Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A. Maine Criminal Code § 707-A. Falsifying health care records

A. Makes, or causes to be made, a false material entry in the health care records maintained by a health care provider;

B. Alters, erases, obliterates, deletes, removes or destroys a true material entry in the health care records maintained by a health care provider;

C. Knowingly omits to make a true material entry in the health care records maintained by a health care provider in violation of a duty to do so that is imposed by statute, standard of care or regulatory provision; or

D. Prevents the making of a true material entry or causes the omission of a true material entry in the health care records maintained by a health care provider.

A. “Health care provider” means a hospital, clinic, nursing home or other facility in which skilled nursing care or medical services are prescribed by or performed under the general direction of persons licensed to practice medicine, dentistry, podiatry or surgery in this State and that is licensed or otherwise authorized by the laws of this State.

B. “Health care record” means a record that relates to an individual's physical, mental or behavioral condition, personal or family medical history or medical treatment or the health care provided to that individual.

C. “Material” means capable of altering the course or outcome of any subsequent reliance on the health care record.