§ 8-514. Obtaining benefit by fraud  


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  •    A person may not knowingly and willfully obtain, attempt to obtain, or aid another individual in obtaining or attempting to obtain a drug product or medical care, the payment of all or a part of which is or may be made from federal or State funds under a State health plan, by:

       (1) fraud, deceit, false representation, or concealment;

       (2) counterfeiting or alteration of a medical assistance prescription or a pharmacy assistance prescription distributed under a State health plan;

       (3) concealment of a material fact; or

       (4) using a false name or a false address.


HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 230F(a); 2002, ch. 26, § 2; ch. 213, § 6.