---
kind: "unit"
title: "21"
title_heading: "Food and Drugs"
key: "chI/subchA/part17"
level: "part"
label: "Part 17"
heading: "Civil Money Penalties Hearings"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/chI-subchA-part17"
sections_count: 34
---

# Part 17 — Civil Money Penalties Hearings

Title 21 C.F.R. — Food and Drugs › Chapter I — Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services › Subchapter A — General

## Sections

- [§17.1. Scope.](/cfr/21/17.1.md)
- [§17.2. Maximum penalty amounts.](/cfr/21/17.2.md)
- [§17.3. Definitions.](/cfr/21/17.3.md)
- [§17.5. Complaint.](/cfr/21/17.5.md)
- [§17.7. Service of complaint.](/cfr/21/17.7.md)
- [§17.9. Answer.](/cfr/21/17.9.md)
- [§17.11. Default upon failure to file an answer.](/cfr/21/17.11.md)
- [§17.13. Notice of hearing.](/cfr/21/17.13.md)
- [§17.15. Parties to the hearing.](/cfr/21/17.15.md)
- [§17.17. Summary decisions.](/cfr/21/17.17.md)
- [§17.18. Interlocutory appeal from ruling of presiding officer.](/cfr/21/17.18.md)
- [§17.19. Authority of the presiding officer.](/cfr/21/17.19.md)
- [§17.20. Ex parte contacts.](/cfr/21/17.20.md)
- [§17.21. Prehearing conferences.](/cfr/21/17.21.md)
- [§17.23. Discovery.](/cfr/21/17.23.md)
- [§17.25. Exchange of witness lists, witness statements, and exhibits.](/cfr/21/17.25.md)
- [§17.27. Hearing subpoenas.](/cfr/21/17.27.md)
- [§17.28. Protective order.](/cfr/21/17.28.md)
- [§17.29. Fees.](/cfr/21/17.29.md)
- [§17.30. Computation of time.](/cfr/21/17.30.md)
- [§17.31. Form, filing, and service of papers.](/cfr/21/17.31.md)
- [§17.32. Motions.](/cfr/21/17.32.md)
- [§17.33. The hearing and burden of proof.](/cfr/21/17.33.md)
- [§17.34. Determining the amount of penalties and assessments.](/cfr/21/17.34.md)
- [§17.35. Sanctions.](/cfr/21/17.35.md)
- [§17.37. Witnesses.](/cfr/21/17.37.md)
- [§17.39. Evidence.](/cfr/21/17.39.md)
- [§17.41. The administrative record.](/cfr/21/17.41.md)
- [§17.43. Posthearing briefs.](/cfr/21/17.43.md)
- [§17.45. Initial decision.](/cfr/21/17.45.md)
- [§17.47. Appeals.](/cfr/21/17.47.md)
- [§17.48. Harmless error.](/cfr/21/17.48.md)
- [§17.51. Judicial review.](/cfr/21/17.51.md)
- [§17.54. Deposit in the Treasury of the United States.](/cfr/21/17.54.md)