The informed consent for research must include information describing any photographs, video, and/or audio recordings to be taken or obtained for research purposes, how the photographs, video, and/or audio will be used for the research, and whether the photographs, video, and/or audio will be disclosed outside the VA.

• An informed consent to take a photograph, video, and/or audio recording cannot be waived by the IRB.
• The consent for research does not give legal authority to disclose the photographs, video, and/or audio recordings outside the VA. A HIPAA authorization is needed to make such disclosures.