21 CFR 880.6025
§ 880.6025 Absorbent tipped applicator.
United States · 21 CFR — Food and Drugs · Status: effective
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- 21 CFR 880.6025, § 880.6025 Absorbent tipped applicator, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/90565
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(a) Identification. An absorbent tipped applicator is a device intended for medical purposes that consists of an absorbent swab on a wooden, paper, or plastic stick. The device is used to apply medications to, or to take specimens from, a patient.
(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 § 880.9. If the device is not labeled or otherwise represented as sterile, it is also exempt from the current good manufacturing practice requirements of the quality management system regulation in part 820 of this chapter, except for requirements concerning records and complaint files under § 820.35 of this chapter.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.