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title: "21 CFR §17.20"

source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-17.20"

title_number: "21"

volume_number: "1"

chapter_number: "Unknown"

subchapter_code: "A"

subchapter_subject: "GENERAL"

part_code: "17"

part_subject: "CIVIL MONEY PENALTIES HEARINGS"

subpart_code: "A"

subpart_subject: "General Provisions"

section_number: "17.20"

section_subject: "Ex parte contacts."

cfr_reference: "21 CFR 17.20"

title_name: "Title 21"

title_subject: "Food and Drugs"

parts_covered: "Parts 1 to 99"

revised_date: "Revised as of April 1, 2019"

publication_date: "As of April 1, 2019"

contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"

publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"

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No party or person (except employees of the presiding officer's office) shall communicate in any way with the presiding officer on any matter at issue in a case, unless on notice and opportunity for all parties to participate. This provision does not prohibit a person or party from inquiring about the status of a case or asking routine questions concerning administrative functions or procedures.

§17.20 - Ex parte contacts.