[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 8]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR890.3025]

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                        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. 890.3025  Prosthetic and orthotic accessory.


    (a) Identification. A prosthetic and orthotic accessory is a device 
intended for medical purposes to support, protect, or aid in the use of 
a cast, orthosis (brace), or prosthesis. Examples of prosthetic and 
orthotic accessories include the following: A pelvic support band and 
belt, a cast shoe, a cast bandage, a limb cover, a prosthesis alignment 
device, a postsurgical pylon, a transverse rotator, and a temporary 
training splint.
    (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. The device is 
also exempt from the current good manufacturing practice regulations in 
part 820 of this chapter, with the exception of Sec. 820.180, regarding 
general requirements concerning records and Sec. 820.198, regarding 
complaint files.

[48 FR 53047, Nov. 23, 1983, as amended at 66 FR 38816, July 25, 2001]