42 CFR § 70.18 - Penalties.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s70.18"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 70.18 - Penalties."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "70.18"
section_name: "Penalties."
chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "QUARANTINE, INSPECTION, LICENSING"
part_number: "70"
part_name: "INTERSTATE QUARANTINE"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Secs. 215 and 311 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 216, 243); section 361-369, PHS Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 264-272); 31 U.S.C. 9701."
regulatory_source: "65 FR 49908, Aug. 16, 2000, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "70"
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# 70.18 Penalties.
(a) Persons in violation of this part are subject to a fine of no more than $100,000 if the violation does not result in a death or one year in jail, or both, or a fine of no more than $250,000 if the violation results in a death or one year in jail, or both, or as otherwise provided by law.
(b) Violations by organizations are subject to a fine of no more than $200,000 per event if the violation does not result in a death or $500,000 per event if the violation results in a death or as otherwise provided by law.
[82 FR 6971, Jan. 19, 2017]