38 U.S.C. § 7331 — Informed consent
submitted 50 years ago by Pub. L. 94-581 to r/title-38-VETERANS-BENEFITS · 74 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary must make rules requiring informed consent for Department medical and prosthetic research and, as far as practical, for patient care.
On the Under Secretary* for Health’s recommendation and under section 7334, the Secretary must issue regulations establishing procedures to ensure that Department* medical and prosthetic research, and, as far as practicable, all patient care under title 38, occur only with the patient’s or research subject’s full and informed consent. When appropriate, a representative may give the consent.
The Secretary*, upon the recommendation of the Under Secretary for Health and pursuant to the provisions of section 7334 of this title, shall prescribe regulations establishing procedures to ensure that all medical and prosthetic research carried out and, to the maximum extent practicable, all patient care furnished under this title shall be carried out only with the full and informed consent of the patient or subject or, in appropriate cases, a representative thereof.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 94–581, title I, § 111(a)(1), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2849, § 4131; renumbered § 7331 and amended Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, §§ 401(a)(4)(A), 402(d)(1), 403(a)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 221, 239; Pub. L. 102–405, title III, § 302(c)(1), Oct. 9, 1992, 106 Stat. 1984.)
- 1976Enacted · Pub. L. 94-581 · 90 Stat. 2849
- 1991Amended · Pub. L. 102-40 · 105 Stat. 221, 239
- 1992Amended · Pub. L. 102-405 · 106 Stat. 1984
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 94-581 on 1976-10-21.
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