Experimental subject’s bill of rights

CALIFORNIA EXPERIMENTAL SUBJECT’S BILL OF RIGHTS

Any person who is requested to consent to participate as a subject in a research study

involving a medical experiment, or who is requested to consent on behalf of another has

the right to:

1. 
   Be informed of the nature and purpose of the experiment.
   
2. 
   Be given an explanation of the procedures to be followed in the medical experiment and any drug or device to be used.
   
3. 
   Be given a description of any attendant discomforts and risks reasonably to be expected from the experiment, if applicable.
   
4. 
   Be given an explanation of any benefits to the subject reasonably to be expected from the experiment if applicable.
   
5. 
   Be given a disclosure of any appropriate alternative procedures, drugs, or devices that might be advantageous to the subject, and their relative risks and benefits.
   
6. 
   Be informed of the avenues of medical treatment, if any, available to the subject after the experiment or if complications should arise.
   
7. 
   Be given an opportunity to ask any questions concerning the experiment or other procedures involved.
   
8. 
   Be instructed that consent to participate in the medical experiment may be withdrawn at any time, and the subject may discontinue in the medical experiment without prejudice.
   
9. 
   Be given a copy of a signed and dated written informed consent form when one is required.
   
10. 
    Be given the opportunity to decide to consent or not to consent to a medical experiment without the intervention of any element of force, fraud, deceit, duress, coercion or undue influence on the subject's decision.
    

Signature of adult subject capable of consent, child subject’s parent, individual authorized to consent to the child subject’s general medical care, or adult subject’s legally authorized representative		Date