The 2008 law only allowed companies to treat physicians and other clinicians to meals if they took place within hospitals or other healthcare settings. Legislators recently approved a change to that rule, and the council eased the regulation in response.
Companies will now be allowed to purchase “modest meals” for physicians outside of healthcare settings. The council defined “modest” as not costing more than the physician might pay if he or she was paying for the meal, according to the report.
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