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[CITE: 42USC11113]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
   CHAPTER 117--ENCOURAGING GOOD FAITH PROFESSIONAL REVIEW ACTIVITIES
 
        SUBCHAPTER I--PROMOTION OF PROFESSIONAL REVIEW ACTIVITIES
 
Sec. 11113. Payment of reasonable attorneys' fees and costs in 
        defense of suit
        
    In any suit brought against a defendant, to the extent that a 
defendant has met the standards set forth under section 11112(a) of this 
title and the defendant substantially prevails, the court shall, at the 
conclusion of the action, award to a substantially prevailing party 
defending against any such claim the cost of the suit attributable to 
such claim, including a reasonable attorney's fee, if the claim, or the 
claimant's conduct during the litigation of the claim, was frivolous, 
unreasonable, without foundation, or in bad faith. For the purposes of 
this section, a defendant shall not be considered to have substantially 
prevailed when the plaintiff obtains an award for damages or permanent 
injunctive or declaratory relief.

(Pub. L. 99-660, title IV, Sec. 413, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3787.)
