View source for 21 U.S.C. 396

In '''21 USCS § 396''', federal law prohibits the [[FDA]] from interfering with the practice of medicine:
{{cquote|Nothing in this Act [21 USCS §§ 301 et seq.] shall be construed to limit or interfere with the authority of a health care practitioner to prescribe or administer any legally marketed device to a patient for any condition or disease within a legitimate health care practitioner-patient relationship. This section shall not limit any existing authority of the Secretary to establish and enforce restrictions on the sale or distribution, or in the labeling, of a device that are part of a determination of substantial equivalence, established as a condition of approval, or promulgated through regulations. Further, this section shall not change any existing prohibition on the promotion of unapproved uses of legally marketed devices.}}
21 U.S.C. § 396.
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