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title: "21 CFR §872.6710"

source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-872.6710"

title_number: "21"

volume_number: "8"

chapter_number: "Unknown"

subchapter_code: "H"

subchapter_subject: "MEDICAL DEVICES"

part_code: "872"

part_subject: "DENTAL DEVICES"

subpart_code: "G"

subpart_subject: "Miscellaneous Devices"

section_number: "872.6710"

section_subject: "Boiling water sterilizer."

cfr_reference: "21 CFR 872.6710"

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 boiling water sterilizer is an AC-powered device that consists of a container for boiling water. The device is intended to sterilize dental and surgical instruments by submersion in the boiling water in the container.

(b)Classification. Class I (general controls).

§872.6710 - Boiling water sterilizer.