21 CFR § 19.55 - Permanent disqualification of former employees.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s19.55"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 19.55 - Permanent disqualification of former employees."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "19.55"
section_name: "Permanent disqualification of former employees."
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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# 19.55 Permanent disqualification of former employees.
No former Food and Drug Administration employee, including a special government employee, shall knowingly act as agent or attorney for anyone other than United States in connection with any judicial or other proceeding, application, request for a ruling or other determination, contract, claim, controversy, charge, accusation, or other particular matter involving a specific party or parties in which the United States is a party or has a direct and substantial interest and in which he participated personally and substantially through decision, approval, disapproval, recommendation, rendering of advice, investigation, or otherwise as a Food and Drug Administration employee.