[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR498.101]

[Page 1197]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
               CHAPTER III--SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 498_CIVIL MONETARY PENALTIES, ASSESSMENTS AND RECOMMENDED EXCLUSIONS
--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 498.101  Definitions.

    As used in this part:
    Agency means the Social Security Administration.
    Assessment means the amount described in Sec. 498.104, and includes 
the plural of that term.
    Commissioner means the Commissioner of Social Security or his or her 
designees.
    Department means the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
    General Counsel means the General Counsel of the Social Security 
Administration or his or her designees.
    Inspector General means the Inspector General of the Social Security 
Administration or his or her designees.
    Material fact means a fact which the Commissioner of Social Security 
may consider in evaluating whether an applicant is entitled to benefits 
under title II or eligible for benefits or payments under title XVI of 
the Social Security Act.
    Penalty means the amount described in Sec. 498.103 and includes the 
plural of that term.
    Person means an individual, organization, agency, or other entity.
    Respondent means the person upon whom the Commissioner or the 
Inspector General has imposed, or intends to impose, a penalty and 
assessment, as applicable.
    Secretary means the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and 
Human Services or his or her designees.
    SSA means the Social Security Administration.
    SSI means Supplemental Security Income.

[60 FR 58226, Nov. 27, 1995, as amended at 61 FR 18079, Apr. 24, 1996]