Is there a separate bioethics law?

No — the core is in the patients' rights law: Articles 31-34 and 26.

What is prohibited in genetics?

Discrimination on grounds of heritage, non-therapeutic testing, changing the descendants' genome and sex selection without medical necessity.

When is consent unnecessary?

When anonymous information and anonymised material are used.

When is sex selection admissible?

Only where it is necessary to prevent a hereditary disease linked to sex — the exception of Article 34.

Bioethics Law in Georgia

Bioethics law does not exist in Georgia as a separate statute — its codified core lies in the Law on Patients' Rights: the genetic block in Articles 31 to 34, and research consent in Article 26. Foreign bioethics frameworks are not the Georgian reference — the page is carried by the Georgian law.

The prohibition of genetic discrimination

Article 31 is the foundation of the block: discrimination against a person on grounds of genetic heritage is prohibited. This norm covers every sphere in which a decision about a person is taken — from employment to insurance — and the first test of bioethics law is precisely this prohibition: no decision may rest on genetic heritage.