21 CFR 868.5100
§ 868.5100 Nasopharyngeal airway.
United States · 21 CFR — Food and Drugs · Status: effective
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- 21 CFR 868.5100, § 868.5100 Nasopharyngeal airway, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/89773
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(a) Identification. A nasopharyngeal airway is a device used to aid breathing by means of a tube inserted into a patient's pharynx through the nose to provide a patent airway.
(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 § 868.9.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.