[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR1008.55]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
                     CHAPTER V--OFFICE OF INSPECTOR
                          GENERAL--HEALTH CARE,
                        DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
                             HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 1008--ADVISORY OPINIONS BY THE OIG--Table of Contents
 
          Subpart F--Scope and Effect of OIG Advisory Opinions
 
Sec. 1008.55  Admissibility of evidence.

    (a) The failure of a party to seek an advisory opinion may not be 
introduced into evidence to prove that the party intended to violate the 
provisions of sections 1128, 1128A or 1128B of the Act.
    (b) An advisory opinion may not be introduced into evidence by a 
person or entity that was not the requestor of the advisory opinion to 
prove that the person or entity did not violate the provisions of 
sections 1128, 1128A or 1128B of the Act or any other law.

[62 FR 7357, Feb. 19, 1997, as amended at 63 FR 38326, July 16, 1998]