422.367 - Unlawful acts: Sale or purchase of card; authorization by holder of card for use by person not entitled to use card; penalty.

422.367  Unlawful acts: Sale or purchase of card; authorization by holder of card for use by person not entitled to use card; penalty.  A person who:

      1.  Sells or buys a Medicaid card; or

      2.  Authorizes another person to use his or her Medicaid card to obtain the types of medical and remedial care for which assistance may be provided under the Plan, if the person to whom authorization is given is not entitled to use that card to obtain care,

Ê is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130. In addition to any other penalty, the court shall order the person to pay restitution.

      (Added to NRS by 1993, 142; A 1995, 1273)