[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR3.8]

[Page 58-59]
 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 3_PRODUCT JURISDICTION--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart A_Assignment of Agency Component for Review of Premarket 
                              Applications
 
Sec.  3.8  Letter of designation.

    (a) Each request for designation will be reviewed for completeness 
within 5 working days of receipt. Any request for designation determined 
to be incomplete will be returned to the applicant with a request for 
the missing information. The sponsor of an accepted request for 
designation will be notified of the filing date.

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    (b) Within 60 days of the filing date of a request for designation, 
the product jurisdiction officer will issue a letter of designation to 
the sponsor, with copies to the centers, specifying the agency component 
designated to have primary jurisdiction for the premarket review and 
regulation of the product at issue, and any consulting agency 
components. The product jurisdiction officer may request a meeting with 
the sponsor during the review period to discuss the request for 
designation. If the product jurisdiction officer has not issued a letter 
of designation within 60 days of the filing date of a request for 
designation, the sponsor's recommendation of the center with primary 
jurisdiction, in accordance with Sec.  3.7(c)(3), shall become the 
designated agency component.
    (c) Request for reconsideration by sponsor: If the sponsor disagrees 
with the designation, it may request the product jurisdiction officer to 
reconsider the decision by filing, within 15 days of receipt of the 
letter of designation, a written request for reconsideration not 
exceeding 5 pages. No new information may be included in a request for 
reconsideration. The product jurisdiction officer shall review and act 
on the request in writing within 15 days of its receipt.