(a) Any person who, for the purpose of obtaining payment for services rendered, presents false information or documents to the Administration, to the Department of Health or to the Council, or who assists other persons in achieving such purposes, shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment for a term of not less than six (6) months nor more than one (1) year, or both penalties in the discretion of the court.
(b) Any person who, after having been duly summoned by the Administration, the Department or the Council, or any of the bodies created hereby, refuses without good cause to furnish information, data, documents or reports needed to fulfill the purposes of this chapter, or who furnishes false information, data, documents or reports, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a maximum fine of five hundred dollars ($500), or imprisonment for a maximum term of six (6) months, or both penalties in the discretion of the court.
(c) Any person who wilfully and knowingly violates any of the provisions of §§ 3009—3025a of this title or the regulations promulgated thereunder, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500), or imprisonment for a maximum term of six (6) months, or both penalties in the discretion of the court.
(d) Any person who wilfully violates any other provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or imprisonment for a term not less than one (1) month nor more than six (6) months, or both penalties in the discretion of the court.
History —June 23, 1976, No. 11, p. 672, § 45, renumbered as § 31 on June 29, 1977, No. 124, p. 338, § 23; renumbered as § 34 and amended on June 12, 1980, No. 124, p. 449, § 6; renumbered as § 35 on Dec. 28, 1995, No. 257, § 8; Sept. 3, 2004, No. 247, § 7.05(e).