Mississippi Code

Miss. Code Ann. § 43-13-225 (2026)

Civil liability and penalty of health care provider

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(1) A health care provider or vendor committing any act or omission in violation of this article shall be directly liable to the state and shall forfeit and pay to the state a civil penalty equal to the full amount received, plus an additional civil penalty equal to triple the full amount received.

(2) A criminal action need not be brought against a person for that person to be civilly liable under this article.

Laws, 1984, ch. 503, § 13, eff. 5/15/1984.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1995–2016 · leading case: Hosan M. Azomani v. State of Mississippi, 222 So. 3d 343 (Miss. Ct. App. 2016).

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Hosan M. Azomani v. State of Mississippi, 222 So. 3d 343 (Miss. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “” Miss. Code Ann. § 43-13-225 (2) (Rev. 2015).”

Jennings v. State, 700 So. 2d 1326 (Miss. 1997). · cites it 4× “Her guilty plea was accepted, and she was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary, as allowed by Miss. Code Ann. § 43-13-215 (Supp. 1995), and again directed to pay the civil penalty, as allowed by Miss.”

Mississippi Medicaid Pharm. Average Wholesale Price Litig. v. State, 190 So. 3d 829 (Miss. 2015). “Miss. Code Ann. § 43-13-225 (1). We affirm the trial court’s dismissal of the MFCA claims on the ground that the civil liability provision does not provide for recovery beyond the amount the defendant has improperly received.”

Jimmie Ann Jennings v. State of Mississippi (Miss. 1995). · cites it 4× “Her guilty plea was accepted, and she was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary, as allowed by Miss. Code Ann. § 43-13-215 (Supp. 1995), and again directed to pay the civil penalty, as allowed by Miss.”

— Miss. Code Ann. § 43-13-225(1) — 1 case

Hosan M. Azomani v. State of Mississippi, 222 So. 3d 343 (Miss. Ct. App. 2016). “” Miss. Code Ann. § 43-13-225 (2) (Rev. 2015).”

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