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2015 SESSION

15101028D
HOUSE BILL NO. 1432
Offered January 14, 2015
Prefiled December 23, 2014
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 54.1-2403.4 and 54.1-2506.02, relating to regulation of health care providers; prohibited acts; penalties.
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Patron-- Cole (By Request)
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Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding sections numbered 54.1-2403.4 and 54.1-2506.02 as follows:

§ 54.1-2403.4. Falsifying medical records; penalties.

Any individual who is licensed, registered, certified, or otherwise subject to the oversight of a health regulatory board pursuant to this subtitle who knowingly or intentionally makes any false statement or includes any false information in a patient's medical record is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

§ 54.1-2506.02. Providing false information; penalties.

Any individual who knowingly or intentionally makes a false statement or provides false information related to the subject of an investigation to investigative personnel of the Department engaged in the investigation of a complaint pursuant to § 54.1-2506 is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.