# Penalty for each violation of a 42 CFR part 2 provision in which it is established that the person did not know and by exercising reasonable diligence, would not have known that the person violated such a provision — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies

For Penalty for each violation of a 42 CFR part 2 provision in which it is established that the person did not know and by exercising reasonable diligence, would not have known that the person violated such a provision, agency is HHS; statutory authority is 290dd-2(f); maximum penalty is 51,299; minimum penalty is 103; annual cap is 1,538,970, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Agency:** HHS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Violation:** Penalty for each violation of a 42 CFR part 2 provision in which it is established that the person did not know and by exercising reasonable diligence, would not have known that the person violated such a provision _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory authority:** 290dd-2(f) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Maximum penalty:** 51,299 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Minimum penalty:** 103 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Annual cap:** 1,538,970 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 290dd-2(f) | <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-42/section-2.3#p-2.3(a)> 42 CFR 2.3(a) and <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-42/section-2.3#p-2.3(c)> (c) | OCR | Penalty for each violation of a <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-42/part-2> 42 CFR part 2 provision in which it is established that the person did not know and by exercising reasonable diligence, would not have known that the person violated such a provision | 2024 | | | | | | Minimum | 2024 | 100 | 103 | | | | Maximum | 2024 | 50,000 | 51,299 | | | | Calendar Year Cap | 2024 | 1,500,000 | 1,538,970

## 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/).