{"data":{"id":"us/21-u.s.c.-396","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"21 U.S.C. § 396","heading":"Practice of medicine","body":"Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit or interfere with the authority of a health care practitioner to prescribe or administer any legally marketed device to a patient for any condition or disease within a legitimate health care practitioner-patient relationship. This section shall not limit any existing authority of the Secretary to establish and enforce restrictions on the sale or distribution, or in the labeling, of a device that are part of a determination of substantial equivalence, established as a condition of approval, or promulgated through regulations. Further, this section shall not change any existing prohibition on the promotion of unapproved uses of legally marketed devices.","path":["Title 21—FOOD AND DRUGS","CHAPTER 9—FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc21@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:57:48Z","sha256":"0fea6e1aa72fba94a593507c440d22e2aaa223a077c75519ddfa1c3a09988387","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/21-u.s.c.-395","next":"us/21-u.s.c.-397"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}