2015 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare (Sections 1 - 18445)
Chapter 6A - Public Health Service (Sections 201 - 300mm-61)
Subchapter II - General Powers and Duties (Sections 241 - 280m)
Part B - Federal-State Cooperation (Sections 243 - 247d-9)
Sec. 247d-5a - Identification of clinically susceptible concentrations of antimicrobials
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 6A - PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE SUBCHAPTER II - GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES Part B - Federal-State Cooperation Sec. 247d-5a - Identification of clinically susceptible concentrations of antimicrobials |
| Contains | section 247d-5a |
| Date | 2015 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 110-85, title XI, §1111, Sept. 27, 2007, 121 Stat. 975. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 121 Stat. 975 |
| Public and Private Law | Public Law 110-85 |
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In this section, the term "clinically susceptible concentrations" means specific values which characterize bacteria as clinically susceptible, intermediate, or resistant to the drug (or drugs) tested.
(b) IdentificationThe Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the "Secretary"), through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, shall identify (where such information is reasonably available) and periodically update clinically susceptible concentrations.
(c) Public availabilityThe Secretary, through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, shall make such clinically susceptible concentrations publicly available, such as by posting on the Internet, not later than 30 days after the date of identification and any update under this section.
(d) EffectNothing in this section shall be construed to restrict, in any manner, the prescribing of antibiotics by physicians, or to limit the practice of medicine, including for diseases such as Lyme and tick-borne diseases.
(Pub. L. 110–85, title XI, §1111, Sept. 27, 2007, 121 Stat. 975.)
CODIFICATIONSection was enacted as part of the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007, and not as part of the Public Health Service Act which comprises this chapter.
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