42 CFR § 1003.710 - Amount of penalties and assessments.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s1003.710"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 1003.710 - Amount of penalties and assessments."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "1003.710"
section_name: "Amount of penalties and assessments."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL-HEALTH CARE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "OIG AUTHORITIES"
part_number: "1003"
part_name: "CIVIL MONEY PENALTIES, ASSESSMENTS AND EXCLUSIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 262a, 300jj-52, 1302, 1320a-7, 1320a-7a, 1320b-10, 1395u(j), 1395u(k), 1395cc(j), 1395w-141(i)(3), 1395dd(d)(1), 1395mm, 1395nn(g), 1395ss(d), 1396b(m), 11131(c), and 11137(b)(2)."
regulatory_source: "51 FR 34777, Sept. 30, 1986, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1003"
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# 1003.710 Amount of penalties and assessments.
(a) *Penalties.* (1) In cases under § 1003.700(a)(1), the OIG may impose a penalty of not more than $10,000 for each specified claim.
(2) In cases under § 1003.700(a)(2), the OIG may impose a penalty of not more than $50,000 for each false statement, omission, or misrepresentation of a material fact.
(3) In cases under § 1003.700(a)(3), the OIG may impose a penalty of not more than $50,000 for each false record or statement.
(4) In cases under § 1003.700(a)(4), the OIG may impose a penalty of not more than $50,000 for each false record or statement or not more than $10,000 for each day that the person knowingly conceals or knowingly and improperly avoids or decreases an obligation to pay.
(5) In cases under § 1003.700(a)(5), the OIG may impose a penalty of not more than $15,000 for each day of the failure described in § 1003.700(a)(5).
(b) *Assessments.* (1) In cases under § 1003.700(a)(1) and (3), such a person shall be subject to an assessment of not more than three times the amount claimed in the specified claim described in § 1003.700(a)(1) and (3) in lieu of damages sustained by the United States or a specified State agency because of such specified claim.
(2) In cases under § 1003.700(a)(2) and (4), such a person shall be subject to an assessment of not more than three times the total amount of the funds described in § 1003.700(a)(2) and (4), respectively (or, in the case of an obligation to transmit property to the Secretary described in § 1003.700(a)(4), of the value of the property described in § 1003.700(a)(4)) in lieu of damages sustained by the United States or a specified State agency because of such case.