21 CFR § 19.5 - Reference to Department regulations.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s19.5"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 19.5 - Reference to Department regulations."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "19.5"
section_name: "Reference to Department regulations."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "19"
part_name: "STANDARDS OF CONDUCT AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "21 U.S.C. 371."
regulatory_source: "42 FR 15615, Mar. 22, 1977, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "19"
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# 19.5 Reference to Department regulations.
(a) The provisions of 45 CFR part 73, establishing standards of conduct for all Department employees, are fully applicable to all Food and Drug Administration employees, except that such regulations shall be applicable to special government employees, i.e., consultants to the Food and Drug Administration, only to the extent stated in subpart L of 45 CFR part 73.
(b) The provisions of 45 CFR part 73a supplement the Department standards of conduct and apply only to Food and Drug Administration employees except special government employees.