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Specimen Use Permission One Purpose Check Tool

Combine explicit purpose membership with a withdrawal flag, without inferring clinical or legal authorization.

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Description

Check one supplied specimen-use purpose.

Consent, privacy and retention records encode supplied purposes, audiences, withdrawal status and timing rules. Literal membership or a true local predicate can organize these assertions while valid informed consent, adequate de-identification and lawful processing require separate contextual assessment.

Check one supplied specimen-use purpose.

When to use this tool

Use Specimen Use Permission One Purpose Check when checking the stated permission, withdrawal, retention or disclosure-record convention.

How to use the tool and how it works

  1. Enter grantedPurposes, requestedPurpose, withdrawn. Use the units and conventions below.
  2. Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
  3. Read listed, allowedByInputs. Inspect listed, allowedByInputs before interpreting the associated values.

Check one supplied specimen-use purpose. listed tests grantedPurposes membership, allowedByInputs additionally requires not withdrawn.1

Input fieldMeaning and unitsAccepted input
grantedPurposesGranted PurposesRequired. Array of text; maximum UTF-16 length 8192; maximum items 256.
requestedPurposeRequested PurposeRequired. Text; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
withdrawnWithdrawnRequired. Boolean.
Output fieldInterpretationReturned shape
listedListedRequired. Boolean.
allowedByInputsListed purpose and no withdrawal assertion; no lawful use or valid consent is established.Required. Boolean.
json
{
  "input": {
    "grantedPurposes": [
      "A",
      "B"
    ],
    "requestedPurpose": "B",
    "withdrawn": false
  },
  "output": {
    "listed": true,
    "allowedByInputs": true
  }
}

Limitations and assumptions

  • Literal permission assertions are not informed consent, lawful processing authorization or an actual specimen-use decision.
  • Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.

Alternative or Complementary methods

Review original permissions, participant choices and applicable organizational/legal requirements with the responsible professionals before actual use, disclosure or deletion.

References

  1. Calculation and input contract: bioethics/specimen-use-permission-one-purpose-check — tool.io

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