[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR3.9]

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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 3--PRODUCT JURISDICTION--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart A--Assignment of Agency Component for Review of Premarket 
                              Applications
 
Sec. 3.9  Effect of letter of designation.

    (a) The letter of designation constitutes an agency determination 
that is subject to change only as provided in paragraph (b) of this 
section.
    (b) The product jurisdiction officer may change the designated 
agency component with the written consent of the sponsor, or without its 
consent to protect the public health or for other compelling reasons. A 
sponsor shall be given 30 days written notice of any proposed 
nonconsensual change in designated agency component. The sponsor may 
request an additional 30 days to submit written objections, not to 
exceed 15 pages, to the proposed change, and shall be granted, upon 
request, a timely meeting with the product jurisdiction officer and 
appropriate center officials. Within 30 days of receipt of the sponsor's 
written objections, the product jurisdiction officer shall issue to the 
sponsor, with copies to appropriate center officials, a written 
determination setting forth a statement of reasons for the proposed 
change in designated agency component. A nonconsensual change in the 
designated agency component requires the concurrence of the Deputy 
Commissioner for Operations or the Deputy Commissioner for Policy.