Health and Human Services Department Docket FDA-2016-M-0035 Proposed Rule

2016-04579: Effective Date of Requirement for Premarket Approval for Blood Lancets

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Summary

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing a proposed administrative order to require the filing of a premarket approval application (PMA) following the reclassification of multiple use blood lancets for multiple patient use from class I to class III. FDA is summarizing its proposed findings regarding the degree of risk of illness or injury designed to be eliminated or reduced by requiring this device to meet the PMA requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the FD&C Act) and the benefits to the public from the use of the device.

The agency’s own summary, as published.

What this changes

Amends 1 part of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

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