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Code · CFR · Title 21 — Food and Drugs · Part 880 — General Hospital and Personal Use Devices · § 880.5580

§ 880.5580. Acupuncture needle.

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(a)Identification. An acupuncture needle is a device intended to pierce the skin in the practice of acupuncture. The device consists of a solid, stainless steel needle. The device may have a handle attached to the needle to facilitate the delivery of acupuncture treatment.
(b)Classification. Class II (special controls). The device, when it is an acupuncture point locator or a single use acupuncture needle, is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter subject to the limitations in § 880.9. Acupuncture needles must comply with the following special controls:
(1)Labeling for single use only and conformance to the requirements for prescription devices set out in 21 CFR 801.109,
(2)Device material biocompatibility, and
(3)Device sterility. [61 FR 64617, Dec. 6, 1996, as amended at 84 FR 71815, Dec. 30, 2019]
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