---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 1316.55"
title: "21"
number: "1316.55"
heading: "Prehearing ruling."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/1316.55"
---

# §1316.55. Prehearing ruling.


The presiding officer may have the prehearing conference reported verbatim and shall make a ruling reciting the action taken at the conference, the agreements made by the parties, the schedule of witnesses, and a statement of the issues for hearing. Such ruling shall control the subsequent course of the hearing unless modified by a subsequent ruling.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 811, 812, 871(b), 875, 958(d), 965.

### Source

Source: 36 FR 7820, Apr. 24, 1971, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 38 FR 26609, Sept. 24, 1973.