Download Consent Short Forms

Consent short forms may be used with an oral explanation of consent form information to obtain consent from non-English speaking subjects in a study when the majority of subjects are English speakers as an alternative to translated consent forms (see 45 CFR 46.117(b)(2)). These materials must be approved by the IRB.

These forms cannot be used as a substitute for a translated consent form when the primary population of a study will be non-English speakers. In that instance, fully translated consent forms should be provided for IRB review with an English Language Version.

Consent Short Form Translations:

These translations were made possible by a grant from our partners in the Fairview Health Services

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•  Original in English (pdf)
  
  
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• French (pdf)
• Hmong (pdf)
• Khmer (pdf)
• Lao (pdf)
• Oromo (pdf)
• Russian (pdf)
• Spanish (pdf)
• Somali (pdf)
• Vietnamese (pdf)

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