Can we use commercial support to pay expenses for a handful of individual learners to defray the costs of attending our activity?
Standard 4 is dedicated to the appropriate management of commercial support. It clarifies that the provider must not use commercial support to pay for expenses for individual learners or groups of learners in accredited CE (including travel, lodging, honoraria, or personal expenses). They can, however, use commercial support to offset the cost of the activity/education for all learners.
If a faculty member has no relevant financial relationships, can we just say nothing?
Standard 3 requires that providers disclose the presence and absence of relevant relationships. This meant that you have to inform learners about individuals who have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.
(Standard 3: Identify, Mitigate, and Disclose Relevant Financial Relationships)
