“…Written and Verbal Consent: The scan lab instructor should review the consent form with each model and answer any questions related to the form or the scan lab process. 1,[4][5][6]8 Ideally, students in the scan lab should communicate with the model as they would communicate with a real patient in a healthcare setting, including but not limited to, obtaining consent, explaining the procedure to be performed, and answering any questions. HIPAA Release: The sonography program should use the consent form for models, or a separate HIPAA release, to provide authorization to the sonography program to share relevant information about the model's pre-existing medical conditions, sonographic images obtained during a prescan or scan lab, or incidental findings as necessary for training, medical, educational, or research purposes.…”