Medical Device Legislation Introduced in the 93d Congress, Prepared by the Staff ... , and Its Subcommittee on Public Health and Environment. August 1973

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Page 66 - If it is, or purports to be, or is represented as a drug composed wholly or partly of insulin, unless (1) it is from a batch with respect to which a certificate or release has been issued pursuant to section 506, and (2) such certificate or release is in effect with respect to such drug.
Page 47 - device" (except when used in paragraph (n) of this section and in sections 301 (i), 403 (f), 502 (c), and 602 (c)) means instruments, apparatus and contrivances, including their components, parts, and accessories, intended (1) for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in man or other animals; or (2) to affect the structure or any function of the body of man or other animals.
Page 50 - A BILL To protect the public health by amending the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the use in food of new chemical additives which have not been adequately tested to establish their safety.
Page 75 - Secretary when the application was approved, shows that such drug is not shown to be safe for use under the conditions of use upon the basis of which the application was approved...
Page 92 - Secretary may terminate a postponement of the closing date at any time if he finds that such postponement should not have been granted, or that by reason of a change in circumstances the basis for such postponement no longer exists, or that there has been a failure to comply with a requirement for submission of progress reports or with other conditions attached to such postponement.
Page 47 - Commissioner the establishment of a product class standard is necessary to reduce or eliminate unreasonable risk of illness or injury associated with exposure to or use of an in vitro diagnostic product...
Page 40 - As used in subparagraph (2) , the term "established name" with respect to a device means (A) the applicable official name of the device designated pursuant to section 508, (B) if there is no such name and such device is an article recognized in an official compendium, then the official title thereof in such compendium, or (C) if neither clause (A) nor clause (B) of this subparagraph applies, then any common or usual name of such device.
Page 107 - ... intended purposes through chemical action within or on the body of man or other animals and which is not dependent upon being metabolized for the achievement of any of its principal intended purposes.
Page 37 - Secretary is satisfied that such defect or failure to comply is not such as to create a significant risk of injury, including genetic injury, to any person...
Page 40 - If it is a device and the methods used in, or the facilities or controls used for, its manufacture, packing, storage, or installation are not in conformity with applicable requirements under section 520(f)(1) or an applicable condition prescribed by an order under section 520(f)(2).

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