[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR5.404]

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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 5--DELEGATIONS OF AUTHORITY AND ORGANIZATION--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart F--Medical Devices and Radiological Health; Redelegations of 
                                Authority
 
Sec. 5.404  Notification to petitioners of determinations made on petitions for reclassification of medical devices.

    (a) The following officials, for medical devices assigned to their 
respective organizations, are authorized to notify petitioners of 
determinations made on petitions for reclassification of medical devices 
that are classified in class III (premarket approval) by sections 513(f) 
and 520(l) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the act) (21 
U.S.C. 360c(f) and 360 j(1)) and denials of petitions for 
reclassification of medical devices that are submitted under section 
513(e) of the act (21 U.S.C. 360c(e)) (except for petitions submitted in 
response to Federal Register notices initiating standard-setting under 
Sec. 514(b) of the act (21 U.S.C. 360d(b)) or premarket approval under 
section 515(b) of the act (21 U.S.C. 360e(b)):
    (1) The Director and Deputy Directors for Science and for 
Regulations and Policy, Center for Devices and Radiological Health 
(CDRH) and the Director and Deputy Directors, Office of Device 
Evaluation.
    (2) The Director and Deputy Directors, Center for Biologics 
Evaluation and Research (CBER), and the Directors and Deputy Directors, 
Office of Blood Research and Review, Office of Vaccines Research and 
Review, and Office of Therapeutics Research and Review, CBER.
    (b) These officials may not further redelegate this authority.