A Company occasionally may provide items to Health Care Professionals that benefit patients or serve a genuine educational function for Health Care Professionals. Other than medical textbooks or anatomical models used for educational purposes, any such item should have a fair market value of less than $100. A Company may not provide items that are capable of use by the Health Care Professional (or his or her family members, office staff or friends) for non-educational or non-patient-related purposes, for example, a DVD player or MP3 player/I-Pod.

A Company may not give Health Care Professionals any type of non-educational branded promotional items, even if the item is of minimal value and related to the Health Care Professional’s work or for the benefit of patients. Examples of non-educational branded promotional items include pens, notepads, mugs, and other items that have a Company’s name, logo, or the name or logo of one of its Medical Technologies. Companies also may not provide Health Care Professionals with gifts such as cookies, wine, flowers, chocolates, gift baskets, holiday gifts or cash or cash equivalents.

This section is not intended to address the legitimate practice of providing products for evaluation and demonstration purposes, which is addressed in Section XII.