North Dakota Century Code Title 50. Public Welfare § 50-24.8-11.1. Failure to create, retain, and provide records--Penalty

1. A person that submits a claim for or receives a payment for a good or service under the state's Medicaid program, at the time the good or service is provided, shall create and retain records as required by rule of the department and chapter 50-24.8.

2. A person that submits a claim for or receives payment for a good or service under the state's Medicaid program which willfully fails to create records at the time the service or good is provided, fails to maintain or retain the records for the length of time stated in the most current provider agreement applicable to that provider, fails to provide records when requested to do so by the department or attorney general, or destroys the records in a manner inconsistent with the most current provider agreement applicable to that provider, is guilty of a class A misdemeanor if the value of the payments, benefits, kickbacks, bribes, rebates, remuneration, services, or claims related to the failure to create, retain, or provide records or related to the destruction of records does not exceed ten thousand dollars and a class C felony if the value is greater than ten thousand dollars.

3. It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under this section that the records in question were lost or destroyed in a natural disaster or by an act that did not result from the conduct of the defendant.

4. The consequences and punishments under subsections 6 and 7 of section 50-24.8-11 apply to this section.