42-4-408. Failure to maintain records; destruction of records; penalty. (a) A person, after submitting a claim or receiving a payment for a service or supply under Medicaid, shall not knowingly fail to maintain records required under Medicaid, including records that fully disclose the nature of the services or supplies provided to a recipient. (b) A person who violates subsection (a) of this section is guilty of: (i) A misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than thirty (30) days, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both, if: (A) The claims for which records were not maintained are less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the Medicaid claims submitted by the provider in any consecutive three (3) month period; and (B) The amount of the claims for which records were not maintained is five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) or more. (ii) A misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or both, if: (A) The claims for which records were not maintained are twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the Medicaid claims submitted by the provider in any consecutive three (3) lars ($1,000.00), or both, if: (A) The claims for which records were not maintained are twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the Medicaid claims submitted by the provider in any consecutive three (3) month period; and (B) The amount of the claims for which records were not maintained is five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) or more. (iii) A felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both, if: (A) The person intended to defraud Medicaid and the claims for which records were not maintained are twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the Medicaid claims submitted by the provider in any consecutive three (3) month period; and (B) The amount of the claims for which records were not maintained is five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) or more.
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