{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/s3512","title_num":"42","num":"§ 3512.","heading":"Office to assist small manufacturers of medical devices; establishment","status":null,"guid":"id73923f30-4aa7-11eb-94f5-9ff2c44f6f3c","source_credit":"(Pub. L. 94–295, § 10, May 28, 1976, 90 Stat. 583; Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695.)","seq_in_title":3584,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch43/schI","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42","level":"title","num":"Title 42—","heading":"THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch43","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 43—","heading":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch43/schI","level":"subchapter","num":"SUBCHAPTER I—","heading":"GENERAL PROVISIONS","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id8d4eb6a1-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s3512\"><num value=\"3512\">§ 3512.</num><heading> Office to assist small manufacturers of medical devices; establishment</heading><content>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall establish within the Department of Health and Human Services an identifiable office to provide technical and other nonfinancial assistance to small manufacturers of medical devices to assist them in complying with the requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act [<ref href=\"/us/usc/t21/s301\">21 U.S.C. 301</ref> et seq.], as amended by this Act.</p>\n</content><sourceCredit id=\"id8d4eb6a2-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\">(<ref href=\"/us/pl/94/295/s10\">Pub. L. 94–295, § 10</ref>, <date date=\"1976-05-28\">May 28, 1976</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/90/583\">90 Stat. 583</ref>; <ref href=\"/us/pl/96/88/tV/s509/b\">Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b)</ref>, <date date=\"1979-10-17\">Oct. 17, 1979</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/93/695\">93 Stat. 695</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id8d4eb6a3-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I75\" topic=\"referencesInText\" id=\"id8d4eb6a4-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\">\n<heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">References in Text</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, referred to in text, is <ref href=\"/us/act/1938-06-25/ch675\">act June 25, 1938, ch. 675</ref>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/52/1040\">52 Stat. 1040</ref>, as amended, which is classified generally to chapter 9 (§ 301 et seq.) of Title 21, Food and Drugs. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see <ref href=\"/us/usc/t21/s301\">section 301 of Title 21</ref> and Tables.</p>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">This Act, referred to in text, means <ref href=\"/us/pl/94/295\">Pub. L. 94–295</ref>, <date date=\"1976-05-28\">May 28, 1976</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/90/539\">90 Stat. 539</ref>, known as the Medical Device Amendments of 1976, which enacted this section, sections 360c to 360k, 379, 379a, of Title 21, amended sections 321, 331, 334, 351, 352, 358, 360, 374, 376 [now 379e], and 381 of Title 21, <ref href=\"/us/usc/t15/s55\">section 55 of Title 15</ref>, Commerce and Trade, and enacted provisions set out as notes under <ref href=\"/us/usc/t21/s301\">section 301 of Title 21</ref>. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1976 Amendment note set out under <ref href=\"/us/usc/t21/s301\">section 301 of Title 21</ref> and Tables.</p>\n</note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I78\" topic=\"changeOfName\" id=\"id8d4eddb5-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\">\n<heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Change of Name</heading>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">“Secretary of Health and Human Services” and “Department of Health and Human Services” substituted in text for “Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare” and “Department of Health, Education, and Welfare”, respectively, pursuant to <ref href=\"/us/pl/96/88/s509/b\">section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88</ref>, which is classified to <ref href=\"/us/usc/t20/s3508/b\">section 3508(b) of Title 20</ref>, Education.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-19","currency_date":"2019-05-31","congress":116,"law_num":19,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":174,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["25","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}