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PL-109-96 An act to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the regulation of all contact lenses as medical devices, and for other purposes. US

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Section 1 — REGULATION OF CERTAIN ARTICLES AS MEDICAL DEVICES

Section 520 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360j) is amended by adding at the end the following subsection:

``Regulation of Contact Lens as Devices

``(n)(1) All contact lenses shall be deemed to be devices under section 201(h). ``(2) Paragraph (1) shall not be construed as bearing on or being relevant to the question of whether any product other than a contact lens is a device as defined by section 201(h) or a drug as defined by section 201(g).''.

Approved November 9, 2005.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 172: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

SENATE REPORTS: No. 109-110 (Comm. on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 151 (2005): July 29, considered and passed Senate. Oct. 26, considered and passed House.

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