---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 20.83"
title: "21"
number: "20.83"
heading: "Disclosure required by court order."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/20.83"
---

# §20.83. Disclosure required by court order.

- (a) Records of the Food and Drug Administration which the Commissioner has determined are not available for public disclosure, in the form of a regulation published or cross-referenced in this part, shall nevertheless be made available for public disclosure in compliance with a final court order requiring such disclosure.
- (b) Where the Food and Drug Administration record ordered disclosed under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section is a record about an individual that is not available for public disclosure under [§ 20.63](/cfr/21/20.63.md), the Food and Drug Administration shall attempt to notify the individual who is the subject of the record of the disclosure, by sending a notice to the individual's last known address.
- (c) [Paragraph (b)](#b) of this section shall not apply where the name or other personal identifying information is deleted prior to disclosure.

## Notes

### Amendments

[42 FR 15616, Mar. 22, 1977, as amended at 68 FR 25287, May 12, 2003]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552; 18 U.S.C. 1905; 19 U.S.C. 2531-2582; 21 U.S.C. 321-393, 1401-1403; 42 U.S.C. 241, 242, 242a, 242l, 242n, 243, 262, 263, 263b-263n, 264, 265, 300u-300u-5, 300aa-1.

### Source

Source: 42 FR 15616, Mar. 22, 1977, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[42 FR 15616, Mar. 22, 1977, as amended at 68 FR 25287, May 12, 2003]