N.Y. Public Health Law § 2442: Informed consent

§ 2442. Informed consent. No human research may be conducted in this

state in the absence of the voluntary informed consent subscribed to in

writing by the human subject. If the human subject be a minor, such

consent shall be subscribed to in writing by the minor's parent or legal

guardian. If the human subject be otherwise legally unable to render

consent, such consent shall be subscribed to in writing by such other

person as may be legally empowered to act on behalf of the human

subject. No such voluntary informed consent shall include any language

through which the human subject waives, or appears to waive, any of his

legal rights, including any release of any individual, institution or

agency, or any agents thereof, from liability for negligence.