Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 400.1415 (2025)

Patient records; penalties for alteration.

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400.1415 Patient records; penalties for alteration.
(1) Any person who fraudulently alters, defaces, or falsifies any medical record or releases medical records for the purposes of solicitation or marketing the sale of goods or services absent a specific written release or authorization permitting utilization of patient information, or other nursing home record, or causes or procures any of these offenses to be committed, commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
(2) A conviction under subsection (1) is also grounds for restriction, suspension, or termination of license privileges.
History.s. 5, ch. 93-217; s. 7, ch. 99-394; s. 11, ch. 2001-222; s. 142, ch. 2001-277.
Note.Former s. 400.0231.

Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 400.1415

M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd
§400.1415FRAUDFALSIFY UNAUTH RELEASE NURSING HOME RECORDSM · 2nd

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