45 CFR 150.321
§ 150.321 Determining the amount of penalty—aggravating circumstances.
United States · 45 CFR — Public Welfare · Status: effective
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- 45 CFR 150.321, § 150.321 Determining the amount of penalty—aggravating circumstances, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/217435
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For every violation subject to a civil money penalty, if there are substantial or several aggravating circumstances, CMS sets the aggregate amount of the penalty at an amount sufficiently close to or at the maximum permitted by § 150.315 to reflect that fact. CMS considers the following circumstances to be aggravating circumstances:
(a) The frequency of violation indicates a pattern of widespread occurrence.
(b) The violation(s) resulted in significant financial and other impacts on the average affected individual.
(c) The entity does not provide documentation showing that substantially all of the violations were corrected.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.