# Amendment of Procedural and Administrative Regulations To Include the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA)
> **US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission** · Final rule. · Published 2009-12-07 · Effective 2010-01-06 · 74 FR 63981
## Document
- **Document number:** E9-29012
- **Category:** final-rule
- **Agency:** US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- **Federal Register citation:** 74 FR 63981
- **CFR reference:** 29 CFR 1601
- **Publication date:** 2009-12-07
- **Effective date:** 2010-01-06
## Abstract

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC" or "Commission"), through this final rule, amends some of its existing regulations to include references to title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 ("GINA"), which prohibits employment discrimination based on genetic information.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2009/12/07/E9-29012/amendment-of-procedural-and-administrative-regulations-to-include-the-genetic-information)
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