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title: "42 U.S.C. § 2000ff–9"
description: "Medical information that is not genetic information"
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title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
chapter_number: "21F"
chapter_name: "PROHIBITING EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF GENETIC INFORMATION"
section: "2000ff–9"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 2000ff–9"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
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# 42 U.S.C. § 2000ff–9 - Medical information that is not genetic information

## Text

An employer, employment agency, labor organization, or joint labor-management committee shall not be considered to be in violation of this chapter based on the use, acquisition, or disclosure of medical information that is not genetic information about a manifested disease, disorder, or pathological condition of an employee or member, including a manifested disease, disorder, or pathological condition that has or may have a genetic basis.

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

## Notes

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective DateSection 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.