20 CFR § 498.110 - Failure to request a hearing.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s498.110"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "20 CFR § 498.110 - Failure to request a hearing."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "498.110"
section_name: "Failure to request a hearing."
chapter_name: "SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION"
part_number: "498"
part_name: "CIVIL MONETARY PENALTIES, ASSESSMENTS AND RECOMMENDED EXCLUSIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Secs. 702(a)(5), 1129, and 1140 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 902(a)(5), 1320a-8, and 1320b-10)."
regulatory_source: "60 FR 58226, Nov. 27, 1995, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "498"
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# 498.110 Failure to request a hearing.
If the respondent does not request a hearing within the time prescribed by § 498.109(a), the Office of the Inspector General may seek the proposed penalty and assessment, as applicable, or any less severe penalty and assessment. The Office of the Inspector General shall notify the respondent by certified mail, return receipt requested, of any penalty and assessment, as applicable, that has been imposed and of the means by which the respondent may satisfy the amount owed.
[61 FR 18080, Apr. 24, 1996]