[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR160.404]

[Page 707]
 
                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 160_GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart D_Imposition of Civil Money Penalties
 
Sec. 160.404  Amount of a civil money penalty.

    (a) The amount of a civil money penalty will be determined in 
accordance with paragraph (b) of this section and Sec. Sec. 160.406, 
160.408, and 160.412.
    (b) The amount of a civil money penalty that may be imposed is 
subject to the following limitations:
    (1) The Secretary may not impose a civil money penalty--
    (i) In the amount of more than $100 for each violation; or
    (ii) In excess of $25,000 for identical violations during a calendar 
year (January 1 through the following December 31).
    (2) If a requirement or prohibition in one administrative 
simplification provision is repeated in a more general form in another 
administrative simplification provision in the same subpart, a civil 
money penalty may be imposed for a violation of only one of these 
administrative simplification provisions.