Prescription medications - financial benefit for prescribing prohibited.

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A physician or physician assistant shall not accept any direct or indirect benefit from a pharmaceutical manufacturer or pharmaceutical representative for prescribing a specific medication to a patient. For the purposes of this section, a direct or indirect benefit does not include a benefit offered to a physician or physician assistant regardless of whether the specific medication is being prescribed.

Source: L. 2019: Entire section added, (SB 19-228), ch. 276, p. 2610, § 15, effective October 1.

Editor's note: This section is similar to § 12-36-117.8 as added in SB 19-228. That section was superseded by the repeal and reenactment of this title 12, effective October 1, 2019. For the former section in effect from May 23, 2019, to October 1, 2019, see SB 19-228, chapter 276, Session Laws of Colorado 2019.


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