# Securing Updated and Necessary Statutory Evaluations Timely
> **Food and Drug Administration** · Final rule. · Published 2021-01-19 · Effective 2021-03-22 · 86 FR 5694
## Document
- **Document number:** 2021-00597
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** Food and Drug Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 86 FR 5694
- **CFR reference:** 21 CFR 6
- **Publication date:** 2021-01-19
- **Effective date:** 2021-03-22
- **HHS docket:** Docket No. HHS-OS-2020-0012
## Abstract

The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) requires agencies to publish plans to conduct periodic reviews of certain of their regulations. Multiple Executive Orders also require agencies to submit plans for periodic reviews of certain regulations. To further comply with the RFA and Executive Orders, and to ensure the Department's regulations have appropriate impacts, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or the Department) issues this final rule amending its regulations to set expiration dates for the Department's regulations (subject to certain exceptions), unless the Department periodically assesses the regulations to determine if they are subject to the RFA, and if they are, performs a review that satisfies the criteria in the RFA.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/01/19/2021-00597/securing-updated-and-necessary-statutory-evaluations-timely)
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