Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 487.256
Informed Consent

(a)

Before receiving treatment under an approved research program, each patient must sign a written informed consent form.

(b)

If the patient is a minor or lacks the mental capacity to provide informed consent, a parent, guardian, or conservator may provide informed consent on the patient’s behalf.

(c)

An institutional review board overseeing a research program under this subchapter may adopt a form to be used for the informed consent required by this section.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 660 (H.B. 1535), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.

Source: Section 487.256 — Informed Consent, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­487.­htm#487.­256 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

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