# Medical Devices; Humanitarian Use of Devices
> **Food and Drug Administration** · Final rule. · Published 1998-11-03 · Effective 1999-02-01 · 63 FR 59217
## Document
- **Document number:** 98-29391
- **Category:** fda-device
- **Sub-agency:** Food and Drug Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 63 FR 59217
- **CFR reference:** 21 CFR 814
- **Publication date:** 1998-11-03
- **Effective date:** 1999-02-01
- **HHS docket:** Docket No. 98N-0171
## Abstract

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing a final rule amending the regulations governing humanitarian use devices (HUD's). These amendments are being made to implement provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the act) as amended by the Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997 (FDAMA).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1998/11/03/98-29391/medical-devices-humanitarian-use-of-devices)
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