[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR160.516]

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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
                    SUBTITLE A--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
                         AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 160_GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart E_Civil Money Penalties: Procedures for Investigations, 
                  Imposition of Penalties, and Hearings
 
Sec. 160.516  Failure to request a hearing.

    If the respondent does not request a hearing within the time 
prescribed by Sec. 160.526, the Secretary must impose the proposed 
penalty or any less severe penalty permitted by 42 U.S.C. 1320d-5.

[[Page 710]]

The Secretary must notify the respondent by certified mail, return 
receipt requested, of any penalty that has been imposed and of the means 
by which the respondent may satisfy the penalty. The respondent has no 
right to appeal under Sec. 160.568 with respect to a penalty with 
respect to which the respondent has not timely requested a hearing.