{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-21-4.1","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 2C:21-4.1","heading":"Destruction, alteration, falsification of records, crime of fourth degree","body":"A person is guilty of a crime of the fourth degree if he purposefully destroys, alters or falsifies any record relating to the care of a medical or surgical or podiatric patient in order to deceive or mislead any person as to information, including, but not limited to, a diagnosis, test, medication, treatment or medical or psychological history, concerning the patient.\nL.1989, c.300, s.15.","path":["TITLE 2C THE NEW JERSEY CODE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"ea6ed0c250959e42557f072c8d6dfc8617ea5f48d118bc5ea17987b99df008d0","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-21-4","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2c-21-4.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}