UCSF faculty, staff, students, and trainees may not accept gifts from industry. Industry may not provide gifts to UCSF faculty, staff, students, trainees, volunteers, contractors, and agents at any UCSF-owned or operated location.

No industry-funded meals of any nature or value allowed except in the context of industry funded events regulated by ACCME Standards for Commercial Support.

UCSF faculty, staff, students and trainees may not participate in any company speakers' bureaus in which the sponsor determines the content of presentations or in any way controls or limits what may be presented by the speaker.

A central office for CME manages industry payments related to CME courses. However, there is no indication that all industry funding must be managed and disbursed by a central office.

Attendance is allowed but attendees cannot accept industry reimbursement for travel or other remuneration in the absence of a formal consulting agreement.

Industry may provide scholarships to students and trainees for meeting attendance, but it may not participate in the selection of attendees, and all funds must be provided to the university and not directly to the trainee.

Ghostwriting and honorary authorship are prohibited.

An extensive series of policies regarding consulting arrangements effectively require that clear deliverables are specified and that compensation is at fair market value.

Industry representatives may participate in other programs that foster educational or research collaborations, such as discussions about collaborative research initiatives. Such programs must not include sales or marketing presentations or other commerci

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

Annual disclosure of financial relationships that constitute a COI is required of faculty. In addition, faculty must disclose COIs before any lectures to medical students.

'All health care individuals to whom this policy applies shall receive training regarding interactions with health care vendors.' However, there is no description of the content

'UCSF faculty, staff, students and trainees who work at clinical sites other than a UCSF owned or operated site must comply with the requirements of the policies and procedures for interactions with industry set forth in this policy. When working at a non

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