52:27D-338 - False, misleading statements
52:27D-338. False, misleading statements
a. No provider or person acting on behalf of the provider shall make, publish, disseminate, circulate or place before the public, or cause, directly or indirectly, to be made, published, disseminated, circulated or placed before the public in a newspaper or other publication, or in the form of a notice, circular, pamphlet, letter or poster, or over any radio or television station, or in any other way, an advertisement, announcement or statement of any sort containing an assertion, representation or statement which is untrue, deceptive or misleading.
b. No provider or person acting on behalf of the provider shall file with the department or make, publish, disseminate, circulate or deliver to any person or place before the public, or cause, directly or indirectly, to be made, published, disseminated, circulated or delivered to any person, or placed before the public, any disclosure statement, financial statement or continuing care agreement that contains an assertion, representation, or statement which is untrue, deceptive or misleading.
c. A person who willfully and knowingly violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a crime of the third degree.
L. 1986, c. 103, s. 9.