Indiana § 16-38-2-6 - Additional information requests; individual patients; consent
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§ 16-38-2-6. Additional information requests; individual patients; consent
Sec. 6. Researchers may, with the approval of the state department, use the names of individual cancer patients when requesting additional information for research purposes or soliciting an individual patient's participation in a research project. However, if a researcher requests additional information for an individual cancer patient's participation in a research project, the researcher must first obtain the oral or written consent of the patient's attending physician. If the consent of the patient's attending physician is obtained, the researcher must then obtain the individual cancer patient's written consent by having the patient complete a release of confidential medical information form.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-4-9-5(c).]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.21.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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