# Medical Devices: Reports of Corrections and Removals; Delay of Effective Date
> **Food and Drug Administration** · Direct final rule; delay of effective date. · Published 1998-11-18 · Effective 1999-02-22 · 63 FR 63983
## Document
- **Document number:** 98-30876
- **Category:** fda-device
- **Sub-agency:** Food and Drug Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 63 FR 63983
- **CFR reference:** 21 CFR 806
- **Publication date:** 1998-11-18
- **Effective date:** 1999-02-22
- **HHS docket:** Docket No. 98N-0439
## Abstract

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published in the Federal Register of August 7, 1998 (63 FR 42229), a direct final rule. The direct final rule notified the public of FDA's intention to amend the regulations that govern reports of corrections and removals of medical devices to eliminate the requirement for distributors to make such reports. This document delays the effective date of the direct final rule.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1998/11/18/98-30876/medical-devices-reports-of-corrections-and-removals-delay-of-effective-date)
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