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Louisiana Human Genomic Security Act of 2025: prohibition on certain human genetic sequencers
In force since .
A sensitive categories rule binding public and private bodies.
- Enforcement body
- Louisiana Attorney General
- Obligation class
- Prohibition
- Audit expectation
- none
As of .
What it requires
- If you are a medical facility or research facility in Louisiana, do not put into service any new or additional human genetic sequencer, or operational and research software used for human genetic analysis, produced by the government of a foreign adversary (the People's Republic of China including Hong Kong, Cuba, Iran, North Korea or Russia), a state-owned company of a foreign adversary or a foreign adversary company.
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If you get it wrong
Private right of actionNo
Penalty structure
A medical facility or human genomic research facility that violates the chapter is fined $10,000 for each unique instance of an individual's genome having undergone genetic sequencing or analysis using a prohibited human genetic sequencer or prohibited operational or research software.
- Rule
- Per violation only
- As of
- Currency
- USD
- Per violation unit
- Violation
- Per violation amount
- 10,000
What this law does
Under Revised Statutes 51:3183, a medical facility or research facility in this state may not put into service within this state any new or additional human genetic sequencers or operational and research software used for human genetic analysis produced by the government of a foreign adversary, a state-owned company of a foreign adversary or a foreign adversary company. Section 51:3183 took effect .
Under Revised Statutes 51:3185, a medical facility or human genomic research facility that violates the chapter is fined $10,000 per violation, and a violation means each unique instance of an individual's genome having undergone genetic sequencing or analysis using a prohibited human genetic sequencer or prohibited operational or research software.
Under Revised Statutes 51:3185, the attorney general has the sole authority to investigate allegations of violations of the Louisiana Human Genomic Security Act and to enforce Revised Statutes 51:3183 and 3184.
When LexLint raises it
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