21 C.F.R. § 803.30 If I am a user facility, what reporting requirements apply to me?
Title 21 - Food and Drugs
(a) You must submit reports to the manufacturer or to us, or both, as specified below: (1) Reports of death. You must submit a report to us as soon as practicable but no more than 10 work days after the day that you become aware of information, from any source, that reasonably suggests that a device has or may have caused or contributed to the death of a patient of your facility. You must also submit the report to the device manufacturer, if known. You must report information required by §803.32 on FDA Form 3500A or an electronic equivalent approved under §803.14. (2) Reports of serious injury. You must submit a report to the manufacturer of the device no later than 10 work days after the day that you become aware of information, from any source, that reasonably suggests that a device has or may have caused or contributed to a serious injury to a patient of your facility. If the manufacturer is not known, you must submit the report to us. You must report information required by §803.32 on FDA Form 3500A or an electronic equivalent approved under §803.14. (b) What information does FDA consider “reasonably known” to me? You must submit all information required in this subpart C that is reasonably known to you. This information includes information found in documents that you possess and any information that becomes available as a result of reasonable followup within your facility. You are not required to evaluate or investigate the event by obtaining or evaluating information that you do not reasonably know.
Title 21: Food and Drugs
PART 803—MEDICAL DEVICE REPORTING
Subpart C—User Facility Reporting Requirements
§ 803.30 If I am a user facility, what reporting requirements apply to me?
