No industry-funded gifts of any nature or value allowed.

No industry-funded meals of any nature or value allowed except in the case of industry-funded ACCME-accredited CME.

Policy effectively prevents faculty from being paid by industry to do promotional speaking, or to be on industry-funded speakers bureaus.

The policy allows industry-support of CME with central management of the funding.

The policy 'strongly discourages' UAB AMC employees and trainers from attending non-ACCME accredited industry-sponsored events off-campus. These events are typically promotional in nature.

Industry may provide scholarships for meeting attendance, but it may not participate in the selection of attendees.

Ghostwriting and honorary authorship are strictly prohibited.

All consulting and advising relationships are allowed but there are safeguards in place to clarify the relationship as legitimate employment, including prior approval by a supervisor.

Pharmaceutical representatives are allowed to meet with faculty but the meetings must take place only in non-patient care areas and the meetings must take place by appointment only.

Access by device manufacturer representatives to patient care areas is permitted by appointment or invitation by faculty members or clinic supervisors. Interactions with faculty must be limited to in-service training or assistance on devices and equipment

Disclosure of financial relationships that constitute a COI is required both internally to the institution and externally to trainees/audiences during presentations.

The medical school has a required COI curriculum and it adequately covers core content areas of the AMSA Model COI Curriculum.

This policy applies to all employees of the institution, whether full/part-time or volunteer faculty, and trainees, and it applies to them regardless of the site they are working at.

There is a party responsible for general oversight to ensure compliance with COI policies and there are sanctions for noncompliance.