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2002 Florida Code
TITLE XXIX PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter 400 NURSING HOMES AND RELATED HEALTH CARE FACILITIES  
PART II NURSING HOMES (ss. 400.011-400.334)
400.1415   Patient records; penalties for alteration.

400.1415  Patient records; penalties for alteration.--

(1)  Any person who fraudulently alters, defaces, or falsifies any medical record or releases medical records for the purposes of solicitation or marketing the sale of goods or services absent a specific written release or authorization permitting utilization of patient information, 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; s. 7, ch. 99-394; s. 11, ch. 2001-222; s. 142, ch. 2001-277.

Note.--Former s. 400.0231.

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