21 U.S.C. § 379l: Education

Summary

The Secretary must run training and education for FDA employees about the rules they enforce. The training covers four kinds: scientific work, inspection skills, product-focused inspection specialization, and administrative procedures and integrity (ethics). The Secretary, through the Commissioner, may offer intramural fellowships and other training for predoctoral and postdoctoral scientists and physicians. These fellows may sometimes provide voluntary, unpaid services if allowed, and they must follow the same legal and ethical rules that apply to HHS officers and employees.

Title 21, §379l

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(a)In general

The Secretary shall conduct training and education programs for the employees of the Food and Drug Administration relating to the regulatory responsibilities and policies established by this chapter, including programs for— (1)

(2)training to improve the skill of officers and employees authorized to conduct inspections under section 374 of this title;

(3)training to achieve product specialization in such inspections; and

(4)training in administrative process and procedure and integrity issues.

(b)Intramural fellowships and other training programs

The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, may, through fellowships and other training programs, conduct and support intramural research training for predoctoral and postdoctoral scientists and physicians. Any such fellowships and training programs under this section or under section 379dd(d)(2)(A)(ix) of this title may include provision by such scientists and physicians of services on a voluntary and uncompensated basis, as the Secretary determines appropriate. Such scientists and physicians shall be subject to all legal and ethical requirements otherwise applicable to officers or employees of the Department of Health and Human Services.

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Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 746 of act June 25, 1938, was renumbered section 749 and is classified to section 379o of this title.

Amendments

2007—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 110–85 inserted at end “Any such fellowships and training programs under this section or under section 379dd(d)(2)(A)(ix) of this title may include provision by such scientists and physicians of services on a voluntary and uncompensated basis, as the Secretary determines appropriate. Such scientists and physicians shall be subject to all legal and ethical requirements otherwise applicable to officers or employees of the Department of Health and Human Services.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective 90 days after Nov. 21, 1997, except as otherwise provided, see section 501 of Pub. L. 105–115, set out as an

Effective Date

of 1997 Amendment note under section 321 of this title.

§379l Education

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Title 21, §379l

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