Waiver of Consent Waiver Of Informed Consent SCDO:0005773 Consent Waiver The release from the requirement to obtain informed consent during a study that is granted by Human Subject Protection committee for a research institution for a protocol that is being reviewed by the Institutional Review Board. NCIT:C103270 International Ethical Guidelines for Health-related Research Involving Humans, Fourth Edition. Geneva. Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS); 2016. Waiver of the requirement of a signed consent form from potential participants or parents of children who are potential participants may be approved by a Research Ethics Committee if the research carries no more than minimal risk (i.e., risk that is no more likely and not greater than that attached to routine medical or psychological examination) and if the procedures to be used are only those for which signed consent forms are not customarily required outside the research context. Such waivers may also be approved when existence of a signed consent form would be an unjustified threat to the participant's confidentiality. Sufficient Research Ethics Committee Decision