{"data":{"id":"us/42-cfr-3.402","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"42 CFR 3.402","heading":"Basis for a civil money penalty.","body":"(a) General rule. A person who discloses identifiable patient safety work product in knowing or reckless violation of the confidentiality provisions shall be subject to a civil money penalty for each act constituting such violation.\n(b) Violation attributed to a principal. A principal is independently liable, in accordance with the federal common law of agency, for a civil money penalty based on the act of the principal's agent, including a workforce member, acting within the scope of the agency if such act could give rise to a civil money penalty in accordance with § 3.402(a) of this subpart.","path":["Title 42—Public Health","CHAPTER I—PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL PROVISIONS","PART 3—PATIENT SAFETY ORGANIZATIONS AND PATIENT SAFETY WORK PRODUCT","Subpart D—Enforcement Program"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-42.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:11Z","sha256":"063c9dbdfb1b8953cb32908c25d8f926f1feffec46b4d1ee360d0d221e8d1903","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/42-cfr-3.314","next":"us/42-cfr-3.404"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}