Vendor Sponsored Meals and Gifts
Purpose and Scope
This policy establishes practice regarding:
- The provision of food/meals by the pharmaceutical, medical device industry or any other vendors to employees of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic or Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital
- The acceptance of gifts, regardless of value, by any Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic or Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital employee from any pharmaceutical, medical device, or other vendor
Policy
- The provision of food, in the form of "snacks" or full meals, and the acceptance thereof by any employee of Dartmouth-Hitchcock on any Dartmouth-Hitchcock campus is strictly prohibited.
- The acceptance of gifts or trinkets of any kind, regardless of value, is prohibited at all times.
- Employees are reminded that governmental agencies may be monitoring and publishing documented instances of gift giving (including meals) to physicians and/or others.
For full details, please go to the Clinical Policy Library on the DHMC Intranet
Vendor-Sponsored Meals and Gifts policy.
