ABSTRACT
The relevance of genetic testing to the regulatory debate arises from the fact that regulation has interdependent constitutive and control features. Genetic testing is a relatively new activity that promises both benefits and risks. The role of regulation therefore is to consti tute an environment in which the benefits of this activity may be achieved and the risks may be reduced or at least appropriately allocated. Given that genetic testing is still being developed, it might be thought that little regulation exists.1 It may also be thought that such regulation that does exist must be capable of adapting to the dynamics and changes that are inevitable in a field still in its devel opmental stages.2
