Administrative procedure for imposing penalties for false or misleading statements

42 U.S. Code § 1320a-8a. Administrative procedure for imposing penalties for false or misleading statements

(a) In generalAny person who—
(1)
makes, or causes to be made, a statement or representation of a material fact, for use in determining any initial or continuing right to or the amount of monthly insurance benefits under subchapter II or benefits or payments under subchapter XVI that the person knows or should know is false or misleading,
(2)
makes such a statement or representation for such use with knowing disregard for the truth, or
(3)
omits from a statement or representation for such use, or otherwise withholds disclosure of, a fact which the person knows or should know is material to the determination of any initial or continuing right to or the amount of monthly insurance benefits under subchapter II or benefits or payments under subchapter XVI, if the person knows, or should know, that the statement or representation with such omission is false or misleading or that the withholding of such disclosure is misleading,
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