(a) For purposes of this section, “medical record” means a record that pertains to a person’s medical history, evaluations, tests, diagnoses, prognoses, laboratory reports, medical imaging, treatments, prescriptions, or any other information used in assessing a person’s physical, mental, or emotional condition.
(b) A person is guilty of falsifying business records when, with intent to defraud, the person:
(1) Makes or causes a false entry in the business records of an enterprise; or
(2) Alters, erases, obliterates, deletes, removes or destroys a true entry in the business records of an enterprise; or
(3) Omits to make a true entry in the business records of an enterprise in violation of a duty to do so which the person knows to be imposed by law or by the nature of the person's position; or
(4) Prevents the making of a true entry or causes the omission thereof in the business records of an enterprise; or
(5) Alters or modifies, or causes the alteration or modification of the medical record of any person; or
(6) Creates or causes to be created any false medical record.
(c) Falsifying business records is a class A misdemeanor.
11 Del. C. 1953,
§
871;
58 Del. Laws, c. 497,
§
1;
67 Del. Laws, c. 130,
§
8;
70 Del. Laws, c. 186,
§
1;
81 Del. Laws, c. 275,
§
1;
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
4
cases (
2 in the last 5 years), 1963–2024 · leading case:
State v. Brown, 195 A.2d 379 (Del. 1963).
State v. Brown, 195 A.2d 379 (Del. 1963).
· cites it 2× “1501, requested the defendant to leave after denying him service solely because of his race, and, upon his refusal to leave, obtained a warrant for his arrest for violation of the criminal trespass statute of this State, 11 Del.C. § 871, which was executed by the Newark Police.”
Harris v. State, 293 A.2d 562 (Del. 1972).
“The second argument is that the Municipal Court had no jurisdiction over the appellants when it charged and sentenced them under 11 Del.C. § 871, as amended. It is claimed that the statute is an ex post facto law since its provisions were not in effect at the time the alleged…”
State v. Waters (Del. Super. Ct. 2024).
“This is not consistent with the surveillance footage, nor is it consistent with the witness who 18 Defendant was charged under 11 Del.C. §871(b)(3). 19 A19-20. 10 testified that Brown’s head striking the plexiglass sounded like a “bomb going off.”
— 11 Del. C. § 871(b)(3) — 1 case
State v. Waters (Del. Super. Ct. 2024).
“This is not consistent with the surveillance footage, nor is it consistent with the witness who 18 Defendant was charged under 11 Del.C. §871(b)(3). 19 A19-20. 10 testified that Brown’s head striking the plexiglass sounded like a “bomb going off.”
— 11 Del. C. § 871(c) — 1 case
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