Title 21: Food and Drugs
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/ PART 886 - OPHTHALMIC DEVICES
/ Subpart F - Therapeutic Devices / § 886.5850 Sunglasses (nonprescription).
§ 886.5850 Sunglasses (nonprescription).
(a) Identification. Sunglasses (nonprescription) are devices that consist of spectacle frames or clips with absorbing, reflective, tinted, polarizing, or photosensitized lenses intended to be worn by a person to protect the eyes from bright sunlight but not to provide refractive corrections. This device is usually available over-the-counter.
(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 § 886.9.