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Orange Guide – Chapter 17: State Laws: HCP and State Employee Restrictions
Specifically, costs associated with the following activities are required to be reported:
Direct-to-consumer advertisements targeting D.C. residents;
Educational or informational programs, materials, or seminars provided to healthcare
professionals, pharmacies, clinics, health plans and other healthcare providers;
Remuneration for promoting or participating in educational or informational sessions;
Food, entertainment, gifts, and anything else provided to HCPs valued at more than $25 or
provided for less than market value;
All expenses associated with HCP trips and travel;
Starters (unless they are for distribution to patients at no charge); and
The aggregate cost of all employees and contractors engaging in drug advertising and
promotion in D.C.
The following marketing expenses do not have to be reported:
Expenses of $25 or less;
Compensation for bona fide clinical trial activities; and
Scholarships and expenses for attending educational, scientific, or policy conferences if
attendee is selected by the sponsoring organization.
Payments to DC licensed HCPs for participating in blinded market research,, if a) the
research is conducted by an “independent survey research organization;” b) the
pharmaceutical client does not know the identity of the practitioners participating in the
research; and c) the payments are determined and made by the survey research
organization.
Definition of Healthcare Professional
The law applies to expenditures provided to persons and entities who are licensed to provide healthcare
in D.C., including healthcare professionals and persons employed by them who work in D.C., licensed
insurance carriers, health plans and benefit managers, pharmacies, hospitals, nursing facilities, clinics
and other entities licensed to provide health care in D.C.
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