---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 1635.1"
title: "29"
number: "1635.1"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/1635.1"
---

# §1635.1. Purpose.

- (a) The purpose of this part is to implement Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, [42 U.S.C. 2000ff](/usc/42/2000ff.md), et seq. Title II of GINA:
  - (1) Prohibits use of genetic information in employment decision-making;
  - (2) Restricts employers and other entities subject to Title II of GINA from requesting, requiring, or purchasing genetic information;
  - (3) Requires that genetic information be maintained as a confidential medical record, and places strict limits on disclosure of genetic information; and
  - (4) Provides remedies for individuals whose genetic information is acquired, used, or disclosed in violation of its protections.
- (b) This part does not apply to actions of covered entities that do not pertain to an individual's status as an employee, member of a labor organization, or participant in an apprenticeship program. For example, this part would not apply to:
  - (1) A medical examination of an individual for the purpose of diagnosis and treatment unrelated to employment, which is conducted by a health care professional at the hospital or other health care facility where the individual is an employee; or
  - (2) Activities of a covered entity carried on in its capacity as a law enforcement agency investigating criminal conduct, even where the subject of the investigation is an employee of the covered entity.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 110 Stat. 233; 42 U.S.C. 2000ff.

### Source

Source: 75 FR 68932, Nov. 9, 2010, unless otherwise noted.