serious illness

Defined in 1 place of the United States Code.

The terms “serious illness” and “serious injury” mean illness or injury, respectively, that—

(i) is life threatening,

(ii) results in permanent impairment of a body function or permanent damage to a body structure, or

(iii) necessitates medical or surgical intervention to preclude permanent impairment of a body function or permanent damage to a body structure.

Source

2013–present 21 U.S.C. § 360IFood and Drugs · Records and reports on devices · in this section

The terms "serious illness" and "serious injury" mean illness or injury, respectively, that—

(i) is life threatening,

(ii) results in permanent impairment of a body function or permanent damage to a body structure, or

(iii) necessitates medical or surgical intervention to preclude permanent impairment of a body function or permanent damage to a body structure.

Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to—

Source

1994–2016 21 U.S.C. § 360IFood and Drugs · Records and reports on devices · in this section

The terms "serious illness" and "serious injury" mean illness or injury, respectively, that—

(i) is life threatening,

(ii) results in permanent impairment of a body function or permanent damage to a body structure, or

(iii) necessitates medical or surgical intervention to preclude permanent impairment of a body function or permanent damage to a body structure.

Subsection (a) shall not apply to—

Source

2016–2018 21 U.S.C. § 360IFood and Drugs · Records and reports on devices · in this section