Signed and Ratified
 Patient Rights in Spain
 Rights of Users of Genetic Services

Right to Informed Consent

Right to Information about his or her Health
Rights regarding the Medical File
Right to Privacy
Prohibition of Discrimination
Predictive Genetic Tests
Genetic Screening
Genetic Counselling
Quality Requirements

 

eelp eelp

 



According to article 56 the entire process of genetic counselling and the practice of genetic analyses for health purposes must be undertaken by qualified personnel and must be carried out in accredited centers that meet the requirements of quality that are established for this purpose by regulation.  The corresponding autonomous or state authority shall accredit the centers, public or private, that may perform genetic analyses and that, in every case, must comply with the provisions of chapter II of title V of the Law which is entitled “Genetic analysis and the treatment of personal genetic data”.

Top