---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 17.20"
title: "21"
number: "17.20"
heading: "Ex parte contacts."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/17.20"
---

# §17.20. Ex parte contacts.


No party or person (except employees of the presiding officer's office) shall communicate in any way with the presiding officer on any matter at issue in a case, unless on notice and opportunity for all parties to participate. This provision does not prohibit a person or party from inquiring about the status of a case or asking routine questions concerning administrative functions or procedures.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1451-1461; 21 U.S.C. 141-149, 321-394, 467f, 679, 821, 1034; 28 U.S.C. 2112; 42 U.S.C. 201-262, 263b, 364.

### Source

Source: 60 FR 38626, July 27, 1995, unless otherwise noted.