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[CITE: 38USC7331]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
              PART V--BOARDS, ADMINISTRATIONS, AND SERVICES
 
 CHAPTER 73--VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION--ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS
 
              SUBCHAPTER III--PROTECTION OF PATIENT RIGHTS
 
Sec. 7331. Informed consent

    The Secretary, upon the recommendation of the Under Secretary for 
Health and pursuant to the provisions of section 7334 of this title, 
shall prescribe regulations establishing procedures to ensure that all 
medical and prosthetic research carried out and, to the maximum extent 
practicable, all patient care furnished under this title shall be 
carried out only with the full and informed consent of the patient or 
subject or, in appropriate cases, a representative thereof.

(Added Pub. L. 94-581, title I, Sec. 111(a)(1), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 
2849, Sec. 4131; renumbered Sec. 7331 and amended Pub. L. 102-40, title 
IV, Secs. 401(a)(4)(A), 402(d)(1), 403(a)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 
221, 239; Pub. L. 102-405, title III, Sec. 302(c)(1), Oct. 9, 1992, 106 
Stat. 1984.)


                               Amendments

    1992--Pub. L. 102-405 substituted ``Under Secretary for Health'' for 
``Chief Medical Director''.
    1991--Pub. L. 102-40, Sec. 401(a)(4)(A), renumbered section 4131 of 
this title as this section.
    Pub. L. 102-40, Sec. 403(a)(1), substituted ``Secretary'' for 
``Administrator''.
    Pub. L. 102-40, Sec. 402(d)(1), substituted ``7334'' for ``4134''.


                             Effective Date

    Subchapter effective Oct. 21, 1976, see section 211 of Pub. L. 94-
581, set out as an Effective Date of 1976 Amendment note under section 
111 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 7334 of this title.
