2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 17b-497. (Formerly Sec. 17a-348). Penalties.
Sec. 17b-497. (Formerly Sec. 17a-348). Penalties. (a) Any person acting for a
pharmacy who submits a false or fraudulent claim under sections 17b-490 to 17b-498,
inclusive, or the regulations adopted pursuant to section 17b-494, or who aids or abets
another in the submission of a false or fraudulent claim, or otherwise violates any provision of sections 17b-490 to 17b-498, inclusive, or said regulations, shall be subject to
a fine of not less than one thousand dollars or imprisonment for a term of not more than
one year, or both.
(c) Any pharmacy found guilty of a violation under subsection (a) shall be immediately terminated from participation in the program, and shall be liable to the state for five times the value of any material gain received.
(d) Any person found guilty of a violation under subsection (b) of this section shall be liable to the state for five times the value of any material gain received.
(P.A. 85-573, S. 12, 18; P.A. 88-364, S. 78, 123; P.A. 96-169, S. 14; P.A. 04-104, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 88-364 substituted references to Sec. 17-521 for references to Sec. 17-522; Sec. 17-519 transferred to Sec. 17a-348 in 1991; Sec. 17a-348 transferred to Sec. 17b-497 in 1995; P.A. 96-169 amended Subsec. (a) to increase minimum fine from five hundred dollars to one thousand dollars, amended Subsec. (c) to replace "subject to immediate termination of" with "immediately terminated from" and increased amount of liability to state from "three" to "five" times the value of material gain received in both Subsecs. (c) and (d); P.A. 04-104 amended Subsec. (b) to include a wilful misrepresentation in connection with obtaining a replacement prescription and to make a technical change, effective July 1, 2004.
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