2015 US Code
Title 21 - Food and Drugs (Sections 1 - 2252)
Chapter 9 - Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Sections 301 - 399f)
Subchapter X - Miscellaneous (Sections 391 - 399f)
Sec. 396 - Practice of medicine

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS
CHAPTER 9 - FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT
SUBCHAPTER X - MISCELLANEOUS
Sec. 396 - Practice of medicine
Containssection 396
Date2015
Laws In Effect As Of DateJanuary 3, 2016
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditJune 25, 1938, ch. 675, §1006, formerly §906, as added Pub. L. 105-115, title II, §214, Nov. 21, 1997, 111 Stat. 2348; renumbered §1006, Pub. L. 111-31, div. A, title I, §101(b)(2), June 22, 2009, 123 Stat. 1784.
Statutes at Large References111 Stat. 2348
123 Stat. 1784
Public and Private LawsPublic Law 105-115, Public Law 111-31

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21 U.S.C. § 396 (2015)
§396. Practice of medicine

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit or interfere with the authority of a health care practitioner to prescribe or administer any legally marketed device to a patient for any condition or disease within a legitimate health care practitioner-patient relationship. This section shall not limit any existing authority of the Secretary to establish and enforce restrictions on the sale or distribution, or in the labeling, of a device that are part of a determination of substantial equivalence, established as a condition of approval, or promulgated through regulations. Further, this section shall not change any existing prohibition on the promotion of unapproved uses of legally marketed devices.

(June 25, 1938, ch. 675, §1006, formerly §906, as added Pub. L. 105–115, title II, §214, Nov. 21, 1997, 111 Stat. 2348; renumbered §1006, Pub. L. 111–31, div. A, title I, §101(b)(2), June 22, 2009, 123 Stat. 1784.)

EFFECTIVE DATE

Section effective 90 days after Nov. 21, 1997, except as otherwise provided, see section 501 of Pub. L. 105–115, set out as an Effective Date of 1997 Amendment note under section 321 of this title.

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