---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 156.901"
title: "45"
number: "156.901"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/156.901"
---

# §156.901. Definitions.


In this subpart, unless the context indicates otherwise:

ALJ means administrative law judge of the Departmental Appeals Board of HHS.

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 HHS 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 [§ 156.805](/cfr/45/156.805.md) or a notice of decertification pursuant to § [156.810(c)](/cfr/45/156.810.md?p=c) or [(d)](/cfr/45/156.810.md?p=d).


## Notes

### Amendments

[78 FR 65101, Oct. 30, 2013, as amended at 86 FR 24293, May 5, 2021]

### Source

Source: 78 FR 65101, Oct. 30, 2013, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 18021-18024, 18031-18032, 18041-18042, 18044, 18054, 18061, 18063, 18071, 18082, and 26 U.S.C. 36B.

### Source

Source: 76 FR 77411, Dec. 13, 2011, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[78 FR 65101, Oct. 30, 2013, as amended at 86 FR 24293, May 5, 2021]