[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 19, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60207-60209]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-27276]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2011-N-0672]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Prominent and Conspicuous Mark of Manufacturers on 
Single-Use Devices

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing 
an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain 
information by the Agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA), Federal Agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal 
Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including 
each proposed extension of an existing collection of information, and 
to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. This 
notice solicits comments on reprocessed, single-use device labeling.

DATES: Submit either electronic or written comments on the collection 
of information by February 20, 2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments as follows. Please note that late, 
untimely filed comments will not be considered. Electronic comments 
must be submitted on or before February 20, 2018. The https://www.regulations.gov electronic filing system will accept comments until 
midnight Eastern Time at the end of February 20, 2018. Comments 
received by mail/hand delivery/courier (for written/paper submissions) 
will be considered timely if they are postmarked or the delivery 
service acceptance receipt is on or before that date.

Electronic Submissions

    Submit electronic comments in the following way:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Comments submitted 
electronically, including attachments, to https://www.regulations.gov 
will be posted to the docket unchanged. Because your comment will be 
made public, you are solely responsible for ensuring that your comment 
does not include any confidential information that you or a third party 
may not wish to be posted, such as medical information, your or anyone 
else's Social Security number, or confidential business information, 
such as a manufacturing process. Please note that if you include your 
name, contact information, or other information that identifies you in 
the body of your comments, that information will be posted on https://www.regulations.gov.
     If you want to submit a comment with confidential 
information that you do not wish to be made available to the public, 
submit the comment as a written/paper submission and in the manner 
detailed (see ``Written/Paper Submissions'' and ``Instructions'').

Written/Paper Submissions

    Submit written/paper submissions as follows:
     Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for written/paper 
submissions): Dockets Management Staff (HFA-305), Food and Drug 
Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
     For written/paper comments submitted to the Dockets 
Management Staff, FDA will post your comment, as well as any 
attachments, except for information submitted, marked and identified, 
as confidential, if submitted as detailed in ``Instructions.''
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket No. 
FDA-2011-N-0672 for ``Agency Information Collection Activities; 
Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Prominent and Conspicuous Mark of 
Manufacturers on Single-Use Devices.'' Received comments, those filed 
in a timely manner (see ADDRESSES), will be placed in the docket and, 
except for those submitted as ``Confidential Submissions,'' publicly 
viewable at https://www.regulations.gov or at the Dockets Management 
Staff between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
     Confidential Submissions--To submit a comment with 
confidential information that you do not wish to be made publicly 
available, submit your comments only as a written/paper submission. You 
should submit two copies total. One copy will include the information 
you claim to be confidential with a heading or cover note that states 
``THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.'' The Agency will 
review this copy, including the claimed confidential information, in 
its consideration of comments. The second copy, which will have the 
claimed confidential information redacted/blacked out, will be 
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for public viewing and posted on https://www.regulations.gov. Submit 
both copies to the Dockets Management Staff. If you do not wish your 
name and contact information to be made publicly available, you can 
provide this information on the cover sheet and not in the body of your 
comments and you must identify this information as ``confidential.'' 
Any information marked as ``confidential'' will not be disclosed except 
in accordance with 21 CFR 10.20 and other applicable disclosure law. 
For more information about FDA's posting of comments to public dockets, 
see 80 FR 56469, September 18, 2015, or access the information at: 
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-09-18/pdf/2015-23389.pdf.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
the electronic and written/paper comments received, go to https://www.regulations.gov and insert the docket number, found in brackets in 
the heading of this document, into the ``Search'' box and follow the 
prompts and/or go to the Dockets Management Staff, 5630 Fishers Lane, 
Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amber Sanford, Office of Operations, 
Food and Drug Administration, Three White Flint North, 10A-12M, 11601 
Landsdown St., North Bethesda, MD 20852, 301-796-8867, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal 
Agencies must obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for each collection of information they conduct or sponsor. 
``Collection of information'' is defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 
1320.3(c) and includes Agency requests or requirements that members of 
the public submit reports, keep records, or provide information to a 
third party. Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)) 
requires Federal Agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal 
Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including 
each proposed extension of an existing collection of information, 
before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To comply with 
this requirement, FDA is publishing notice of the proposed collection 
of information set forth in this document.
    With respect to the following collection of information, FDA 
invites comments on these topics: (1) Whether the proposed collection 
of information is necessary for the proper performance of FDA's 
functions, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (2) the accuracy of FDA's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques, when 
appropriate, and other forms of information technology.

Prominent and Conspicuous Mark of Manufacturers on Single-Use Devices

OMB Control Number 0910-0577--Extension

    Section 502 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the FD&C 
Act) (21 U.S.C. 352), among other things, establishes requirements that 
the label or labeling of a medical device must meet so that it is not 
misbranded and subject to regulatory action. Section 301 of the Medical 
Device User Fee and Modernization Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-250) amended 
section 502 of the FD&C Act to add section 502(u) to require devices 
(both new and reprocessed) to bear prominently and conspicuously the 
name of the manufacturer, a generally recognized abbreviation of such 
name, or a unique and generally recognized symbol identifying the 
manufacturer.
    Section 2(c) of the Medical Device User Fee Stabilization Act of 
2005 (Pub. L. 109-43) amends section 502(u) of the FD&C Act by limiting 
the provision to reprocessed single-use devices (SUDs) and the 
manufacturers who reprocess them. Under the amended provision, if the 
original SUD or an attachment to it prominently and conspicuously bears 
the name of the manufacturer, then the reprocessor of the SUD is 
required to identify itself by name, abbreviation, or symbol in a 
prominent and conspicuous manner on the device or attachment to the 
device. If the original SUD does not prominently and conspicuously bear 
the name of the manufacturer, the manufacturer who reprocesses the SUD 
for reuse may identify itself using a detachable label that is intended 
to be affixed to the patient record.
    The requirements of section 502(u) of the FD&C Act impose a minimal 
burden on industry. This section of the FD&C Act only requires the 
manufacturer, packer, or distributor of a device to include their name 
and address on the labeling of a device. This information is readily 
available to the establishment and easily supplied. From its 
registration and premarket submission database, FDA estimates that 
there are 67 establishments that distribute approximately 427 
reprocessed SUDs. Each response is anticipated to take 0.1 hours (6 
minutes) resulting in a total burden to industry of 43 hours.
    FDA estimates the burden of this collection of information as 
follows:

                                               Table 1--Estimated Annual Third-Party Disclosure Burden 1 2
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                                                                   Number of
              Type of respondent                   Number of      disclosures    Total annual        Average  burden per  disclosure        Total hours
                                                  respondents   per respondent    disclosures
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Establishments listing fewer than 10 SUDs.....              58               2             116  0.1 (6 minutes).........................              12
Establishments listing 10 or more SUDs........               9              34             306  0.1 (6 minutes).........................              31
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    Total.....................................  ..............  ..............  ..............  ........................................              43
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\1\ There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information.
\2\ Numbers have been rounded.


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    The burden for this information collection has not changed since 
the last OMB approval.

    Dated: December 14, 2017.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2017-27276 Filed 12-18-17; 8:45 am]
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