Consent Forms

Click on a form name in the table below to open the individual form, and save it to your computer to complete.

Instructions and Forms/Templates

Instructions
6/07

Instructions for the preparation of research consent forms. Refer to Alternative Lay Language for Medical Terms for a glossary that gives alternative lay language for medical terms.

 

Informed Consent Document Checklist
5/07
Checklist for the preparation of research consent forms.

General Consent Form Template
11/05

Spanish Consent Form Template
11/05

Consent form template for use when the study plan is to enroll only adults or both adults and children. When children age 14-17 are to be enrolled, consent of the parent and assent of the child are documented on this form. When children age 13 or less are to be enrolled, consent of the parent is documented on this form and assent of the child (age 7-13) is documented on the separate Youth Assent Form.
Parental Consent Form Template
11/05
Consent form template for use when the study plan is to enroll only children. When children age 14-17 are to be enrolled, consent of the parent and assent of the child are documented on this form. When children age 13 or less are to be enrolled, consent of the parent is documented on this form and assent of the child (age 7-13) is documented on the separate Youth Assent Form.

Youth Assent Form
8/98

 

Assent form for use when the study plan is to enroll children age 7-13. When children age 14-17 are to be enrolled, assent of the child is documented on the General or Parental Consent Form template (see instructions above).

Blood Draw Consent Form (No PHI)
8/07

 

Consent form template for studies limited to blood collection where no identifiable health information will be linked by use of a code or other means to the blood sample. Refer to research with de-identified information for more information.


Blood Draw Consent Form (PHI)
8/07
Consent and authorization template for studies limited to blood collection and the use of identifiable health information. Refer to the PHRC HIPAA page for more information


Tissue Repository Consent Form
11/05
Consent form template for studies that involve banking specimens/samples for future use and/or distribution to multiple investigators. For more information, see sample Research Consent Form.


Consent Form and Authorization for Studies with a Certificate of Confidentiality
5/07

Parental Consent Form and Authorization for Studies with a Certificate of Confidentiality
9/07

Spanish Consent Form and Authorization for Studies with a Certificate of Confidentiality
4/03

Consent form template for studies for which a Certificate of Confidentiality has been obtained.

"Short Form" Consent Documents
in Other Languages

 

Short form consent documents written in Arabic, Chinese, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Vietnamese. Requires Adobe Acrobat. Refer to policy for Obtaining and Documenting Informed Consent of Subjects Who Do Not Speak English