Common use of Additional Requirements for Voluntary Sterilization Programs Clause in Contracts

Additional Requirements for Voluntary Sterilization Programs. (1) None of the funds provided under this Agreement shall be used to pay for the performance of involuntary sterilization as a method of family planning or to coerce or provide any financial incentive to any individual to practice sterilization. (2) The Grantee shall ensure that any surgical sterilization procedures supported in whole or in part by this Agreement are performed only after the individual has voluntarily appeared at the treatment facility and has given informed consent to the sterilization procedure. Informed consent means the voluntary, knowing assent from the individual after being advised of the surgical procedures to be followed; the attendant discomforts and risks; the benefits to be expected; the availability of alternative methods of family planning; the purpose of the operation and its irreversibility; and the option to withdraw consent anytime prior to the operation. An individual's consent is considered voluntary if it is based upon the exercise of free choice and is not obtained by any special inducement or any element of force, fraud, deceit, duress, or other forms of coercion or misrepresentation. (3) Further, the Grantee shall document the patient’s informed consent by (i) a written consent document in a language the patient understands and speaks, which explains the basic elements of informed consent, as set out above, and which is signed by the individual and by the attending physician or by the authorized assistant of the attending physician; or (ii) when a patient is unable to read adequately, a written certification by the attending physician or by the authorized assistant of the attending physician that the basic elements of informed consent above were orally presented to the patient and that the patient thereafter consented to the performance of the operation. The receipt of this oral explanation shall be acknowledged by the patient’s mark on the certification and by the signature or mark of a witness who shall speak the same language as the patient. (4) The Grantee must retain copies of informed consent forms and certification documents for each voluntary sterilization procedure for a period of three years after performance of the sterilization procedure.

Additional Requirements for Voluntary Sterilization Programs. (1) None of the funds provided under this Agreement shall be used to pay for the performance of involuntary sterilization as a method of family planning or to coerce or provide any financial incentive to any individual to practice sterilization. (2) The Grantee Contractor shall ensure that any surgical sterilization procedures supported in whole or in part by funds from this Agreement contract are performed only after the individual has voluntarily appeared at the treatment facility and has given informed consent to the sterilization procedure. Informed consent means the voluntary, knowing assent from the individual after being advised of the surgical procedures to be followed; , the attendant discomforts and risks; , the benefits to be expected; , the availability of alternative methods of family planning; , the purpose of the operation and its irreversibility; , and the option to withdraw consent anytime any time prior to the operation. An individual's consent is considered voluntary if it is based upon the exercise of free choice and is not obtained by any special inducement or any element of force, fraud, deceit, duress, or other forms of coercion or misrepresentation. (32) Further, the Grantee Contractor shall document the patient’s 's informed consent by by (i) a written consent document in a language the patient understands and speaks, which explains the basic elements of informed consent, as set out above, and which is signed by the individual and by the attending physician or by the authorized assistant of the attending physician; or or (ii) when a patient is unable to read adequately, adequately a written certification by the attending physician or by the authorized assistant of the attending physician that the basic elements of informed consent above were orally presented to the patient patient, and that the patient thereafter consented to the performance of the operation. The receipt of this oral explanation shall be acknowledged by the patient’s 's mark on the certification and by the signature or mark of a witness who shall speak the same language as the patient. (43) The Grantee Contractor must retain copies of informed consent forms and certification documents for each voluntary sterilization procedure for a period of three years after performance of the sterilization procedure.

Additional Requirements for Voluntary Sterilization Programs. (1) None of the funds provided made available under this Agreement award shall be used to pay for the performance of involuntary sterilization as a method of family planning or to coerce or provide any financial incentive to any individual to practice sterilization. (2) The Grantee recipient shall ensure that any surgical sterilization procedures supported in whole or in part by funds from this Agreement award are performed only after the individual has voluntarily appeared at the treatment facility and has given informed consent to the sterilization procedure. Informed consent means the voluntary, knowing assent from the individual after being advised of the surgical procedures to be followed; , the attendant discomforts and risks; , the benefits to be expected; , the availability of alternative methods of family planning; , the purpose of the operation and its irreversibility; , and the option to withdraw consent anytime prior to the operation. An individual's ’s consent is considered voluntary if it is based upon the exercise of free choice and is not obtained by any special inducement or any element of force, fraud, deceit, duress, or other forms of coercion or misrepresentation. (3) Further, the Grantee recipient shall document the patient’s informed consent by (i) a written consent document in a language the patient understands and speaks, which explains the basic elements of informed consent, as set out above, and which is signed by the individual and by the attending physician or by the authorized assistant of the attending physician; or (ii) when a patient is unable to read adequately, adequately a written certification by the attending physician or by the authorized assistant of the attending physician that the basic elements of informed consent above were orally presented to the patient patient, and that the patient thereafter consented to the performance of the operation. The receipt of this oral explanation shall be acknowledged by the patient’s mark xxxx on the certification and by the signature or mark xxxx of a witness who shall speak the same language as the patient. (4) The Grantee recipient must retain copies of informed consent forms and certification documents for each voluntary sterilization procedure for a period of three years after performance of the sterilization procedure.

Additional Requirements for Voluntary Sterilization Programs. (1) None of the funds provided Funds made available under this Agreement shall award must not be used to pay for the performance of involuntary sterilization as a method of family planning or to coerce or provide any financial incentive to any individual to practice sterilization. (2) The Grantee shall recipient must ensure that any surgical sterilization procedures supported supported, in whole or in part part, by funds from this Agreement award are performed only after the individual has voluntarily appeared at the treatment facility and has given informed consent to the sterilization procedure. Informed consent means the voluntary, knowing assent from the individual after being advised of the surgical procedures to be followed; , the attendant discomforts and risks; , the benefits to be expected; , the availability of alternative methods of family planning; , the purpose of the operation and its irreversibility; , and the option to withdraw consent anytime any time prior to the operation. An individual's consent is considered voluntary if it is based upon the exercise of free choice and is not obtained by any special inducement or any element of force, fraud, deceit, duress, or other forms of coercion or misrepresentation. (3) Further, the Grantee shall recipient must document the patient’s 's informed consent by (i) a by: a. A written consent document in a language the patient understands and speaks, which explains the basic elements of informed consent, as set out above, and which is signed by the individual and by the attending physician or by the authorized assistant of the attending physician; or (ii) when or, b. When a patient is unable to read adequately, a written certification by the attending physician or by the authorized assistant of the attending physician that the basic elements of informed consent above were orally presented to the patient patient, and that the patient thereafter consented to the performance of the operation. The receipt of this oral explanation shall must be acknowledged by the patient’s 's mark on the certification and by the signature or mark of a witness who shall speak speaks the same language as the patient. (4) The Grantee recipient must retain copies of informed consent forms and certification documents for each voluntary sterilization procedure for a period of three years after performance of the sterilization procedure.

Additional Requirements for Voluntary Sterilization Programs. (1) None of the funds provided Funds made available under this Agreement shall award must not be used to pay for the performance of involuntary sterilization as a method of family planning or to coerce or provide any financial incentive to any individual to practice sterilization. (2) The Grantee shall recipient must ensure that any surgical sterilization procedures supported supported, in whole or in part part, by funds from this Agreement award are performed only after the individual has voluntarily appeared at the treatment facility and has given informed consent to the sterilization procedure. Informed consent means the voluntary, knowing assent from the individual after being advised of the surgical procedures to be followed; , the attendant discomforts and risks; , the benefits to be expected; , the availability of alternative methods of family planning; , the purpose of the operation and its irreversibility; , and the option to withdraw consent anytime any time prior to the operation. An individual's consent is considered voluntary if it is based upon the exercise of free choice and is not obtained by any special inducement or any element of force, fraud, deceit, duress, or other forms of coercion or misrepresentation. (3) Further, the Grantee shall recipient must document the patient’s 's informed consent by (i) a written consent document in a language the patient understands and speaks, which explains the basic elements of informed consent, as set out above, and which is signed by the individual and by the attending physician or by the authorized assistant of the attending physician; or or, (ii) when a patient is unable to read adequately, adequately a written certification by the attending physician or by the authorized assistant of the attending physician that the basic elements of informed consent above were orally presented to the patient patient, and that the patient thereafter consented to the performance of the operation. The , the receipt of this oral explanation shall must be acknowledged by the patient’s 's mark on the certification and by the signature or mark of a witness who shall speak speaks the same language as the patient. (4) The Grantee recipient must retain copies of informed consent forms and certification documents for each voluntary sterilization procedure for a period of three years after performance of the sterilization procedure.