§ 750.492aPlacing misleading or inaccurate information in medical records or charts;

alteration or destruction of medical records or charts; penalties; applicability of
 subsections (1) and (2); basis for civil action for damages not created.
 Sec. 492a.
    (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), a health care provider or other person,
 knowing that the information is misleading or inaccurate, shall not intentionally, willfully, or
 recklessly place or direct another to place in a patient's medical record or chart misleading or
 inaccurate information regarding the diagnosis, treatment, or cause of a patient's condition. A
 violation of this subsection is punishable as follows:
    (a) A health care provider who intentionally or willfully violates this subsection is guilty of
 a felony.




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    (b) A health care provider who recklessly violates this subsection is guilty of a
 misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or a fine of not more than
 $1,000.00, or both.
    (c) A person other than a health care provider who intentionally or willfully violates this
 subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year,
 or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.
    (d) A person other than a health care provider who recklessly violates this subsection is
 guilty of a misdemeanor.
    (2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), a health care provider or other person
 shall not intentionally or willfully alter or destroy or direct another to alter or destroy a
 patient's medical records or charts for the purpose of concealing his or her responsibility for
 the patient's injury, sickness, or death. A health care provider who violates this subsection is
 guilty of a felony. A person other than a health care provider who violates this subsection is
 guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or a fine of not
 more than $1,000.00, or both.
    (3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to either of the following:
    (a) Destruction of a patient's original medical record or chart if all of the information
 contained in or on the medical record or chart is otherwise retained by means of mechanical or
 electronic recording, chemical reproduction, or other equivalent techniques that accurately
 reproduce all of the information contained in or on the original or by reproduction pursuant to
 the records media act that accurately reproduces all of the information contained in or on the
 original.
    (b) Supplementation of information or correction of an error in a patient's medical record or
 chart in a manner that reasonably discloses that the supplementation or correction was
 performed and that does not conceal or alter prior entries.
    (4) This section does not create or provide a basis for a civil cause of action for damages.