Civil monetary penalty tiers
Summary
HHS can impose civil penalties on a four-tier culpability scale: roughly $100-$50,000 per violation for unknowing violations, up to at least $50,000 per violation for uncorrected willful neglect, each tier capped around $1.5 million per year for identical violations.
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Read the full official text: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/45/160.404
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