CRIMINAL FALSIFICATION OF MEDICAL RECORDS.

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House Bill 195 (Public) Filed Monday, March 1, 2021
AN ACT TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF WILLFUL DESTRUCTION, ALTERATION, OR FALSIFICATION OF MEDICAL RECORDS.
Intro. by Pless.

Status: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate (Senate action) (May 12 2021)
H 195

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: Mar 1 2021 - View Summary

    Enacts GS 90-413, making it unlawful for a health care provider to knowingly and willfully destroy, alter, or falsify a medical record for either: (1) concealing the commission of an error by the health care provider in providing medical services that caused injury to or death of a patient, punishable as a Class H felony; (2) unlawfully obtaining money or any other thing of value, punishable as a Class I felony; or (3) concealing any material fact not covered in the previous two purposes relating to a potential claim or cause of action, punishable as a Class A1 misdemeanor. Specifies that the statute does not affect other civil remedies available for punishable actions. Applies to offenses committed on or after December 1, 2021.