This ICR collects information from manufacturers, importers, and distributors of medical devices to disclose to health professionals and consumers specific information about themselves or their devices on the label or labeling of their devices. The primary users of the information disclosed on the label or in the labeling of devices are the health professionals who use or prescribe the device or the lay consumers who use the device. The labeling should contain sufficient information for these persons to use the device safely and effectively. FDA may use the information to determine whether there is reasonable assurance of the safety and effectiveness of the device for its intended use.
This information collection reflects changes and adjustments. For efficiency of operations, we have consolidated related information collections currently approved under OMB control numbers 0910-0577 and 0910-0740. This results in an increase to the information collection of 15,095 burden hours annually. The increase is due to adjustments reflecting updated data and the inclusion of the consolidated information collection. At the same time, we have reduced our estimate of disclosure responses by 1,597,520 annually. Upon review, we believe we previously double-counted burden ascribed to disclosures provisions having accounted for the same burden as that associated with recordkeeping activities.
Finally, upon submission of the ICR, we are correcting inadvertent calculation errors to the burden hour increase and responses decrease displayed in our 60-day notice. Specifically, additional burden hours have been added to the third-party disclosure burden table to reflect an increase of 12,000 burden hours resulting in a total of 8,485,061 total burden hours for the third-party disclosure burden. Also, additional responses have been added resulting in a total increase in responses of 21,647,170.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.