Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel June 1, 2005 (Scope of Criminal Enforcement Under 42 U.S.C. § 1320d-6)

Scope of Criminal Enforcement Under 42 U.S.C. § 1320d-6

Covered entities and those persons rendered accountable by general principles of corporate criminal

liability may be prosecuted directly under 42 U.S.C. § 1320d-6, and the knowingly element of the

offense set forth in that provision requires only proof of knowledge of the facts that constitute the

offense.