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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Chapter 43 — Department of Health and Human Services

§ 3512. Office to assist small manufacturers of medical devices; establishment

Statutory text

The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall establish within the Department of Health and Human Services an identifiable office to provide technical and other nonfinancial assistance to small manufacturers of medical devices to assist them in complying with the requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act [21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.], as amended by this Act.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Medical Device Amendments of 1976

    Pub. L. 94–295 § 10 · 90 Stat. 539

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 3512

    Pub. L. 94–295, § 10, May 28, 1976, 90 Stat. 583

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 94–295, § 10, May 28, 1976, 90 Stat. 583

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 10. assistance for small manufacturers of devices The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall Office. Establishment. 42 USC 3512. establish within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare an identifiable office to provide technical and other nonfinancial assistance to small manufacturers of medical devices to assist them in complying with the requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended by this Act.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, referred to in text, is act June 25, 1938, ch. 675, 52 Stat. 1040, which is classified generally to chapter 9 (§ 301 et seq.) of Title 21, Food and Drugs. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 301 of Title 21 and Tables.

This Act, referred to in text, means Pub. L. 94–295, , 90 Stat. 539, known as the Medical Device Amendments of 1976, which enacted this section, sections 360c to 360k, 379, 379a, of Title 21, amended sections 321, 331, 334, 351, 352, 358, 360, 374, 376 [now 379e], and 381 of Title 21, section 55 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade, and enacted provisions set out as notes under section 301 of Title 21. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1976 Amendment note set out under section 301 of Title 21 and Tables.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

“Secretary of Health and Human Services” and “Department of Health and Human Services” substituted in text for “Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare” and “Department of Health, Education, and Welfare”, respectively, pursuant to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88, which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education.

Credits

1976–1979 · 2 acts
  1. 1976Pub. L. 94–295, § 10, , 90 Stat. 583
  2. 1979Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b), , 93 Stat. 695.
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(Pub. L. 94–295, § 10, , 90 Stat. 583; Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b), , 93 Stat. 695.)

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