Section 125340 Of Chapter 2. Procuring Of Oocytes For Research From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 106. >> Part 5.5. >> Chapter 2.
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. (a) Prior to providing AOP or any alternative method of
ovarian retrieval to a subject for the purposes of medical research
or development of medical therapies, a physician and surgeon shall
obtain written and oral informed consent for the procedure from the
subject. Informed consent for the purposes of this chapter shall
comply with the informed consent requirements of the Protection of
Human Subjects in Medical Experimentation Act (Chapter 1.3
(commencing with Section 24170) of Division 20).
(b) The failure to obtain written informed consent from the
subject constitutes unprofessional conduct within the meaning of
Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2000) of Division 2 of the
Business and Professions Code. Nothing in this section shall be
construed to relieve the physician and surgeon from other existing
duties under the law, including, but not limited to, the duty to
obtain a subject's informed consent after fully explaining the
proposed procedure. The requirement that a physician and surgeon
provide the standardized written summary pursuant to Section 125335
is in addition to, and does not supplant, other existing legal
requirements regarding informed consent, including, but not limited
to, compliance with the Protection of Human Subjects in Medical
Experimentation Act (Chapter 1.3 (commencing with Section 24170) of
Division 20.
(c) This chapter shall not affect the suitability or availability
of oocytes procured for research before January 1, 2007, if the
oocytes were donated pursuant to protocols or standards that are
generally recognized and accepted by national or international
scientific bodies.
(d) Any written document required pursuant to this section shall
adhere to simplified reading standards, including, but not limited
to, those generally accepted and required for government
publications, and in layperson's language. The document shall be made
available in languages spoken by subjects in the study if their
proficiency is largely in a language other than English. All
information in the written informed consent document shall also be
conveyed to the subject orally in easy to understand and nontechnical
terms.