Alabama Code 6-5-334. Employees of medical services administration, etc., investigating and bringing charges against doctors, etc., relating to fraud or abuse of Medicaid program, etc
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 6-5-334
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
Any employee of the medical services administration and any other state employee who has the authority to investigate and bring charges against doctors or providers of health care relating to medical payments and cases of alleged fraud or abuse of the Medicaid program shall be relieved and exempt from civil liability arising from said investigation or charges so long as such investigation and charges have been made in good faith without malice and on the basis of facts reasonably known or reasonably believed.