[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: 21CFR890.3100]

[Page 490]
 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 890--PHYSICAL MEDICINE DEVICES--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart D--Physical Medicine Prosthetic Devices
 
Sec. 890.3100  Mechanical chair.

    (a) Identification. A mechanical chair is a manually operated device 
intended for medical purposes that is used to assist a disabled person 
in performing an activity that the person would otherwise find difficult 
to do or be unable to do. Examples of mechanical chairs include the 
following: A chair with an elevating seat used to raise a person from a 
sitting position to a standing position and a chair with casters used by 
a person to move from one place to another while sitting.
    (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. 890.9.

[48 FR 53047, Nov. 23, 1983, as amended at 59 FR 63014, Dec. 7, 1994; 66 
FR 38816, July 25, 2001]