# Penalty for a hospital with 100 beds or more or responsible physician dumping patients needing emergency medical care — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies

For Penalty for a hospital with 100 beds or more or responsible physician dumping patients needing emergency medical care, agency is HHS; statutory authority is 1395dd(d)(1); maximum penalty is 136,886, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Agency:** HHS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Violation:** Penalty for a hospital with 100 beds or more or responsible physician dumping patients needing emergency medical care _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory authority:** 1395dd(d)(1) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Maximum penalty:** 136,886 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 1395dd(d)(1) | <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-42/section-1003.510> 42 CFR 1003.510 | OIG | Penalty for a hospital with 100 beds or more or responsible physician dumping patients needing emergency medical care | 2024 | 133,420 | 136,886

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-45/subtitle-A/subchapter-A/part-102/section-102.3

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-02-26.
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