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Penalty for each violation of a 42 CFR part 2 provision in which it is established that the violation was due to reasonable cause and not to willful neglect

For Penalty for each violation of a 42 CFR part 2 provision in which it is established that the violation was due to reasonable cause and not to willful neglect, agency is HHS; maximum penalty is 51,299; minimum penalty is 1,026; annual cap is 1,538,970, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

Agency
HHS our reading
Violation
Penalty for each violation of a 42 CFR part 2 provision in which it is established that the violation was due to reasonable cause and not to willful neglect verified
Maximum penalty
51,299 verified
Minimum penalty
1,026 verified
Annual cap
1,538,970 verified
Sourceecfr.gov
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DatasetFederal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies

Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.

What the source says

| <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 violation was due to reasonable cause and not to willful neglect | 2024 | | | | | | Minimum | 2024 | 1,000 | 1,026 | | | | Maximum | 2024 | 50,000 | 51,299 | | | | Calendar Year Cap | 2024 | 1,500,000 | 1,538,970

ecfr.gov, retrieved 2026-08-10

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