Doctor shopping is not disclosing previoius prescriptions to the new doctor, which is not fraudulant. It is non-disclosure. Actually, anyone who switches doctors could inadvertantly commit this felony.
Failing to disclose having prescriptions from another doctor for the similar drugs is misrepresentation, subterfuge and deception.
Those questionaires that patients fill out at the doctor's can be used against them.
That's the law in Florida.
If you want to stick your head in the sand, that's your right.
Any person who gets charged in doctor shopping for withholding information is also a candidate for prescription fraud in Florida. At least, that's the way it's been done since last year when doctor shopping became a felony.
no, all criminal cases require intent.