Consent forms signed before
the appointment.

Yes, as a general matter. The ESIGN Act (15 U.S.C. §7001) and UETA — adopted by 49 states, with New York using its own equivalent statute, ESRA — give an electronic signature the same legal effect as a handwritten one for private agreements, as long as the signer's identity and the document's integrity can be established. Health care consent adds its own state-specific informed-consent rules on top of that general framework, and if the document involves protected health information, HIPAA's privacy and security requirements apply separately — confirm both with your compliance officer or counsel before relying on any signed form.

Kligrafia is a general-purpose electronic signature and audit-trail platform, not a healthcare-specific or “HIPAA-certified” system — there is no official federal certification program for software that would make that claim meaningful. Whether your specific use of Kligrafia satisfies HIPAA depends on your practice's own policies, what protected health information you handle inside versus outside the platform, and any Business Associate Agreement your practice may need. That determination is your practice's responsibility, in consultation with your compliance officer or counsel — it is not something we assert on your behalf.

With KYC verification. The Pro plan includes 2 free Level B KYC verifications a month — a government-issued ID (driver’s license or passport) matched against a live photo. Teams plans can add packages based on your practice’s volume. KYC helps confirm the person signing is who they say they are, which matters for a medical consent.

No. An electronic signature does not replace informed-consent conversations. The clinician still explains the procedure, risks, benefits, and alternatives in person or by telehealth; the patient then signs the document that records that explanation. Kligrafia is the signing and recordkeeping tool — the clinical conversation and its adequacy remain the provider's responsibility.

Yes. Consent for a minor's procedure is signed by the legal representative (parent or guardian) with verified identity. In Kligrafia's flow, you add the representative as an additional signer with Level B KYC, and the record shows who signed, when, and from where.

Your staff downloads the signed PDF and its evidence report from the Kligrafia dashboard and files them in the patient's medical record, paper or electronic, the same way you'd file a wet-ink signature today. Kligrafia keeps its own historical copy with a cryptographic audit trail for reference — it does not replace your official medical record system.

The Pro plan at $9/month runs from a single login. For practices with more than one provider, the Teams plan starts at 3 seats at $8/seat/month ($24 minimum). Each provider gets their own login, templates are shared across the practice, and the audit log is accessible to administrators.

Yes. The visual template builder lets you create forms for surgery, dentistry, ophthalmology, physical therapy, dermatology, or any specialty, with the fields that procedure typically needs. Your staff loads the patient, fills in the clinical details, and sends it for signature in minutes. The clinical and legal content of each document remains the provider's responsibility, or their advisor's.

Every completed document generates an evidence report PDF with a SHA-256 hash of the document before and after signing, a timestamp for every action, IP address, user-agent, device, approximate location, and the KYC level reached. Anyone can verify the record’s integrity at kligrafia.com/verify, no account needed.