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Regulation of Genetic Testing/Service in Canada

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Quality Issues in Clinical Genetic Services

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• Regulation of genetic testing in Canada is complicated by the unique distribution of responsibilities for health services amongst federal and provincial/territorial ministries of health

• No over-arching regulations or guidelines for quality assurance or delivery of genetic testing services exist in Canada leading to different levels of regulation in each jurisdiction

• Although most provinces offering genetic services voluntarily conform to recommended standards regarding genetic testing services, there is a need for federal guidelines to ensure that minimum standards for quality and patient/consumer protection are met

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Medical Genetics and Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    Martin J. Somerville

  2. Medical Genetics Laboratories, Stollery Children’s Hospital, Edmonton, AB, Canada

    Martin J. Somerville

  3. Genetic Test Evaluation Program, Hayes Inc., Lansdale, PA, USA

    Diane J. Allingham-Hawkins

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  1. Dept. Clinical Genetics, University of Lund, Lund, 221 85, Sweden

    Ulf Kristoffersson

  2. Zentrum Kinderheilkunde, Inst. Humangenetik, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (MHH), Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, Hannover, 30625, Germany

    Jörg Schmidtke

  3. Center f. Human Genetics, Lab. For. Gen. & Mol. Arch., University of Leuven, Kapucijenvoer 33, Leuven, 3000, Belgium

    J. J. Cassiman

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Somerville, M.J., Allingham-Hawkins, D.J. (2010). Regulation of Genetic Testing/Service in Canada. In: Kristoffersson, U., Schmidtke, J., Cassiman, J. (eds) Quality Issues in Clinical Genetic Services. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3919-4_9

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