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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72374</law_id><section_number>18.2-260.1</section_number><catch_line>Falsifying patient records</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>19.2-8</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="18.2">Crimes and Offenses Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="7">Crimes Involving Health and Safety</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Drugs</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any person who, with the <span class="dictionary">intent</span> to defraud, falsifies any patient record shall be guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.</p></section></text><history>1997, c. 619; 2011, c. 204.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
