[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 88 (Friday, May 6, 2011)] [Notices] [Pages 26304-26305] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2011-11072] [[Page 26304]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Food and Drug Administration [Docket No. FDA-2010-N-0555] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Medical Devices; Device Tracking AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA). DATES: Fax written comments on the collection of information by June 6, 2011. ADDRESSES: To ensure that comments on the information collection are received, OMB recommends that written comments be faxed to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attn: FDA Desk Officer, Fax: 202-395-7285, or e-mailed to [email protected]. All comments should be identified with the OMB control number 0910-0442. Also include the FDA docket number found in brackets in the heading of this document. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel Gittleson, Office of Information Management, Food and Drug Administration, 1350 Piccard Dr., PI50-400B, Rockville, MD 20850, 301-796-5156, [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, FDA has submitted the following proposed collection of information to OMB for review and clearance. Medical Devices; Device Tracking--21 CFR Part 821 OMB Control Number 0910-0442--Extension Section 211 of the Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act (FDAMA) (Pub. L. 105-115) became effective on February 19, 1998. FDAMA amended the previous medical device tracking provisions under section 519(e)(1) and (e)(2) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the FD&C Act) (21 U.S.C. 360i(e)(1) and (e)(2)) and were added by the Safe Medical Devices Act of 1990 (SMDA) (Pub. L. 101-629). Unlike the tracking provisions under SMDA, which required tracking of any medical device meeting certain criteria, FDAMA allows FDA discretion in applying tracking provisions to medical devices meeting certain criteria and provides that tracking requirements for medical devices can be imposed only after FDA issues an order. In the Federal Register of February 8, 2002 (67 FR 5943), FDA issued a final rule that conformed existing tracking regulations to changes in tracking provisions effected by FDAMA under part 821 (21 CFR part 821). Section 519(e)(1) of the FD&C Act, as amended by FDAMA, provides that FDA may require by order that a manufacturer adopt a method for tracking a class II or III medical device, if the device meets one of the three following criteria: (1) The failure of the device would be reasonably likely to have serious adverse health consequences, (2) the device is intended to be implanted in the human body for more than 1 year (referred to as a ``tracked implant''), or (3) the device is life- sustaining or life-supporting (referred to as a ``tracked l/s-l/s device'') and is used outside a device user facility. Tracked device information is collected to facilitate identifying the current location of medical devices and patients possessing those devices, to the extent that patients permit the collection of identifying information. Manufacturers and FDA (where necessary) use the data to: (1) Expedite the recall of distributed medical devices that are dangerous or defective and (2) facilitate the timely notification of patients or licensed practitioners of the risks associated with the medical device. In addition, the regulations include provisions for: (1) Exemptions and variances; (2) system and content requirements for tracking; (3) obligations of persons other than device manufacturers, e.g., distributors; records and inspection requirements; (4) confidentiality; and (5) record retention requirements. Respondents for this collection of information are medical device manufacturers, importers, and distributors of tracked implants or tracked l/s-l/s devices used outside a device user facility. Distributors include multiple and final distributors, including hospitals. The annual hourly burden for respondents involved with medical device tracking is estimated to be 604,279 hours per year. The burden estimates cited in tables 1, 2, and 3 of this document are based on the number of device tracking orders issued in the last 3 years. This regulation also refers to previously approved collections of information found in FDA regulations. These collections of information are subject to review by Office of Management and Budget under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520). The collections of information found in Sec. Sec. 821.2(b), 821.25(e), and 821.30(e) have been approved under OMB control number 0910-0183. In the Federal Register of November 12, 2010 (75 FR 69447), FDA published a 60-day notice requesting public comment on the proposed collection of information. No comments were received. FDA estimates the burden of this collection of information as follows: Table 1--Estimated Annual Reporting Burden \1\ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Average Number of Number of Total annual burden per 21 CFR section respondents responses per responses response (in Total hours respondent hours) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 821.1(d)........................ 1 1 1 1 1 821.2 and 821.30(e)............. 1 1 1 1 1 821.25(a)....................... 12 1 12 76 912 821.25(d)....................... 1 1 1 1 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total....................... .............. .............. .............. .............. 915 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information. [[Page 26305]] Table 2--Estimated Average Annual Recordkeeping Burden \1\ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Average Number of Number of Total annual burden per 21 CFR section recordkeepers records per records recordkeeping Total hours recordkeeper (in hours) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 821.25(b)....................... 12 46,260 555,120 1 555,120 821.25(c) \2\................... 12 1 12 63 756 821.25(c)(3).................... 12 1,124 13,488 1 13,488 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total....................... .............. .............. .............. .............. 569,364 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information. \2\ One time burden. Table 3--Estimated Annual Third-Party Disclosure Burden \1\ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of Average Number of disclosures Total annual burden per 21 CFR section respondents per disclosures disclosure Total hours respondent (in hours) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 821.30(a) and (b)............... 17,000 1 17,000 1 17,000 821.30(c)(2) and (d)............ 17,000 1 17,000 1 17,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total....................... .............. .............. .............. .............. 34,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information. Dated: May 2, 2011. Leslie Kux, Acting Assistant Commissioner for Policy. [FR Doc. 2011-11072 Filed 5-5-11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4160-01-P