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Orange Guide – Chapter 17: State Laws: HCP and State Employee Restrictions
Helpful Points
Vermont prohibits all meals with VT HCPs (regardless of where the meal takes place) except as
noted below.
Snacks of nominal value (e.g., coffee, drinks, cookies, etc.) are also prohibited, except when
provided at a booth at a convention/congress.
You must not invite VT HCPs to Pfizer speaker programs at which food is provided even if the
program is conducted outside of Vermont.
There is an exception for meals provided as compensation for services performed under a bona fide
consulting contract.
You are required to make a good faith effort to determine whether an HCP is licensed in VT before
inviting an HCP to a speaker program. You can consult PfieldNet or Opsource for a list of VT HCPs
or by looking up th HCP in the iCUE tablet.
The meal and gift restrictions apply even when a VT HCP is located in another state.
Disclosure
Most allowable expenditures to Vermont HCPs, or other institutions covered by the law (e.g., Vermont
academic institutions), must be disclosed, regardless of the amount.
Effective January 2011, Pfizer amended its policies and began tracking the distribution of samples,
coupons and vouchers. The first disclosure report is due by April 2012. Vermont’s law defines “sample”
as a unit of a prescription drug, biological product or medical device that is not intended to be sold and
is intended to promote the sale of the drug, product or device, including starter packs and coupons or
vouchers that allow any individual to receive a prescribed product for free or at a discounted price.
Items exempt from disclosure are:
Refreshments and other snacks provided at a booth at a convention/congress;
Rebates and discounts;
Royalties and licensing fees for patent rights;
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