{"data":{"id":"us-va/6vac35-170-160","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"6VAC35-170-160","heading":"HRRC review of informed consent provisions","body":"A. The  HRRC shall review and approve the consent process and all required consent forms for each proposed human research project before recommending approval to the director.\n\nB. The committee may approve a consent procedure that omits or alters some or all of the basic elements of informed consent or waives the requirement to get informed consent if the  HRRC finds and documents that:\n\n1.  The research involves no more than a minimal risk to the subjects;\n\n2. The omission, alteration, or waiver will not adversely affect the rights and welfare of the subjects;\n\n3. The research could not  be performed practicably without the omission, alteration, or waiver; and\n\n4. After participation, the subjects will be given additional pertinent information when appropriate.\n\nC. The  HRRC may waive the requirement that the researcher get written informed consent for some or all subjects if the principal risk would be potential harm resulting from a breach of confidentiality, and the only record linking the subject and the research would be the consent document. The  HRRC may require the researcher to give the subjects and legally authorized representatives a written statement explaining the research. Further, the researcher shall ask each subject  whether he wants documentation linking him to the research, and the subject's wishes shall govern.","path":["Title 6. Criminal Justice And Corrections","Agency 35. Department (Board) of Juvenile Justice","Chapter 170. Regulation Governing Juvenile Data Requests and Research Involving Human Subjects"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title6/agency35/chapter170/section160/","current_through":"2026 Regular Session (effective July 1, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:47:17Z","sha256":"189a514370a577f98bdb46a67006551897726bfd5982b9005f2684b1d78e0aa4","source_id":"us-va-vac","stale":false,"prev":"us-va/6vac35-170-150","next":"us-va/6vac35-170-170"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}