{"data":{"id":"us/42-cfr-38.8","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"42 CFR 38.8","heading":"Criminal and civil penalties.","body":"Attention is called to section 317 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 5157) which provides:\n(a) Any individual who fraudulently or willfully misstates any fact in connection with a request for assistance under this Act shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year or both for each violation.\n(b) Any individual who knowingly violates any order or regulation under this Act shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 for each violation.\n(c) Whoever knowingly misapplies the proceeds of a loan or other cash benefit obtained under any section of this Act shall be subject to a fine in an amount equal to one and one half times the original principal amount of the loan or cash benefit.","path":["Title 42—Public Health","CHAPTER I—PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER C—MEDICAL CARE AND EXAMINATIONS","PART 38—DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR CRISIS COUNSELING AND TRAINING"],"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":"ef093e41f8f010f9cff8ac9f92473a0abf99291146b2d8f264fcbc2cbd423e79","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/42-cfr-38.7","next":"us/42-cfr-38.9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}