[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 8]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR866.2180]

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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 866--IMMUNOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY DEVICES--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart C--Microbiology Devices
 
Sec. 866.2180  Manual colony counter.

    (a) Identification. A manual colony counter is a device intended for 
medical purposes that consists of a printed grid system superimposed on 
an illuminated screen. Petri plates containing bacterial colonies to be 
counted are placed on the screen for better viewing and ease of 
counting. The number of colonies counted is used in the diagnosis of 
disease as a measure of the degree of bacterial infection.
    (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 Sec. 866.9. The device is 
also exempt from the good manufacturing practice regulations in part 820 
of this chapter, with the exception of Sec. 820.180, with respect to 
general requirements concerning records, and

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Sec. 820.198, with respect to complaint files.

[47 FR 50823, Nov. 9, 1982, as amended at 66 FR 38790, July 25, 2001]