42 CFR § 3.404 - Amount of a civil money penalty.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s3.404"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 3.404 - Amount of a civil money penalty."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "3.404"
section_name: "Amount of a civil money penalty."
chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
part_number: "3"
part_name: "PATIENT SAFETY ORGANIZATIONS AND PATIENT SAFETY WORK PRODUCT"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 216, 299b-21 through 299b-26; 42 U.S.C. 299c-6."
regulatory_source: "73 FR 70796, Nov. 21, 2008, unless otherwise noted."
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# 3.404 Amount of a civil money penalty.
(a) The amount of a civil money penalty will be determined in accordance with paragraph (b) of this section and § 3.408.
(b) The Secretary may impose a civil monetary penalty in the amount of not more than $11,000. This amount has been updated and will be updated annually, in accordance with the Federal Civil Monetary penalty Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-140), as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (section 701 of Pub. L. 114-74). The amount, as updated, is published at 45 CFR part 102.
[81 FR 61560, Sept. 6, 2016]