Tex. Health & Safety Code § 487.256 · Subchapter F. COMPASSIONATE-USE RESEARCH AND REPORTING
INFORMED CONSENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 660 (H.B. 1535), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.487.htm
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