[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 9]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR1308.42]

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                         TITLE 21-FOOD AND DRUGS
 
   CHAPTER II--DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 1308_SCHEDULES OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1308.42  Purpose of hearing.

    If requested by any interested person after proceedings are 
initiated pursuant to Sec. 1308.43, the Administrator shall hold a 
hearing for the purpose of receiving factual evidence and expert opinion 
regarding the issues involved in the issuance, amendment or repeal of a 
rule issuable pursuant to section 201(a) of the Act (21 U.S.C. 811(a)). 
Extensive argument should not be offered into evidence but rather 
presented in opening or closing statements of counsel or in memoranda or 
proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law. Additional information 
relating to hearings to include waivers or modification of rules, 
request for hearing, burden of proof, time and place, and final order 
are set forth in part 1316 of this chapter.

[62 FR 13968, Mar. 24, 1997]