§360rr — Title 21 Food and Drugs | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary can accept help from state and local health, safety, or consumer protection agencies to run and enforce this part. That help can be paid or unpaid, and the Secretary may pay in advance or reimburse reasonable costs. The Secretary can also appoint those agency staff as Department officers so they can do examinations, investigations, and inspections.

Title 21, §360rr

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The Secretary is authorized (1) to accept from State and local authorities engaged in activities related to health or safety or consumer protection, on a reimbursable basis or otherwise, any assistance in the administration and enforcement of this part which he may request and which they may be able and willing to provide and, if so agreed, may pay in advance or otherwise for the reasonable cost of such assistance, and (2) he may, for the purpose of conducting examinations, investigations, and inspections, commission any officer or employee of any such authority as an officer of the Department.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was classified to section 263m of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 101–629.

Amendments

1993—Pub. L. 103–80 amended directory language of Pub. L. 101–629, § 19(a)(4), which renumbered section 263m of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, as this section. 1990—Pub. L. 101–629, § 19(a)(1)(B), substituted “this part” for “this subpart”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Noninterference With Other Federal AgenciesEnactment of this section not to be construed to supersede or limit the functions under any other provision of law of any officer or agency of the United States, see section 4 of Pub. L. 90–602, set out as a note under section 360hh of this title.

§360rr Federal-State cooperation