[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR12.96]

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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 12_FORMAL EVIDENTIARY PUBLIC HEARING--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart E_Hearing Procedures
 
Sec.  12.96  Briefs and arguments.

    (a) Promptly after the taking of evidence is completed, the 
presiding officer will announce a schedule for the filing of briefs. 
Briefs are to be filed ordinarily within 45 days of the close of the 
hearing. Briefs must include a statement of position on each issue, with 
specific and complete citations to the evidence and points of law relied 
on. Briefs must contain proposed findings of fact and conclusions of 
law.
    (b) The presiding officer may, as a matter of discretion, permit 
oral argument after the briefs are filed.
    (c) Briefs and oral argument are to refrain from disclosing specific 
details of written and oral testimony and documents relating to matters 
specified in Sec.  10.20(j)(2)(i)(a) and (b), except as specifically 
authorized in a protective order issued under Sec.  10.20(j)(3).