---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 1003.710"
title: "42"
number: "1003.710"
heading: "Amount of penalties and assessments."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/1003.710"
---

# §1003.710. Amount of penalties and assessments.

- (a) **Penalties.**
  - (1) In cases under [§ 1003.700(a)(1)](/cfr/42/1003.700.md?p=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)](/cfr/42/1003.700.md?p=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)](/cfr/42/1003.700.md?p=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)](/cfr/42/1003.700.md?p=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)](/cfr/42/1003.700.md?p=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)](/cfr/42/1003.700.md?p=a-5).
- (b) **Assessments.**
  - (1) In cases under § [1003.700(a)(1)](/cfr/42/1003.700.md?p=a-1) and [(3)](/cfr/42/1003.700.md?p=a-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)](/cfr/42/1003.700.md?p=a-1) and [(3)](/cfr/42/1003.700.md?p=a-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)](/cfr/42/1003.700.md?p=a-2) and [(4)](/cfr/42/1003.700.md?p=a-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)](/cfr/42/1003.700.md?p=a-2) and [(4)](/cfr/42/1003.700.md?p=a-4), respectively (or, in the case of an obligation to transmit property to the Secretary described in [§ 1003.700(a)(4)](/cfr/42/1003.700.md?p=a-4), of the value of the property described in [§ 1003.700(a)(4)](/cfr/42/1003.700.md?p=a-4)) in lieu of damages sustained by the United States or a specified State agency because of such case.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 88 FR 42840, July 3, 2023, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

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).

### Source

Source: 51 FR 34777, Sept. 30, 1986, unless otherwise noted.