{"data":{"id":"us/18-u.s.c.-1518","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"18 U.S.C. § 1518","heading":"Obstruction of criminal investigations of health care offenses","body":"(a) Whoever willfully prevents, obstructs, misleads, delays or attempts to prevent, obstruct, mislead, or delay the communication of information or records relating to a violation of a Federal health care offense to a criminal investigator shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both. (b) As used in this section the term “criminal investigator” means any individual duly authorized by a department, agency, or armed force of the United States to conduct or engage in investigations for prosecutions for violations of health care offenses.","path":["Title 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 73—OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc18@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:56:53Z","sha256":"e604f38d232b012d8431dfe8adabaa2bf422d8cf669b07e6d61192956c1b1654","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/18-u.s.c.-1517","next":"us/18-u.s.c.-1519"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}