PART 3: Consent Forms
* The consent form must be written in non-technical language which can be understood by the subjects. It should be free of any
exculpatory language through which the participant is made to waive, or appears to be made to waive any legal rights, including any
release of the investigator, sponsor, institution or its agents from liability for negligence. (Note: the consent form is not a contract.)
* For example consent forms, please refer to our website,
* The IRB prefers using signed informed consent; However, if that is impractical, an application to waive signed consent can be
requested below. However, even if this waiver is requested, the IRB must be provided with the consent script that will present the
information to human subjects regarding the study/research. All consent forms or scripts must include a statement that the study was
approved or exempted by the IRB and provide IRB contact information to participants.
I am requesting waiver of signed Informed Consent because:
(a) Having a participant sign the consent form would create the principal risk of participating in the study.
or that
(b) The research presents no more than minimal risk of harm to subjects and involves no procedures for which having signed consent is
normally required.
Now that your application is complete, please send it to the IRB office for review, the address is listed below, OR you can send
it to one of the Human Subjects Screening Committee Members. The list of Committee Members can be found here
(http://
sites01.lsu.edu/wp/ored/human-subjects-screening-committee-members/)
Institutional Review Board
Dr. Robert Mathews, Chair
130 David Boyd Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
P: 225.578.8692
F: 22.578.5983
irb@lsu.edu
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