---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 1309.51"
title: "21"
number: "1309.51"
heading: "Hearings generally."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/1309.51"
---

# §1309.51. Hearings generally.

- (a) In any case where the Administrator shall hold a hearing on any registration or application therefore, the procedures for such hearing shall be governed generally by the adjudication procedures set forth in the Administrative Procedure Act ([5 U.S.C. 551-559](/usc/5/551-559.md)) and specifically by sections 303 and 304 of the Act ([21 U.S.C. 823-824](/usc/21/823-824.md)), by [§§ 1309.52 through 1309.55](/cfr/21/1309.52..1309.55.md), and by the procedures for administrative hearings under the Act set forth in [§§ 1316.41 through 1316.67](/cfr/21/1316.41..1316.67.md) of this chapter.
- (b) Any hearing under this part shall be independent of, and not in lieu of, criminal prosecutions or other proceedings under the Act or any other law of the United States.

## Notes

### Amendments

[60 FR 32454, June 22, 1995, as amended at 81 FR 97021, Dec. 30, 2016]

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 802, 821, 822, 823, 824, 830, 871(b), 875, 877, 886a, 952, 953, 957, 958.

### Source

Source: 60 FR 32454, June 22, 1995, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[60 FR 32454, June 22, 1995, as amended at 81 FR 97021, Dec. 30, 2016]