# Penalty for a clinical laboratory's failure to meet participation and certification requirements and poses immediate jeopardy — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies

For Penalty for a clinical laboratory's failure to meet participation and certification requirements and poses immediate jeopardy, agency is HHS; statutory authority is 263a(h)(2)(B) & 1395w-2(b)(2)(A)(ii); maximum penalty is 26,262; minimum penalty is 8,010, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Agency:** HHS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Violation:** Penalty for a clinical laboratory's failure to meet participation and certification requirements and poses immediate jeopardy _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory authority:** 263a(h)(2)(B) & 1395w-2(b)(2)(A)(ii) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Maximum penalty:** 26,262 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Minimum penalty:** 8,010 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 263a(h)(2)(B) & 1395w-2(b)(2)(A)(ii) | <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-42/section-493.1834#p-493.1834(d)(2)(i)> 42 CFR 493.1834(d)(2)(i) | CMS | Penalty for a clinical laboratory's failure to meet participation and certification requirements and poses immediate jeopardy | 2024 | | | | | | Minimum | 2024 | 7,807 | 8,010 | | | | Maximum | 2024 | 25,597 | 26,262

## 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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