{"data":{"id":"us/29-cfr-22.30","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"29 CFR 22.30","heading":"The hearing and burden of proof.","body":"(a) The ALJ shall conduct a hearing on the record in order to determine whether the defendant is liable for a civil penalty or assessment under § 22.3 and, if so, the appropriate amount of any such civil penalty or assessment considering any aggravating or mitigating factors.\n(b) The authority shall prove defendant's liability and any aggravating factors by a preponderance of the evidence.\n(c) The defendant shall prove any affirmative defenses and any mitigating factors by a preponderance of the evidence.\n(d) The hearing shall be open to the public unless otherwise ordered by the ALJ for good cause shown.","path":["Title 29—Labor","Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of Labor","PART 22—PROGRAM FRAUD CIVIL REMEDIES ACT OF 1986"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-29.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:20Z","sha256":"e439db878ac48be196b6548cc0a002f46dea6aa2987b612133b9a10024ee81bc","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/29-cfr-22.29","next":"us/29-cfr-22.31"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}