§ 32.1-317. Collecting excess payment for services; charging, soliciting, accepting or receiving certain consid...
When the cost of services provided in a facility or by an individual to a patient is paid for, in whole or in part, under medical assistance, any person who knowingly and willfully:
1. Collects from a patient for any service provided under medical assistance, money or other consideration at a rate in excess of entitlements established by the Department of Medical Assistance Services; or
2. Charges, solicits, accepts or receives, in addition to any amount otherwise required to be paid under medical assistance any gift, money, donation or other consideration, other than a charitable, religious or philanthropic contribution from an organization or from a person unrelated to the patient:
a. As a precondition of admitting a patient to a hospital, skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility; or
b. As a requirement for the patient's continued stay in such facility;
shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony. In addition thereto, a fine may be imposed in an amount not to exceed $25,000.
(1981, c. 255; 1985, c. 153.)
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