{"data":{"id":"us/21-cfr-17.20","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"21 CFR 17.20","heading":"Ex parte contacts.","body":"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.","path":["Title 21—Food and Drugs","CHAPTER I—FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL","PART 17—CIVIL MONEY PENALTIES HEARINGS"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-21.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:47Z","sha256":"834f00fd438ba5063bb62cf81613fd929719e91aee6c713ca5d5c12410ab7cbf","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/21-cfr-17.19","next":"us/21-cfr-17.21"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}