A. Making or permitting a false claim for reimbursement of public assistance services consists of knowingly making, causing to be made or permitting to be made a claim for reimbursement for services provided to a recipient of public assistance for services not rendered or making a false material statement or forged signature upon any claim for services, with intent that the claim shall be relied upon for the expenditure of public money.
B. Whoever commits making or permitting a false claim for reimbursement for public assistance services is guilty of a fourth degree felony.
History: Laws 1979, ch. 170, § 4.
Effect of conviction. — When a dentist was convicted of four counts of making or permitting a false claim for reimbursement for public assistance services, a conviction itself, as distinguished from the underlying conduct, is a sufficient basis for revoking a dental license. Weiss v. New Mexico Bd. of Dentistry, 1990-NMSC-077, 110 N.M. 574, 798 P.2d 175.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — When does statute of limitations begin to run in action under False Claims Act (31 USCS §§ 3729-3733), 139 A.L.R. Fed. 645.
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