[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 21, Volume 8] [Revised as of April 1, 2005] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 21CFR803.1] [Page 38-39] TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (CONTINUED) PART 803_MEDICAL DEVICE REPORTING--Table of Contents Subpart A_General Provisions Sec. 803.1 Scope. Subpart A_General Provisions Sec. 803.1 Scope. 803.3 Definitions. 803.9 Public availability of reports. 803.10 General description of reports required from user facilities, importers, and manufacturers. 803.11 Obtaining the forms. 803.12 Where to submit reports. 803.13 English reporting requirement. 803.14 Electronic reporting. 803.15 Requests for additional information. 803.16 Disclaimers. 803.17 Written MDR procedures. 803.18 Files and distributor records. 803.19 Exemptions, variances, and alternative reporting requirements. Subpart B_Generally Applicable Requirements for Individual Adverse Event Reports 803.20 How to report. 803.21 Reporting codes. 803.22 When not to file. [[Page 39]] Subpart C_User Facility Reporting Requirements 803.30 Individual adverse event reports; user facilities. 803.32 Individual adverse event report data elements. 803.33 Annual reports. Subpart D_ Importer Reporting Requirement 803.40 Individual adverse event reporting requirements; importers. 803.42 Individual adverse event report data elements. Subpart E_Manufacturer Reporting Requirements 803.50 Individual adverse event reports; manufacturers. 803.52 Individual adverse event report data elements. 803.53 Five-day reports. 803.55 Baseline reports. 803.56 Supplemental reports. 803.58 Foreign manufacturers. Authority: 21 U.S.C. 352, 360, 360i, 360j, 371, 374. Source: 60 FR 63597, Dec. 11, 1995, unless otherwise noted. (a) This part establishes requirements for medical device reporting. Under this part, device user facilities, importers, and manufacturers, as defined in Sec. 803.3, must report deaths and serious injuries to which a device has or may have caused or contributed, must establish and maintain adverse event files, and must submit to FDA specified followup and summary reports. Medical device distributors, as defined in Sec. 803.3, are also required to maintain records of incidents (files). Furthermore, manufacturers and importers are also required to report certain device malfunctions. These reports will assist FDA in protecting the public health by helping to ensure that devices are not adulterated or misbranded and are safe and effective for their intended use. (b) This part supplements and does not supersede other provisions of this subchapter, including the provisions of part 820 of this chapter. (c) References in this part to regulatory sections of the Code of Federal Regulations are to chapter I of title 21, unless otherwise noted. [60 FR 63597, Dec. 11, 1995, as amended at 62 FR 13306, Mar. 20, 1997; 65 FR 4118, Jan. 26, 2000]