21 CFR § 1316.12 - Refusal to allow inspection with an administrative warrant.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s1316.12"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 1316.12 - Refusal to allow inspection with an administrative warrant."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "1316.12"
section_name: "Refusal to allow inspection with an administrative warrant."
chapter_name: "DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
part_number: "1316"
part_name: "ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS, PRACTICES, AND PROCEDURES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
regulatory_source: "36 FR 7820, Apr. 24, 1971, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 38 FR 26609, Sept. 24, 1973."
cfr_part: "1316"
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# 1316.12 Refusal to allow inspection with an administrative warrant.
If a registrant or any person subject to the Act refuses to permit execution of an administrative warrant or impedes the inspector in the execution of that warrant, he shall be advised that such refusal or action constitutes a violation of section 402(a)(6) of the Act (21 U.S.C. 842(a)(6)). If he persists and the circumstances warrant, he shall be arrested and the inspection shall commence or continue.
[36 FR 7820, Apr. 24, 1971. Redesignated at 38 FR 26609, Sept. 24, 1973, as amended at 62 FR 13970, Mar. 24, 1997]