Medical Device Classification Procedures; Reclassification Petition: Content and Form; Technical Amendment

AGENCY:

Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION:

Final rule; technical amendments.

SUMMARY:

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending its regulations for petitioning for device reclassification to update mailing addresses for the petitions. This action is being taken to improve the accuracy of the regulations.

DATES:

This rule is effective December 24, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nancy Pirt, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 66, Rm. 4438, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 301-796-6254.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

FDA is updating mailing addresses for device reclassification petitions (21 CFR 860.123). For devices regulated by the Center for Devices and Radiological Health, the room number is now 4438. In addition, the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research has moved to a new location at FDA's White Oak Campus. The address remains the same for the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. The regulations are being amended to ensure clarity and to improve the accuracy and readability of the regulations.

Publication of this document constitutes final action on these changes under the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553). FDA has determined that notice and public comment and a delayed effective date are unnecessary because these corrections are nonsubstantive.

List of Subjects in 21 CFR Part 860

• Administrative practice and procedure
• Medical devices

Therefore, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and under authority delegated to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, 21 CFR part 860 is amended as follows:

PART 860—MEDICAL DEVICE CLASSIFICATION PROCEDURES

1. The authority citation for 21 CFR part 860 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 360c, 360d, 360e, 360i, 360j, 371, 374.

2. Revise § 860.123(b)(1) to read as follows: