---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 488.446"
title: "42"
number: "488.446"
heading: "Administrator sanctions: long-term care facility closures."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/488.446"
---

# §488.446. Administrator sanctions: long-term care facility closures.


Any individual who is or was the administrator of a facility and fails or failed to comply with the requirements at [§ 483.70(l)](/cfr/42/483.70.md?p=l) of this chapter—

- (a) **Will be subject to a civil monetary penalty as follows—**
  - (1) **A minimum of $500 as adjusted annually under 45 CFR part 102 for the first offense.**
  - (2) **A minimum of $1,500 as adjusted annually under 45 CFR part 102 for the second offense.**
  - (3) **A minimum of $3,000 as adjusted annually under 45 CFR part 102 for the third and subsequent offenses.**
- (b) May be subject to exclusion from participation in any Federal health care program (as defined in section 1128B(f) of the Act); and
- (c) Will be subject to any other penalties that may be prescribed by law.

## Notes

### Amendments

[76 FR 9511, Feb. 18, 2011, as amended at 81 FR 61563, Sept. 6, 2016; 81 FR 68872, Oct. 4, 2016]

### Source

Source: 59 FR 56243, Nov. 10, 1994, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C 1302 and 1395hh.

### Source

Source: 53 FR 22859, June 17, 1988, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[76 FR 9511, Feb. 18, 2011, as amended at 81 FR 61563, Sept. 6, 2016; 81 FR 68872, Oct. 4, 2016]