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title: "21 CFR §862.2300"

source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-862.2300"

title_number: "21"

volume_number: "8"

chapter_number: "Unknown"

subchapter_code: "H"

subchapter_subject: "MEDICAL DEVICES"

part_code: "862"

part_subject: "CLINICAL CHEMISTRY AND CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY DEVICES"

subpart_code: "C"

subpart_subject: "Clinical Laboratory Instruments"

section_number: "862.2300"

section_subject: "Colorimeter, photometer, or spectrophotometer for clinical use."

cfr_reference: "21 CFR 862.2300"

title_name: "Title 21"

title_subject: "Food and Drugs"

parts_covered: "Parts 800 to 1299"

revised_date: "Revised as of April 1, 2019"

publication_date: "As of April 1, 2019"

contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"

publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"

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(a)Identification. A colorimeter, a photometer, or a spectrophotometer for clinical use is an instrument intended to measure radiant energy emitted, transmitted, absorbed, or reflected under controlled conditions. The device may include a monochromator to produce light of a specific wavelength.

(b)Classification. Class I (general controls). The device is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter subject to § 862.9.

§862.2300 - Colorimeter, photometer, or spectrophotometer for clinical use.