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1997 Florida Code
TITLE XXIX PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter 400 Nursing Homes And Related Health Care Facilities  
PART II NURSING HOMES (ss. 400.011-400.335)
400.0231   Patient records; penalties for alteration.

400.0231  Patient records; penalties for alteration.--

(1)  Any person who fraudulently alters, defaces, or falsifies any medical or other nursing home record, or causes or procures any of these offenses to be committed, commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

(2)  A conviction under subsection (1) is also grounds for restriction, suspension, or termination of license privileges.

History.--s. 5, ch. 93-217.

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