# Penalty for violations related to drug samples resulting in a conviction of any representative of manufacturer or distributor in any 10-year period — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies For Penalty for violations related to drug samples resulting in a conviction of any representative of manufacturer or distributor in any 10-year period, agency is HHS; statutory authority is 333(b)(2)(A); maximum penalty is 131,308, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10. - **Agency:** HHS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_ - **Violation:** Penalty for violations related to drug samples resulting in a conviction of any representative of manufacturer or distributor in any 10-year period _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Statutory authority:** 333(b)(2)(A) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Maximum penalty:** 131,308 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > 333(b)(2)(A) | | FDA | Penalty for violations related to drug samples resulting in a conviction of any representative of manufacturer or distributor in any 10-year period | 2024 | 127,983 | 131,308 ## 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/).