the human genome of persons shall constitute personal data and may not be disclosed to employers, health insurance organizations and insurance companies.
2. No results of genetic tests and screening may be used for discrimination against the tested persons.The information about the human genome of persons shall constitute personal data and may not be disclosed to employers, health insurance organizations and insurance companies.
3. Predictive genetic tests shall be conducted for the following purposes:
   1. to identify the risk of occurrence of a genetic disease in the progeny;
   2. to identify clinically healthy carriers of genetic disorders;
   3. to diagnose hereditary and other diseases before and during pregnancy and after birth.
   Genetic tests before childbirth shall be conducted in cases of proven risk of transmission of a genetic disease to the progeny. These tests shall be carried out under medical control for the purposes of proving genetic disorders in cases of clinically healthy and ill patients; for establishing predisposition to a genetic disease; for establishing genetic disorders as a result of the life style or the external environment and for proving genetic diseases upon their clinical manifestation.

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