1996 US Code
Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I - CRIMES
CHAPTER 73 - OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
Sec. 1518 - Obstruction of criminal investigations of health care offenses
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 73 - OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE Sec. 1518 - Obstruction of criminal investigations of health care offenses |
Contains | section 1518 |
Date | 1996 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 6, 1997 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Added Pub. L. 104-191, title II, §245(a), Aug. 21, 1996, 110 Stat. 2017. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 110 Stat. 2017 |
Public Law Reference | Public Law 104-191 |
§1518. Obstruction of criminal investigations of health care offenses
(a) Whoever willfully prevents, obstructs, misleads, delays or attempts to prevent, obstruct, mislead, or delay the communication of information or records relating to a violation of a Federal health care offense to a criminal investigator shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.
(b) As used in this section the term “criminal investigator” means any individual duly authorized by a department, agency, or armed force of the United States to conduct or engage in investigations for prosecutions for violations of health care offenses.
(Added Pub. L. 104–191, title II, §245(a), Aug. 21, 1996, 110 Stat. 2017.)
Section Referred to in Other SectionsThis section is referred to in section 24 of this title.
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