[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: 21CFR1316.51]

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                         TITLE 21-FOOD AND DRUGS
 
   CHAPTER II--DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 1316_ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS, PRACTICES, AND PROCEDURES
--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart D_Administrative Hearings
 
Sec. 1316.51  Conduct of hearing and parties; ex parte communications.

    (a) Hearings shall be conducted in an informal but orderly manner in 
accordance with law and the directions of the presiding officer.
    (b) Participants in any hearing and their representatives, whether 
or not members of the bar, shall conduct themselves in accordance with 
judicial standards of practice and ethics and the directions of the 
presiding officer. Refusal to comply with this section shall constitute 
grounds for immediate exclusion from any hearing.
    (c) If any official of the Administration is contacted by any 
individual in private or public life concerning any substantive matter 
which is the subject of any hearing, at any time after the date on which 
the proceedings commence, the official who is contacted shall prepare a 
memorandum setting forth the substance of the conversation and shall 
file this memorandum in the appropriate public docket file. The 
presiding officer and employees of the Administration shall comply with 
the requirements of 5 U.S.C. 554(d) regarding

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ex parte communications and participation in any hearing.