---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 1613.2"
title: "45"
number: "1613.2"
heading: "Definition."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/1613.2"
---

# §1613.2. Definition.


Criminal proceeding means the adversary judicial process prosecuted by a public officer and initiated by a formal complaint, information, or indictment charging a person with an offense denominated “criminal” by applicable law and punishable by death, imprisonment, or a jail sentence.


## Notes

### Amendments

[79 FR 21150, Apr. 15, 2014]

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 234(d), Public Law 111-211, 124. Stat. 2282; 42 U.S.C. 2996f(b)(2); 42 U.S.C. 2996g(e).

### Source

Source: 43 FR 32775, July 28, 1978, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[79 FR 21150, Apr. 15, 2014]