---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 2000ff–9"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "2000ff–9"
heading: "Medical information that is not genetic information"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/2000ff-9"
units:
  - "Chapter 21F — Prohibiting Employment Discrimination on the Basis of Genetic Information"
---

# §2000ff–9. Medical information that is not genetic information


An [employer](/usc/42/2000ff.md?p=2-B), [employment agency](/usc/42/2000ff.md?p=2-C), [labor organization](/usc/42/2000ff.md?p=2-C), or joint labor-management committee shall not be considered to be in [violation](/usc/42/2000e–16a.md?p=c) of this chapter based on the use, acquisition, or disclosure of medical information that is not [genetic information](/usc/42/2000ff.md?p=4-A) about a manifested disease, disorder, or pathological condition of an [employee](/usc/42/2000ff.md?p=2-A) or [member](/usc/42/2000ff.md?p=2-D), including a manifested disease, disorder, or pathological condition that has or may have a genetic basis.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 110–233, title II, § 210, May 21, 2008, 122 Stat. 920.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective 18 months after May 21, 2008, see section 213 of Pub. L. 110–233, set out as a note under section 2000ff of this title.