[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR14.20]

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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 14_PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE A PUBLIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE
--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart B_Meeting Procedures
 
Sec. 14.20  Notice of hearing before an advisory committee.


    (a) Before the first of each month, and at least 15 days in advance 
of a meeting, the Commissioner will publish a notice in the Federal 
Register of all advisory committee meetings to be held during the month. 
Any advisory committee meetings for that month called after the 
publication of the general monthly notice are to be announced in the 
Federal Register on an individual basis at least 15 days in advance. The 
Commissioner may authorize an exception to these notice requirements in 
an emergency or for other reasons requiring an immediate meeting of an 
advisory committee, in which case public notice will be given at the 
earliest time and in the most accessible form feasible including, 
whenever possible, publication in the Federal Register.
    (b) The Federal Register notice will include--
    (1) The name of the committee;
    (2) The date, time, and place of the meeting;
    (3) The general function of the committee;
    (4) A list of all agenda items, showing whether each will be 
discussed in an open or closed portion of the meeting;
    (5) If any portion of the meeting is closed, a statement of the time 
of the open and closed portions;
    (6) The nature of the subjects to be discussed during, and the 
reasons for closing, any closed portion of the meeting;
    (7) The time set aside for oral statements and other public 
participation;
    (8) The name, address, and telephone number of the advisory 
committee executive secretary and any other agency employee designated 
as responsible for the administrative support for the advisory 
committee;
    (9) A statement that written submissions may be made to the advisory 
committee through the executive secretary at any time, unless a cutoff 
date has been established under Sec. 14.35(d)(2);
    (10) When a notice is published in the Federal Register less than 15 
days before a meeting, an explanation for the lateness of the notice; 
and
    (c) If a public hearing before an advisory committee is used in lieu 
of a formal evidentiary public hearing under Sec. 14.1(a)(3), an 
initial notice of hearing is to be published separately in the Federal 
Register containing all the information described in Sec. 12.32(e). 
This procedure may be used for any other

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hearing before an advisory committee when the Commissioner concludes, as 
a matter of discretion, that it would be informative to the public.
    (d) A list of advisory committee meetings will be distributed to the 
press by the Associate Commissioner for Public Affairs.

[44 FR 22351, Apr. 13, 1979, as amended at 47 FR 26375, June 1, 1982; 54 
FR 9035, Mar. 3, 1989; 66 FR 6469, Jan. 22, 2001; 66 FR 12850, Mar. 1, 
2001]