2012 Utah Code
Title 58 - Occupations and Professions
Article 1 - Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing Act
Section 501.7 - Standards of conduct for prescription drug education -- Academic and commercial detailing.

(1) For purposes of this section:

(a) "Academic detailing":

(i) means a health care provider who is licensed under this title to prescribe or dispense a prescription drug and employed by someone other than a pharmaceutical manufacturer:

(A) for the purpose of countering information provided in commercial detailing; and

(B) to disseminate educational information about prescription drugs to other health care providers in an effort to better align clinical practice with scientific research; and

(ii) does not include a health care provider who:

(A) is disseminating educational information about a prescription drug as part of teaching or supervising students or graduate medical education students at an institution of higher education or through a medical residency program;

(B) is disseminating educational information about a prescription drug to a patient or a patient's representative; or

(C) is acting within the scope of practice for the health care provider regarding the prescribing or dispensing of a prescription drug.

(b) "Commercial detailing" means an educational practice employed by a pharmaceutical manufacturer in which clinical information and evidence about a prescription drug is shared with health care professionals.

(c) "Manufacture" is as defined in Section 58-37-2.

(d) "Pharmaceutical manufacturer" is a person who manufactures a prescription drug.

(2) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (3), the provisions of this section apply to an academic detailer beginning July 1, 2013.

(b) An academic detailer and a commercial detailer who educate another health care provider about prescription drugs through written or oral educational material is subject to federal regulations regarding:

(i) false and misleading advertising in 21 C.F.R., Part 201 (2007);

(ii) prescription drug advertising in 21 C.F.R., Part 202 (2007); and

(iii) the federal Office of the Inspector General's Compliance Program Guidance for Pharmaceutical Manufacturers issued in April 2003, as amended.

(c) A person who is injured by a violation of this section has a private right of action against a person engaged in academic detailing, if:

(i) the actions of the person engaged in academic detailing, that are a violation of this section, are:

(A) the result of gross negligence by the person; or

(B) willful and wanton behavior by the person; and

(ii) the damages to the person are reasonable, foreseeable, and proximately caused by the violations of this section.

(3) (a) For purposes of this Subsection, "accident and health insurer":

(i) is as defined in Section 31A-1-301; and

(ii) includes a self-funded health benefit plan and an administrator for a self-funded health benefit plan.

(b) This section does not apply to a person who engages in academic detailing if that person is engaged in academic detailing on behalf of:

(i) an accident and health insurer, including when an accident and health insurer contracts with or offers:

(A) the state Medicaid program, including the Primary Care Network within the state's Medicaid program;

(B) the Children's Health Insurance Program created in Section 26-40-103;

(C) the state's high risk insurance program created in Section 31A-29-104;

(D) a Medicare plan; and

(E) a Medicare supplement plan;

(ii) a hospital as defined in Section 26-21-2;

(iii) any class of pharmacy as defined in Section 58-17b-102, including any affiliated pharmacies;

(iv) an integrated health system as defined in Section 13-5b-102; or

(v) a medical clinic.

(c) This section does not apply to communicating or disseminating information about a prescription drug for the purpose of conducting research using prescription drugs at a health care facility as defined in Section 26-21-2, or a medical clinic.

Enacted by Chapter 100, 2013 General Session