Bill Text: VA HB260 | 2012 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Health care providers; prohibited acts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-14 - House: Left in Courts of Justice [HB260 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2012-HB260-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 260 Offered January 11, 2012 Prefiled January 10, 2012 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. ---------- Patron-- Cole ---------- Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions ----------

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.

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.

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 §54.1-2406 is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.