[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 178 (Wednesday, September 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55265-55266]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-23478]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 00D-1497]
Draft Compliance Guidance: The Mammography Quality Standards Act
Final Regulations Document #4; Availability
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the
availability of the draft guidance entitled ``Compliance Guidance: The
Mammography Quality Standards Act Final Regulations Document #4.'' This
draft guidance is neither final nor is it in effect at this time. The
final regulations implementing the Mammography Quality Standards Act of
1992 (the MQSA) became effective April 28, 1999. The draft guidance
document is intended to help facilities and their personnel meet the
MQSA final regulations.
DATES: Submit written comments concerning this draft guidance by
December 12, 2000.
ADDRESSES: Submit written requests for single copies on a 3.5" diskette
of the draft guidance entitled ``Compliance Guidance: The Mammography
Quality Standards Act Final Regulations Document #4'' to the Division
of Small
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Manufacturers Assistance (HFZ-220), Center for Devices and Radiological
Health (CDRH), Food and Drug Administration, 1350 Piccard Dr.,
Rockville, MD 20850. Send two self-addressed adhesive labels to assist
that office in processing your request, or fax your request to 301-443-
8818. Submit written comments concerning this draft guidance to the
Dockets Management Branch (HFA 305), Food and Drug Administration, 5630
Fishers Lane, rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852. Comments should be
identified with the docket number found in brackets in the heading of
this document. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for
information on electronic access to the draft guidance.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles A. Finder, Center for Devices
and Radiological Health (HFZ 240), Food and Drug Administration, 1350
Piccard Dr., Rockville, MD 20850, 301-594-3332.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The MQSA was passed on October 27, 1992, to establish national
quality standards for mammography. After October 1, 1994, the MQSA
required all mammography facilities, except facilities of the U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs, to be accredited by an approved
accreditation body and certified by the Secretary of Health and Human
Services (the Secretary). The authority to approve accreditation bodies
and to certify facilities was delegated by the Secretary to FDA. In the
Federal Register of October 28, 1997 (62 FR 55976), FDA published the
MQSA final regulations. The final regulations became effective April
28, 1999, and replaced the interim regulations (58 FR 67558 and 58 FR
67565, December 21, 1993). Development of this guidance document began
in December 1999.
II. Significance of Guidance
This draft guidance document represents the agency's current
thinking on the final regulations implementing the MQSA. It does not
create or confer any rights for or on any person and does not operate
to bind FDA or the public. An alternative approach may be used if such
approach satisfies the applicable statute, regulations, or both.
The agency has adopted good guidance practices (GGP's), which set
forth the agency's policies and procedures for the development,
issuance, and use of guidance documents (62 FR 8961, February 27,
1997). This draft guidance document is issued as a Level 1 guidance
consistent with GGP's.
III. Electronic Access
In order to receive the draft guidance entitled ``Compliance
Guidance: The Mammography Quality Standards Act Final Regulations
Document #4'' via your fax machine, call the CDRH Facts-On-Demand
system at 800-899-0381 or 301-827-0111 from a touch-tone telephone. At
the first voice prompt press 1 to enter the system. At the second voice
prompt press 1 to order a document. Enter the document number (1159)
followed by the pound sign (#). Follow the remaining voice prompts to
complete your request.
Persons interested in obtaining a copy of the draft guidance may
also do so using the Internet. CDRH maintains an entry on the Internet
for easy access to information including text, graphics, and files that
may be downloaded to a personal computer with access to the Internet.
Updated on a regular basis, the CDRH home page includes ``Compliance
Guidance: The Mammography Quality Standards Act Final Regulations
Document #4,'' device safety alerts, Federal Register reprints,
information on premarket submissions (including lists of approved
applications and manufacturers' addresses), small manufacturers'
assistance, information on video conferencing and electronic
submissions, mammography matters, and other device-oriented
information. The CDRH home page may be accessed at http://www.fda.gov/cdrh. ``Compliance Guidance: The Mammography Quality Standards Act
Final Regulations Document #4'' will be available at http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/mammography.
IV. Comments
Interested persons may submit to Dockets Management Branch (address
above) written comments regarding this draft guidance by December 12,
2000. Two copies of any comments are to be submitted, except that
individual may submit one copy. Comments are to be identified with the
docket number found in brackets in the heading of this document. The
draft guidance document and received comments are available for public
examination in the Dockets Management Branch between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.,
Monday through Friday.
Dated: August 29, 2000.
Linda S. Kahan,
Deputy Director for Regulations Policy, Center for Devices and
Radiological Health.
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