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DIVISION 2. HEALING ARTS 500-4999.202›CHAPTER 1. General Provisions 500-865.2›ARTICLE 6.5. Open Payments Database Notices 660-665

§ 661

California Business and Professions Code · 2026 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

(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.

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

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