The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States (federal); Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- FD&C Act s. 564(b)(1)(C) (21 U.S.C. 360bbb-3(b)(1)(C))
- Issued
- 2020-03-24 Mar. 24, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-24 (determination effective Feb. 4, 2020) (read as 2020-03-24)
- End
- Terminated by HHS notice effective in 2026 (post-period); in force throughout 2020-2021 (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Mar. 24, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Emergency declarationSupply chain
- Addressees
- FDA; device manufacturers and users
- Functions reached
- SC supply chain
- PF production floor (converted manufacturing)
- Collection
- Other federal health agencies AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER
Operative words
I declared that circumstances exist justifying the authorization of emergency use of medical devices, including alternative products used as medical devices, pursuant to section 564 of the FD&C Act, subject to the terms of any authorization issued under that section.
Enforcement
Predicate for FDA authorizations under 21 U.S.C. 360bbb-3(c)
Notes
The March 24, 2020 device declaration underlying the ventilator, face-shield, gown, surgical-mask and decontamination EUAs.
Retrieval noteFile slug misdescribes the subject: this Mar. 27, 2020 publication (85 Fed. Reg. 17335) is the MEDICAL DEVICES declaration of Mar. 24, 2020; the drugs-and-biologics declaration of Mar. 27, 2020 is Ex. 037 (85 Fed. Reg. 18250, Apr. 1, 2020). Cite by the text, not the slug.