---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 17.21"
title: "21"
number: "17.21"
heading: "Prehearing conferences."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/17.21"
---

# §17.21. Prehearing conferences.

- (a) The presiding officer may schedule prehearing conferences as appropriate.
- (b) Upon the motion of any party, the presiding officer shall schedule at least one prehearing conference at a reasonable time in advance of the hearing.
- (c) The presiding officer may use a prehearing conference to discuss the following:
  - (1) Simplification of the issues;
  - (2) The necessity or desirability of amendments to the pleadings, including the need for a more definite statement;
  - (3) Stipulations and admissions of fact as to the contents and authenticity of documents;
  - (4) Whether the parties can agree to submission of the case on a stipulated record;
  - (5) Whether a party chooses to waive appearance at an oral hearing and to submit only documentary evidence (subject to the objection of the other party) and written argument;
  - (6) Limitation of the number of witnesses;
  - (7) Scheduling dates for the exchange of witness lists and of proposed exhibits;
  - (8) Discovery and scheduling dates for completion of discovery;
  - (9) The date, time, and place for the hearing; and
  - (10) Such other matters as may tend to expedite the fair and just disposition of the proceedings.
- (d) The presiding officer shall issue an order containing all matters agreed upon by the parties or ordered by the presiding officer at a prehearing conference.

## 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.