45 CFR § 1174.6 - Prerequisites for issuing a complaint.

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# 1174.6 Prerequisites for issuing a complaint.

The authority may issue a complaint only if:

(a) The Attorney General (or designee) approves the reviewing official's referral of the allegations for adjudication; and

(b) In a case of submission of false claims, if the amount of money or the value of property or services that a false claim (or a group of related claims submitted at the same time) demanded or requested does not exceed $150,000.