Sample Consent Forms
Consent Form Templates
These consent form templates have been posted for your reference. When completing and IRB submission in IRBIS, please fill in the application and use the consent form builder specific to your project. For more information, please find instructions here.
Summary of Changes to the Regulations for Informed Consent: Revised Common Rule Changes to Informed Consent and Waiver Requirements
Summary of Changes to Consent Documents:
- Informed Consent Documents – Version 2.0 Summary of Changes
- Informed Consent Documents – Version 2.1 Summary of Changes – Coming Soon!
| Consent Document Type | Last Updated |
| Adult Consent Form | 2020-01-17 |
| Stored Specimens with Identifiers | 2020-01-17 |
| Stored Specimens without Identifiers | 2020-01-17 |
| Parental Permission Form | 2020-01-17 |
| Assent Form Ages 15-17 | 2020-01-17 |
| Information or Fact Sheet | 2020-01-17 |
| Focus Group Consent Form | 2020-01-17 |
| COVID Information Sheet for UNC and External Sites v2 | 2020-06-04
2020-05-25 |
| The following documents are samples. IRBIS does NOT generate these documents with application-specific information. |
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| Text for Consent Embedded in Survey | |
| Text for Online Consent Form | |
| Verbal/Phone Consent | |
| Exempt Research Information Sheet | 2017-10-30 |
| Addendum to provide additional information to subject after original consent | 2013-03-14 |
| SSN Collection for Medicare Recipients | 2017-04-17 |
| Debriefing Template | 2018-04-19 |
Concise Summary examples can be found here.
There are a few additional forms that are not provided online and may be accessed below. As needed, these should be completed and uploaded to your IRB application.
Foreign Language Consent Forms
COVID-19 Related Forms:
- Spanish-IRB-COVID Information Sheet
- Spanish COVID Consent Letter v2
- Spanish COVID Informational Sheet Translation Certificate
Short Consent Form (for a single subject who may be illiterate, or otherwise unable to read the consent form — used when full consent form has to be read or translated for subject).