FDA Misses Deadline To Ban Devices Used To Shock Those With Special Needs

20th January, 2020

24 January 2020, News, Newsletter, Special Education

[Source: Disability Scoop]

The Food and Drug Administration missed its own deadline to finalize a ban on devices used to administer electric shocks on people with developmental disabilities.

The agency said in late 2018 that it intended to finalize a 2016 proposal to disallow so-called electrical stimulation devices. At the time, the FDA said regulations would be issued by the end of 2019, but to date, no action has been taken.

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