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Rights of Users of Genetic Services| LITHUANIA
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| 1. Lithuania has no specific law on genetic testing. The patient rights provisions in the Civil Code are mutatis mutandis applicable to users of genetic services. Because of the ratification of the Biomedicine Convention, this Convention is now part of Lithuanian positive law and binding for any relevant legislative initiative pursuant to article 138 §3 of the Constitution. In this respect, the provisions of the Convention related to genetic services are applicable. 2. The Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania provides that all persons shall be equal before the law, the courts and any other State institutions and officers. No one’s rights may be restricted nor any privileges may be granted to anyone on any grounds such as sex, race, nationality, language, origin, social status, religion, convictions or opinions. |