Title 21: Food and Drugs
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/ PART 862 - CLINICAL CHEMISTRY AND CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY DEVICES
/ Subpart B - Clinical Chemistry Test Systems / § 862.1615 Pregnenolone test system.
§ 862.1615 Pregnenolone test system.
(a) Identification. A pregnenolone test system is a device intended to measure pregnenolone (a precursor in the biosynthesis of the adrenal hormone cortisol and adrenal androgen) in serum and plasma. Measurements obtained by this device are used in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the adrenal cortex or the gonads.
(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.