Section 661.
Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 661.
in effect(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.
Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026