# Postmarket Surveillance
> **Food and Drug Administration** · Final rule. · Published 2002-06-06 · Effective 2002-07-08 · 67 FR 38878
## Document
- **Document number:** 02-14100
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** Food and Drug Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 67 FR 38878
- **CFR reference:** 21 CFR 822
- **Publication date:** 2002-06-06
- **Effective date:** 2002-07-08
- **HHS docket:** Docket No. 00N-1367
## Abstract

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is implementing the postmarket surveillance (PS) provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the act), as amended by the Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997 (FDAMA). The purpose of this rule is to provide for the collection of useful data about devices that can reveal unforeseen adverse events or other information necessary to protect the public health.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2002/06/06/02-14100/postmarket-surveillance)
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