---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 1309.54"
title: "21"
number: "1309.54"
heading: "Burden of proof."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/1309.54"
---

# §1309.54. Burden of proof.

- (a) At any hearing for the denial of a registration, the Administration shall have the burden of proving that the requirements for such registration pursuant to section 303 of the Act ([21 U.S.C. 823](/usc/21/823.md)) are not satisfied.
- (b) At any hearing for the revocation or suspension of a registration, the Administration shall have the burden of proving that the requirements for such revocation or suspension pursuant to section 304(a) of the Act ([21 U.S.C. 824(a)](/usc/21/824.md?p=a)) are satisfied.

## Notes

### Amendments

[60 FR 32454, June 22, 1995. Redesignated at 62 FR 13968, Mar. 24, 1997]

### 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. Redesignated at 62 FR 13968, Mar. 24, 1997]