{"data":{"id":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-400.1415","jurisdiction":"us-fl","citation":"Fla. Stat. § 400.1415","heading":"Patient records; penalties for alteration.","body":"(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.\n(2) A conviction under subsection (1) is also grounds for restriction, suspension, or termination of license privileges.\nHistory.—s. 5, ch. 93-217; s. 7, ch. 99-394; s. 11, ch. 2001-222; s. 142, ch. 2001-277.","path":["CHAPTER 400 NURSING HOMES AND RELATED HEALTH CARE FACILITIES"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute\u0026URL=0400-0499/0400/0400.html","current_through":"2026 Florida Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:05:09Z","sha256":"3d379c97f45c8f459256a778c0fffd28439e88fb6d040197effc027a2cdef22d","source_id":"us-fl","stale":false,"prev":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-400.1413","next":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-400.142"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}