---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 117.274"
title: "21"
number: "117.274"
heading: "Presiding officer for an appeal and for an informal hearing."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/117.274"
---

# §117.274. Presiding officer for an appeal and for an informal hearing.


The presiding officer for an appeal, and for an informal hearing, must be an Office of Regulatory Affairs Program Director or another FDA official senior to an FDA Division Director.


## Notes

### Amendments

[85 FR 16553, Mar. 24, 2020]

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 331, 342, 343, 350d note, 350g, 350g note, 371, 374; 42 U.S.C. 243, 264, 271.

### Source

Source: 80 FR 56145, Sept. 17, 2015, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[85 FR 16553, Mar. 24, 2020]