21 CFR § 11.70 - Signature/record linking.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s11.70"
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title: "21 CFR § 11.70 - Signature/record linking."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "11.70"
section_name: "Signature/record linking."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "11"
part_name: "ELECTRONIC RECORDS; ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "21 U.S.C. 321-393; 42 U.S.C. 262."
regulatory_source: "62 FR 13464, Mar. 20, 1997, unless otherwise noted."
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# 11.70 Signature/record linking.

Electronic signatures and handwritten signatures executed to electronic records shall be linked to their respective electronic records to ensure that the signatures cannot be excised, copied, or otherwise transferred to falsify an electronic record by ordinary means.