Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 750, Sec. 1. (AB 1278) Effective January 1, 2023.
(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.
(d)If a physician and surgeon does not maintain electronic records, the physician and surgeon shall include the notice pursuant to this section in the written records.
(e)A physician and surgeon shall give to the patient or patient representative a copy of the signed and dated notice.
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