[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR84.33]

[Page 513-514]
 
                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 84_APPROVAL OF RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart D_Approval and Disapproval
 
Sec. 84.33  Approval labels and markings; approval of contents; use.

    (a) Full-scale reproductions of approval labels and markings, and a 
sketch or description of the method of application and position on the 
harness, container, canister, cartridge, filter, or other component, 
together with instructions for the use and maintenance of the respirator 
shall be submitted to the Institute for approval.
    (b) Approval labels shall bear the emblem of the National Institute 
for Occupational Safety and Health and the seal of the Department of 
Health and Human Services, the applicant's name and address, an approval 
number assigned by the Institute and, where appropriate, restrictions or 
limitations placed upon the use of the respirator by the Institute. The 
approval number assigned by the Institute shall be designated by the 
prefix TC and a serial number.
    (c) The Institute shall, where necessary, notify the applicant when 
additional labels, markings, or instructions will be required.
    (d) Approval labels and markings shall only be used by the applicant 
to whom they were issued.
    (e) Legible reproductions or abbreviated forms of the label approved 
by the Institute for use on each respirator shall be attached to or 
printed at the following locations:

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        Respirator type             Label type            Location
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Self-contained breathing        Entire...........  Harness assembly and
 apparatus.                                         canister (where
                                                    applicable).
Gas mask......................  Entire...........  Mask container and
                                                    canister.
Supplied air respirator.......  ......do.........  Respirator container
                                                    or instruction card.
Particulate respirator........  ......do.........  Respirator container
                                                    and filter
                                                    container.
                                Abbreviated......  Filters.
Chemical-cartridge respirator.  Entire...........  Respirator container,
                                                    cartridge container,
                                                    and filter
                                                    containers (where
                                                    applicable).
                                Abbreviated......  Cartridges and
                                                    filters and filter
                                                    containers.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (f) The use of any Institute approval label obligates the applicant 
to whom it is issued to maintain or cause to be maintained the approved 
quality control sampling schedule and the acceptable quality level for 
each characteristic tested, and to assure that it is manufactured 
according to the drawings and specifications upon which the certificate 
of approval is based.
    (g) Each respirator, respirator component, and respirator container 
shall, as required by the Institute to assure quality control and proper 
use of the respirator, be labeled distinctly to show the name of the 
applicant, and the name and letters or numbers by which the respirator 
or respirator component is designated for trade purposes, and the lot 
number, serial number, or approximate date of manufacture.