Prereview of television advertisements

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Title 21—FOOD AND DRUGS > CHAPTER 9—FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT > SUBCHAPTER V—DRUGS AND DEVICES > Part A—Drugs and Devices

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The Secretary may require the submission of any television advertisement for a drug (including any script, story board, rough, or a completed video production of the television advertisement) to the Secretary for review under this section not later than 45 days before dissemination of the television advertisement.

( June 25, 1938, ch. 675, § 503C , formerly § 503B, as added Pub. L. 110–85, title IX, § 901(d)(2) , Sept. 27, 2007 , 121 Stat. 939 , renumbered § 503C, Pub. L. 113–54, title I, § 102(a)(1) , Nov. 27, 2013 , 127 Stat. 587 .)

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