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Consent Waiver

With regards to Waiver of Consent requests the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research (2025) states the following:

Section 2.3.9

Only an HREC may grant waiver of consent for research using personal information in medical research, or personal health information. Other review bodies may grant waiver of consent for other research.

Section 2.3.10

Before deciding to waive the requirement for consent the HREC or other review body must be satisfied that:

(a) involvement in the research carries no more than low risk;

(b) the benefits from the research justify any risks of harm associated with not seeking consent;

(c) it is impracticable to obtain consent;

(d) there is sufficient protection of their privacy;

(e) here is an adequate plan to protect the confidentiality of data;

(f) in case the results have significance for the participants’ welfare there is, where practicable, a plan for making information arising from the research available to them;

(g) the possibility of commercial exploitation of derivatives of the data or tissue will not deprive the participants of any financial benefits to which they would be entitled;

(h) the waiver is not prohibited by State, federal, or international law

Waiver of Consent at UC

When submitting  your full ethics application, you will need to upload a word document addressing every criteria of Section 2.3.10 of the National Statement.