2019 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 22 - Crimes
Chapter 45 - Unlawfully Obtaining Benefits Or Payments From Medical Assistance Program
§ 22-45-6 Failure to keep necessary records upon which claim is based--Violation a misdemeanor.
22-45-6. Failure to keep necessary records upon which claim is based--Violation a misdemeanor. A person commits an offense if he:
(1) Having submitted a claim for or received payment for a good or a service under the program, intentionally fails to maintain such records as are necessary to disclose fully the nature of all a good or a service for which a claim was submitted or payment was received, or such records as are necessary to disclose fully all income and expenditures upon which rates of payment were based, for a period of at least six years following the date on which payment was received; or
(2) Knowingly destroys such records within six years from the date payment was received.
A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Source: SL 1986, ch 187, ยง 6.
