Prescription medications - financial benefit for prescribing prohibited

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-240-145, under Medical Practice.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-240-145

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.