6.5 Medical DevicesOn the national level, oversight is generally restricted to medical devices, and not on operational matters. Federal jurisdiction of medical devices falls under the purview of the Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Devices and Radiological Health. Under federal law, medical devices are regulated under the “Medical Device Amendments of 1976” and the “Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act of 1968.” Additional regulatory authorization is provided by the “Safe Medical Devices Act of 1990,” the “Medical Device Amendments of 1992,” the “FDA Reform and Enhancement Act of 1996,” and the “Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997.” A medical device is defined by Section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (as amended), as an: instrument, apparatus, implement, machine, contrivance, implant, in vitroreagent, or other similar or related article including any component, part, or accessory which is: recognized in the official National Formulary, or the United States Pharmacopeia, or any supplement to them; intended for use in the diagnosis of disease or other conditions, or in the care, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease, in man or other animals, or intended to affect the structure of any function of the body of man or other animals; and which does not achieve its primary intended purposes through chemical action within or A standards primer for clinical engineers 79on the body of man… and which is not dependent upon being metabolized for the achievement of its primary intended purposes.
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