Section 661 - Notice of the Open Payments database; signature(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.Ca. Bus. and Prof. Code § 661
Added by Stats 2022 ch 750 (AB 1278),s 1, eff. 1/1/2023.