(c) If the director determines that a recipient has violated utilization controls placed upon that recipient pursuant to subdivision (b), the director may provide that the recipient shall receive medical assistance benefits referred, ordered, or prescribed through only one primary care provider of services for a maximum period of two years, which may be extended for an additional period upon a determination by the director that the potential for abuse still exists after notice and hearing, as set forth in subdivisions (f) and (g). The director shall afford the beneficiary an opportunity to nominate a primary care provider for department consideration. Circumvention of beneficiary utilization controls includes, but is not limited to, the following acts:

1. (1) Altering restricted Medi-Cal identification cards.
2. (2) Obtaining temporary nonrestricted cards.
3. (3) Establishing an additional nonrestricted eligibility status.

(e) Where the director determines that a recipient deliberately abuses or misuses program benefits, the director may provide that the recipient shall receive medical assistance benefits referred, ordered, or prescribed through only one primary care provider of services for a maximum period of two years, which may be extended for an additional period upon a determination by the director that a potential for abuse still exists after notice and hearing as set forth in subdivisions (f) and (g). Deliberate abuse or misuse of program benefits includes, but is not limited to, the following:

1. (1) Forging prescriptions.
2. (2) Sale or lending of Medi-Cal identification cards.
3. (3) Collusion with providers for services or supplies.