The invention is suitable for the technical field of right control and provides a right control method and apparatus. The method comprises: reading electronic label information of an RFID tag; when the electronic label information is valid, obtaining fingerprint information associated with the electronic label information; when the fingerprint information is valid, recording the fingerprint information, and obtaining right information corresponding to the fingerprint information; and according to the right information, releasing door control or controlling the startup of a controlled device, and unlocking an operation panel of the controlled device. According to the method, the control on an access right of a clean region and a use right of the operation panel of the controlled device is realized, and a real user identity is identified and recorded through the associated fingerprint information after authorization to achieve the purpose of controlling liability risk; and furthermore, a password does not need to be set and input, so that the problems of password forgetting and leakage easily caused by an existing password unlocking mode are solved.