- Title
- Revisions to the Hospital Interpretive Guidelines for Informed Consent
- Memo #
- 07-17
- Posting Date
- 04/13/2007
- Fiscal Year
- 2007
- Summary
- Requirements related to informed consent for hospitals are found in the Patients' Rights Condition of Participation (CoP) at 42 CFR 482.13(b)(2); the Medical Records CoP at 482.24(c)(2)(v); and the Surgical Services CoP at 482.51(b)(2). The attached interpretive guidelines for Tags A-0049 (Patients' Rights), A-0238 (Medical Records), and A-0392 (Surgical Services) replace the guidelines issued in May 2004.
