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SECTION 177.30
Health care fraud; affirmative defense
Penal (PEN) CHAPTER 40, PART 3, TITLE K, ARTICLE 177
§ 177.30 Health care fraud; affirmative defense.

In any prosecution under this article, it shall be an affirmative
defense that the defendant was a clerk, bookkeeper or other employee,
other than an employee charged with the active management and control,
in an executive capacity, of the affairs of the corporation, who,
without personal benefit, merely executed the orders of his or her
employer or of a superior employee generally authorized to direct his or
her activities.