Vermont Transparency Reporting
Key dates
Registration Due Date: January 1
Report Due Date: April 1
Authority
Vermont Attorney General’s Office
Who must report?
Pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers
*see details
- Last Updated: February 19, 2024
- Healthcare professionals,
- Academic institutions,
- Non-profit hospital foundations,
- Educational, and patient organizations located in or providing services in Vermont; and
- Members of the Green Mountain Care Board
- Samples (separate disclosure template)
- Device loaners (allowed for up to 120 days)
- Clinical and research payments
- Compensation for bona fide services
- Sponsorship and fellowship payments
- Educational materials
- Demo/evaluation units
- Coupons, vouchers and discount cards
- Charitable contributions
Data points to be disclosed:
- Manufacturer’s name
- Recipient’s name
- License number of recipients
- Date of expenditure
- Value of expenditure
- Nature of expenditure
- Purpose of expenditure
- Product type and name
“Manufacturer” means a pharmaceutical, biological product, or medical device manufacturer or any other person who is engaged in the production, preparation, propagation, compounding, processing, marketing, packaging, repacking, distributing, or labeling of prescribed products.
- The term “Manufacturer” does not include a wholesale distributor of biological products, a retailer, or a pharmacist licensed under 26 V.S.A. chapter 36.
- The term also does not include a manufacturer whose only prescribed products are classified as Class I by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, are exempt from pre-market notification under Section 510(k) of the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, and are sold over-the-counter without a prescription.
- The Compliance Officer Form must be completed and submitted by the first day of each reporting period – e.g. by January 1, 2021, by manufacturers with expenditures in 2020 with a registration fees of $500.
- The AGO provides Excel spreadsheets for both Expenditure and Sample disclosures, once completed the spreadsheets should be emailed to [email protected]