Following a January 2025 decision by the Eleventh Circuit Court, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has repealed its ...

Officials remind families that each form should cover only one student and one employee or volunteer, and must be filled out completely.

This is a sample form, not intended for actual use. Please see the instructions for authors for the event at which your paper has been accepted for the appropriate consent form.

The elimination of the written consent form merely entails the elimination of the final step in the informed consent process. And if the elimination of a physical form that must be signed helps ...

Hospitals must now get written consent to perform pelvic, breast, prostate and rectal exams on sedated patients or risk losing federal funding.

In the domain of clinical trials, informed consent is imperative, and the written consent form is a critical instrument in this process. It marks the initial step in a participant's involvement in ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued new guidance on Monday clarifying that hospitals must obtain written consent for sensitive exams, such as pelvic, breast or prostate exams ...

Hospitals must obtain written informed consent from patients before subjecting them to pelvic exams and exams of other sensitive areas — especially if an exam will be done while the patient is ...

FILE - An operating room is seen in Calif., July 27, 2010. Hospitals must obtain written informed consent from patients before subjecting them to pelvic exams and exams of other sensitive areas ...