California Business and Professions Code

§ 661

BPC § 661 Effective Jan 1, 2023Div. 2 · Ch. 1 · Art. 6.5

Statute text

(a)A physician and surgeon shall provide to each patient at the initial office visit a written or electronic notice of the Open Payments database. The written notice shall include a signature from the patient or a patient representative and the date of signature.

(b)The written or electronic notice shall contain the following text: “The Open Payments database is a federal tool used to search payments made by drug and device companies to physicians and teaching hospitals. It can be found at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.”

(c)A physician and surgeon shall include in the electronic records for the patient a record of the notice pursuant to this section.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 750, Sec. 1. (AB 1278) Effective January 1, 2023.