177.30 - Health care fraud; affirmative defense.

§ 177.30 Health care fraud; affirmative defense.    In  any  prosecution  under  this  article, it shall be an affirmative  defense that the defendant was a clerk, bookkeeper  or  other  employee,  other  than  an employee charged with the active management and control,  in an executive capacity,  of  the  affairs  of  the  corporation,  who,  without  personal  benefit,  merely  executed  the  orders of his or her  employer or of a superior employee generally authorized to direct his or  her activities.