# Penalty for submitting or causing to be submitted claims in violation of the Stark Law's restrictions on physician self-referrals — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies For Penalty for submitting or causing to be submitted claims in violation of the Stark Law's restrictions on physician self-referrals, agency is HHS; statutory authority is 1395nn(g)(3); maximum penalty is 31,670, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10. - **Agency:** HHS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_ - **Violation:** Penalty for submitting or causing to be submitted claims in violation of the Stark Law's restrictions on physician self-referrals _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Statutory authority:** 1395nn(g)(3) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Maximum penalty:** 31,670 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > 1395nn(g)(3) | 42 CFR 1003.310 | OIG | Penalty for submitting or causing to be submitted claims in violation of the Stark Law's restrictions on physician self-referrals | 2024 | 30,868 | 31,670 ## 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. Part of [Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies](https://referencesource.org/federal-civil-penalty-maximums/).