21 CFR 880.2920
§ 880.2920 Clinical mercury thermometer.
United States · 21 CFR — Food and Drugs · Status: effective
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- 21 CFR 880.2920, § 880.2920 Clinical mercury thermometer, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/90511
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(a) Identification. A clinical mercury thermometer is a device used to measure oral, rectal, or axillary (armpit) body temperature using the thermal expansion of mercury.
(b) Classification. Class II (special controls). The device is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter subject to § 880.9.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.