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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="8-514" title_number="8" title_name="Fraud and Related Crimes" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Public Fraud">
  <text>A person may not knowingly and willfully obtain, attempt to obtain, or aid another individual in obtaining or attempting to obtain a drug product or medical care, the payment of all or a part of which is or may be made from federal or State funds under a State health plan, by:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>fraud, deceit, false representation, or concealment;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>counterfeiting or alteration of a medical assistance prescription or a pharmacy assistance prescription distributed under a State health plan;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>concealment of a material fact; or</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>using a false name or a false address.</text>
  </level>
</section>
