Title 21: Food and Drugs
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/ PART 890 - PHYSICAL MEDICINE DEVICES
/ Subpart F - Physical Medicine Therapeutic Devices / § 890.5730 Moist heat pack.
§ 890.5730 Moist heat pack.
(a) Identification. A moist heat pack is a device intended for medical purposes that consists of silica gel in a fabric container used to retain an elevated temperature and that provides moist heat therapy for body surfaces.
(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 the limitations in § 890.9. The device is also exempt from the current good manufacturing practice requirements of the quality system regulation in part 820 of this chapter, with the exception of § 820.180, regarding general requirements concerning records and § 820.198, regarding complaint files.