---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 68.15"
title: "42"
number: "68.15"
heading: "When can an NIH LRP payment obligation be discharged in bankruptcy?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/68.15"
---

# §68.15. When can an NIH LRP payment obligation be discharged in bankruptcy?


Any payment obligation incurred under [§ 68.13](/cfr/42/68.13.md) of this part may be discharged in bankruptcy under [Title 11](/cfr/11.md) of the United States Code only if such discharge is granted after the expiration of the seven-year period beginning on the first date that payment is required and only if the bankruptcy court finds that a non-discharge of the obligation would be unconscionable.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 216, 42 U.S.C. 288-1, 42 U.S.C. 288-2.

### Source

Source: 78 FR 20468, Apr. 5, 2013, unless otherwise noted.