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Access to information material is reserved for sector operators in compliance with current legislation. GMV Srl requires that you qualify as a professional to download the material. Legislative Decree 24 February 1997, n. 46 Article 21

1. Advertising to the public of devices which, according to the provisions adopted by decree * of the Ministry of Health, can be sold only on medical prescription or be used with the assistance of a doctor or other health professional is prohibited.

2. Advertising to the public of devices other than those referred to in paragraph 1 is subject to authorization by the Ministry of Health. The authorization commission provided for in Article 6, paragraph 3 of Legislative Decree 30 December 1992, n. 541, which for this purpose is supplemented by a representative of the Department of the Ministry of Health competent in the field of medical devices and by one of the Ministry of Industry, commerce and craftsmanship.

* The Ministerial Decree pursuant to paragraph 1 of the aforementioned article has not yet been reported. In this phase, therefore, only advertising of medical devices that, due to their characteristics, are unequivocally purchasable and usable without the intervention of a health care professional, are admitted.