Select Updates for Unique Device Identification: Policy Regarding Global Unique Device Identification Database Requirements for Certain Devices; Draft Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff; Availability
| Published date | 14 October 2021 |
| Citation | 86 FR 57154 |
| Record Number | 2021-22308 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Food And Drug Administration |
Federal Register, Volume 86 Issue 196 (Thursday, October 14, 2021)
[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 196 (Thursday, October 14, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57154-57156]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-22308]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA-2017-D-6841]
Select Updates for Unique Device Identification: Policy Regarding
Global Unique Device Identification Database Requirements for Certain
Devices; Draft Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration
Staff; Availability
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, Agency, or we) is
announcing the availability of the draft guidance entitled ``Select
Updates for Unique Device Identification: Policy Regarding Global
Unique Device Identification Database Requirements for Certain Devices;
Draft Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff.''
This draft guidance explains that there are certain class I devices for
which FDA does not intend to enforce Global Unique Device
Identification Database (GUDID) submission requirements and describes
how a labeler of a class I device can determine if its device is one of
these devices in the revised section III of this draft guidance. When
this draft guidance is finalized, the updates in section III of this
draft guidance would supersede the recommendations in section III of
the guidance ``Unique Device Identification: Policy Regarding
Compliance Dates for Class I and Unclassified Devices and Certain
Devices Requiring Direct Marking''
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(``2020 UDI Compliance Policy Guidance,'' available at: https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidance-documents/unique-device-identification-policy-regarding-compliance-dates-class-i-and-unclassified-devices-and). This draft guidance is not final nor is
it in effect at this time.
DATES: Submit either electronic or written comments on the draft
guidance by December 13, 2021 to ensure that the Agency considers your
comment on this draft guidance before it begins work on the final
version of the guidance.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on any guidance at any time as
follows:
Electronic Submissions
Submit electronic comments in the following way:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Comments submitted
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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
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If you want to submit a comment with confidential
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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-2017-D-6841 for ``Select Updates for Unique Device Identification:
Policy Regarding Global Unique Device Identification Database
Requirements for Certain Devices; Draft Guidance for Industry and Food
and Drug Administration Staff.'' Received comments 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, 240-402-7500.
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claimed confidential information redacted/blacked out, will be
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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.govinfo.gov/content/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, 240-402-7500.
You may submit comments on any guidance at any time (see 21 CFR
10.115(g)(5)).
An electronic copy of the guidance document is available for
download from the internet. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
for information on electronic access to the guidance. Submit written
requests for a single hard copy of the draft guidance document entitled
``Select Updates for Unique Device Identification: Policy Regarding
Global Unique Device Identification Database Requirements for Certain
Devices; Draft Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration
Staff'' to the Office of Policy, Guidance and Policy Development,
Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug
Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 66, Rm. 5431, Silver
Spring, MD 20993-0002; or the Center for Biologics Evaluation and
Research, Office of Communication, Outreach and Development, 10903 New
Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 71, Rm. 3128, Silver Spring, MD 20993. Send one
self-addressed adhesive label to assist that office in processing your
request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Luxenberg, Center for Devices
and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New
Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 32, Rm. 3216, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 301-
796-5995; or Stephen Ripley, Center for Biologics Evaluation and
Research, Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg.
71, Rm. 7301, Silver Spring, MD 20993, 240-402-7911.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
FDA is announcing the availability of a guidance entitled ``Select
Updates for Unique Device Identification: Policy Regarding Global
Unique Device Identification Database Requirements for Certain Devices;
Draft Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff.''
On September 24, 2013 (78 FR 58786), FDA published a final rule
establishing a unique device identification system designed to
adequately identify devices through distribution and use (the UDI
Rule). Phased implementation of the regulatory requirements set forth
in that final rule is based on a series of established compliance dates
based primarily on device classification.
The UDI Rule requires a device to bear a UDI on its label and
packages, unless an exception or alternative applies (see 21 CFR
801.20), and special labeling requirements apply to stand-alone
software regulated as a device (21 CFR 801.50). The UDI Rule also
requires that data pertaining to the key characteristics of each device
required to bear a UDI be submitted to FDA's GUDID (Sec. 830.300 (21
CFR 830.300)). In addition, the UDI Rule added 21 CFR 801.18, which
requires certain dates on device labels to be in a standard format.
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For devices that: (1) Must bear UDIs on their labels and (2) are
intended to be used more than once and reprocessed between uses, 21 CFR
801.45 requires the devices to be directly marked with a UDI.
Compliance dates for these labeling, GUDID data submission, standard
date format, and direct marking requirements can be found in the
preamble to the UDI Rule (78 FR 58786 at 58815 to 58816). For more
information about UDI compliance dates, please see the UDI web page,
available at: https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/unique-device-identification-system-udi-system/compliance-dates-udi-requirements.
For labelers of class I devices, FDA has developed this draft
guidance to revise section III. ``Policy On Standard Date Formatting,
UDI Labeling, and GUDID Submission Requirements for Class I and
Unclassified Devices'' of the guidance entitled ``Unique Device
Identification: Policy Regarding Compliance Dates for Class I and
Unclassified Devices and Certain Devices Requiring Direct Marking''
(``2020 UDI Compliance Policy Guidance'', available at: https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidance-documents/unique-device-identification-policy-regarding-compliance-dates-class-i-and-unclassified-devices-and), which was issued on July 1, 2020. When
this draft guidance is finalized, the updates in section III of this
draft guidance would supersede the recommendations in section III of
the 2020 UDI Compliance Policy Guidance. FDA considered comments
received on the guidance that appeared in the Federal Register on July
1, 2020 (85 FR 39477) as the Agency revised the guidance.
This draft guidance explains that there are certain class I devices
for which FDA does not intend to enforce GUDID submission requirements
under Sec. 830.300 and describes how a labeler of a class I device can
determine if its device is considered a consumer health product. FDA
has determined that the entry of UDI data into GUDID for these devices
is burdensome to stakeholders. After undertaking a public health impact
analysis, the Center for Devices and Radiological Health has a better
understanding of the devices and device characteristics for which GUDID
information is particularly useful in evaluating and improving device
safety throughout a product life cycle, as well as the ones for which
GUDID information may be less important in this regard. The policy
proposed in this draft guidance is based on this analysis. We are
proposing this change in policy through guidance to allow FDA and
stakeholders an opportunity to fully assess its impact on public
health. FDA will take the assessment into account in determining
whether regulations on this subject should be amended in the future.
This draft guidance is being issued consistent with FDA's good
guidance practices regulation (21 CFR 10.115). The draft guidance, when
finalized, will represent the current thinking of FDA on ``Select
Updates for Unique Device Identification: Policy Regarding Global
Unique Device Identification Database Requirements for Certain Devices;
Draft Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff''.
It does not establish any rights for any person and is not binding on
FDA or the public. You can use an alternative approach if it satisfies
the requirements of the applicable statutes and regulations.
II. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
While this guidance contains no new collection of information, it
does refer to previously approved FDA collections of information.
Therefore, clearance by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521) is not
required for this guidance. The previously approved collections of
information are subject to review by OMB under the PRA. The collections
of information in the following FDA regulations have been approved by
OMB as listed in the following table:
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OMB control
21 CFR part Topic No.
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801 subpart B and 830............. Unique Device 0910-0720
Identification.
800, 801, and 809................. Medical Device 0910-0485
Labeling
Regulations.
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III. Electronic Access
Persons interested in obtaining a copy of the draft guidance may do
so by downloading an electronic copy from the internet. A search
capability for all Center for Devices and Radiological Health guidance
documents is available at https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/device-advice-comprehensive-regulatory-assistance/guidance-documents-medical-devices-and-radiation-emitting-products. This guidance document is also
available at https://www.regulations.gov, https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidance-documents, or https://www.fda.gov/vaccines-blood-biologics/guidance-compliance-regulatory-information-biologics. Persons unable to download an electronic copy of
``Select Updates for Unique Device Identification: Policy Regarding
Global Unique Device Identification Database Requirements for Certain
Devices; Draft Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration
Staff'' may send an email request to [email protected] to
receive an electronic copy of the document. Please use the document
number 17029 and complete title to identify the guidance you are
requesting.
Dated: October 7, 2021.
Lauren K. Roth,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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