Existing law requires an application to participate in Medicaid as a provider to contain a statement that all matters stated within the application are true and accurate. Existing law requires a natural person who is the applicant, or is authorized to act on behalf of the applicant, to sign the application under the pains and penalties of perjury. Existing law provides that a person who signs such an application knowing that the application contains information which is false, whether in whole or in part, and whether by commission or omission, is guilty of a category D felony. (NRS 422.550) This bill requires that an application submitted by a person to participate in Medicaid as a provider be notarized, in addition to being signed under the pains and penalties of perjury and containing the required statement that all matters stated within the application are true and accurate.