Florida Statute 817.50 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 817
FRAUDULENT PRACTICES

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F.S. 817.50

817.50 Fraudulently obtaining goods or services from a health care provider; false reports of a communicable disease.—

(1) Whoever shall, willfully and with intent to defraud, obtain or attempt to obtain goods, products, merchandise, or services from any health care provider in this state, as defined in s. 641.19(14), including a person who, during a declared public health emergency as defined in s. 381.00315, willfully and with intent to defraud, claims that he or she has contracted a communicable disease, to obtain or attempt to obtain such goods, products, merchandise, or services or falsely reports that he or she has contracted a communicable disease to a law enforcement officer as defined in s. 943.10, commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

(2) If any person gives to any health care provider in this state a false or fictitious name or a false or fictitious address or assigns to any health care provider the proceeds of any health maintenance contract or insurance contract, then knowing that such contract is no longer in force, is invalid, or is void for any reason, such action shall be prima facie evidence of the intent of such person to defraud the health care provider. However, this subsection does not apply to investigative actions taken by law enforcement officers for law enforcement purposes in the course of their official duties.

History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 61-154; s. 876, ch. 71-136; s. 166, ch. 83-216; s. 12, ch. 2000-252; s. 1911, ch. 2003-261; s. 18, ch. 2006-305; s. 3, ch. 2015-120; s. 16, ch. 2015-166.

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Amendments to 817.50

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 817.50

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S817.50 - FRAUD-SWINDLE - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 7867 - M: S

S817.50 1 - FRAUD-SWINDLE - FALSE REPORTS OF A COMMUNICABLE DISEASE - F: T

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Cases Citing Statute 817.50

Total Results: 3

STATE OF FLORIDA v. JAMES FRANCIS KIGAR

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2019-08-07

Snippet: (“willfully and with intent to injure or defraud”); § 817.50(1), Fla. Stat. (2016) (“willfully and with intent

Marvin Castellanos v. Next Door Company

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2016-04-28

Citation: 192 So. 3d 431, 41 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 197, 2016 WL 1700521, 2016 Fla. LEXIS 885

Snippet: claimant sought attorney’s fees in the amount of $36,817.50 — a fee nearly 45 times the amount of the recovery

Hefelfinger v. David

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1975-01-06

Citation: 305 So. 2d 823, 1975 Fla. App. LEXIS 14786

Snippet: the Medical Clinic, he had earned the sum of $6,817.50, which was collected after he departed. The foregoing