Subsection 1: General provisions.

The examination of a person’s genetic characteristics or their identification by genetic fingerprinting for medical purposes consists of analysing their genetic characteristics inherited or acquired at an early stage of prenatal development. The purpose of this analysis is: 1° Either to establish, confirm or invalidate the diagnosis of a genetic disease in a person; 2° Or to search for the characteristics of one or more genes likely to be at…

The following constitute analyses for the purpose of determining a person’s genetic characteristics or identification by genetic fingerprinting for medical purposes: 1° Cytogenetic analyses, including molecular cytogenetic analyses; 2° Molecular genetic analyses; 3° Any other medical biology analysis prescribed with the intention of obtaining information for determining the genetic characteristics of a person equivalent to that obtained by the analyses mentioned in 1° and 2° above. These analyses are listed…

The prescription and performance of an examination of a person’s genetic characteristics for medical purposes, as well as the specific procedures for appropriate genetic counselling, are subject to rules of good practice defined by order of the Minister for Health, issued on a proposal from the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine after receiving the opinion of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de…