Food and Drug Administration COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ✔✔The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) collaborates to create the expertise, information,
and tools that people and communities need to protect their health through
health promotion, prevention of disease, injury and disability, and
preparedness for new health threats. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services - ✔✔The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is part of the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and is not the same as
Medicare. Medicare is a federally run government health insurance program,
which is administered by CMS. Drug Enforcement Administration - ✔✔The
government agency responsible for administering and enforcing the Controlled
Substances Act. Food and Drug Administration - ✔✔advancing public health
by helping to speed innovations that make medical products more effective,
safer, and more affordable and by helping the public get the accurate, science-
based information they need to use medical products and foods to maintain
and improve their health. The Joint Commission - ✔✔A non profit organization
whose main function is to enhance the safety of patients and quality care in
institutional environments. The Joint commission accredits hospitals through
yearly inspections for compliance and national safety goals. Occupational
safety and health administration(OSHA) - ✔✔to ensure safe and healthful
working conditions for workers by setting and enforcing standards and by
providing training, outreach, education and assistance. State Board of
Pharmacy - ✔✔Regulated by state. Mainly focus on the public's health and the
implementation and enforcement of state pharmacy law. Pure food and drug
act of 1906 - ✔✔prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and
drugs in interstate commerce and laid a foundation for the nation's first
consumer protection agency, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The
Sherley Amendment of 1912 - ✔✔prohibits labeling medicines with false
therapeutic claims intended to defraud the purchaser. The food, drug and
cosmetic Act of 1938 - ✔✔Mandate drug manufacturers to submit evidence of
new drugs' safety and effectiveness before marketing and distribution to the
general public. Issue and enforce quality standards for food, drugs, medical
devices, and cosmetics The Durham - Humphrey Amendment of 1951 - ✔✔•
Created a distinction between "OTC" and "Legend Drugs". The Federal
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ✔✔The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) collaborates to create the expertise, information,
and tools that people and communities need to protect their health through
health promotion, prevention of disease, injury and disability, and
preparedness for new health threats. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services - ✔✔The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is part of the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and is not the same as
Medicare. Medicare is a federally run government health insurance program,
which is administered by CMS. Drug Enforcement Administration - ✔✔The
government agency responsible for administering and enforcing the Controlled
Substances Act. Food and Drug Administration - ✔✔advancing public health
by helping to speed innovations that make medical products more effective,
safer, and more affordable and by helping the public get the accurate, science-
based information they need to use medical products and foods to maintain
and improve their health. The Joint Commission - ✔✔A non profit organization
whose main function is to enhance the safety of patients and quality care in
institutional environments. The Joint commission accredits hospitals through
yearly inspections for compliance and national safety goals. Occupational
safety and health administration(OSHA) - ✔✔to ensure safe and healthful
working conditions for workers by setting and enforcing standards and by
providing training, outreach, education and assistance. State Board of
Pharmacy - ✔✔Regulated by state. Mainly focus on the public's health and the
implementation and enforcement of state pharmacy law. Pure food and drug
act of 1906 - ✔✔prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and
drugs in interstate commerce and laid a foundation for the nation's first
consumer protection agency, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The
Sherley Amendment of 1912 - ✔✔prohibits labeling medicines with false
therapeutic claims intended to defraud the purchaser. The food, drug and
cosmetic Act of 1938 - ✔✔Mandate drug manufacturers to submit evidence of
new drugs' safety and effectiveness before marketing and distribution to the
general public. Issue and enforce quality standards for food, drugs, medical
devices, and cosmetics The Durham - Humphrey Amendment of 1951 - ✔✔•
Created a distinction between "OTC" and "Legend Drugs". The Federal
