Section 8-514 - Same - Obtaining benefit by fraud.

§ 8-514. Same - Obtaining benefit by fraud.
 

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. 
 

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