# Penalty for employing or contracting with an excluded individual — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies For Penalty for employing or contracting with an excluded individual, agency is HHS; maximum penalty is 25,595, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10. - **Agency:** HHS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_ - **Violation:** Penalty for employing or contracting with an excluded individual _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Maximum penalty:** 25,595 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > | 42 CFR 1003.210(a)(4) | OIG | Penalty for employing or contracting with an excluded individual | 2024 | 24,947 | 25,595 ## 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/).