---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 150.401"
title: "45"
number: "150.401"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/150.401"
---

# §150.401. Definitions.


In this subpart, unless the context indicates otherwise:

ALJ means administrative law judge of the Departmental Appeals Board of the Department of Health and Human Services.

Filing date means the date filed electronically.

Hearing includes a hearing on a written record as well as an in-person, telephone, or video teleconference hearing.

Party means CMS or the respondent.

Receipt date means five days after the date of a document, unless there is a showing that it was in fact received later.

Respondent means an entity that received a notice of proposed assessment of a civil money penalty issued pursuant to [§ 150.343](/cfr/45/150.343.md).


## Notes

### Amendments

[64 FR 45795, Aug. 20, 1999, as amended at 86 FR 24286, May 5, 2021]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 300gg through 300gg-63, 300gg-91, and 300gg-92, as amended.

### Source

Source: 64 FR 45795, Aug. 20, 1999, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[64 FR 45795, Aug. 20, 1999, as amended at 86 FR 24286, May 5, 2021]